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Bahia, and from the general good feeling that seemed to pervade all ranks there was no pro spect of any counter-revolution in the northern provinces. The Provisional Government has published the following document for the re-or ganization of the army :-- (OFFICIAL NOTICE.) cc cc BAHIA, MARCH 12. It being considered a matter of much importance that the troops should be re-organised, and that discipline should be established among them, the Provisional Government of Bahia think s it right to institute a Military Commission from the pre !ient tune, which shall be occupied with the consideration of the best measures which ought to be adopted for the preservation 4 ,),!' order and discipline of the several regiments, which measures, akproved of by the Provisional Government, will be expedited FY tile Secretary of War, in order that they may be earned into I?lediate execution. " The following • p ersons are to composa the Military Corn inission " Field Marshal Luiz Paulino de Olivero Pinto da Franca, President • Colonel Ignacio Luiz Nladerira de Mello, Captain Tristia o Pi o de Santos,- Colonel Banto da Franca Pinto da Ol iviera,Lieut. Colonel Manuel GOnsalvez, &c. &c." [The Paper of the 10th-of March contains a long address from Colonel Villas Boas, commanding the Regiments of Mili tia at Bahia and the neighbourhood, in which lie congratulates the t roops on the arrival of the long-wished for day of their re generation, but it is much too long for insertion.] The most gratifying event of yesterday in the Metropolis was the celebration of the Birth of the illustrious WILLIAM PITT, and though we have given a f u ll an d correct account o f t hi s I VATIO NAL FESTIVAL, as it may be styled, in our preceding columns, we cannot deny ourselves a brief expression of our own feelings on so pa triotic an occasion.--Mr. Goocx did ample jus tice to the Chair, by manly spirit and good hu mour. The LORD CHANCELLOR never appeared to more advantage on any former occasion, and More cannot be said in favour of so elo quent, so honourable, so learned, and so eminent s uP nt porter of the glorious Constitution o f th e Coury. The manner in which his admi ra bl e sentiments were received, evinced that as they Were the genuine dictates of his heart, they ex cited in the highest degree the sympathy as well as the applause of the audience. If the feelings and principles of the Meeting yesterday may be deemed, as we earnestly hope that they may, the test of the general opinions of the people at large, what this venerable Head of the Law said 11 1 support of the PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY, and of the whole of our Establishment in Church and State, must remove all fear that they can ever be shaken by the arts or violence of so- Phistry and sedition. The Russian Constilate yesterday made the fol io .• vs' ing communication to the Master of I,LoYn's "SIR—I be . g_to acquaint you, for the inform a ti on o f th e Committee at Lloyd's, that I have received official communica zpfrom my G overnmen t, stating,that the importation o f fo reign liquors into the port of dessa is prohibited during ne Present year." By the M a il o f yesterday we received accounts from Constantinople to the 25th of April. The „ n ew VIZIER arrived there on the 21st, w ith 4°,000 -troops, who were quartered on the Asiatic side of the city. The very next day he ordered The venerable Greek Patriarch, with four Bishops 4[4 three Priests, to be executed on the gallows. T he Patriarch and the . tishops were hanged be fore the door of the Greek Church, this form of :Xecution being regarded in the most ignominious Point of view. - Great apprehensions are enter tained that increased severities would follow, as, athe T ur ki s h popu l ace were not restrained, e tteral massacre of the Greeks would follow% "C e . i :detters from Adrianople. .state, that the °r .troops in that city alone amounts to 4 men, and in every part o f th e T ur ki s h a re P're the most active prepa ra ti ons for war I, a going en.--The-most outrageous. excess e s „!,e bee n comm i tte d b y t h e Turkish soldiery, Permitti ng s everal Franks have b een c on fi ne d f or their women to go abroad, and there s' rend er i ng themselves liable to .insult ; for th at the cha rac t er o f this regular Government, T k at it ha s no authority over its own instruments. e letters state that even the . Lady of the A rit ,ish Amb assa d or h a d b een gross l y i nsu l te d . n diglish sailor h a d b een s h o t b y a T ur k on hoard of a vessel in the harbour. Letters from r iesto •of the 11th instant say, that a Greek" 4 ' .4 ,, 4 ,5t had arrived at Laybach, and requested an peen of the Emperor of AUSTILJA, which had l e n " L denied him. Both the Emperors had lef t . e ds 'Yuach, and their departure was obviously ac lerated by the Greek insurrection.--L ( illorning 4rosniele.) Itt Yeste r d ay the Duke and Duchess of CEA. ct left town for Bushy Park.—Prince LEO °I) a nd the Duchess of K ENT sp en t S u nd ay eveningit,, with th e D u k e an d D uc h ess o f CLA -10"--Iresterday Prince .LEOPOLEI dined with Ke Duche ss of KENT, • at her residence in the e t 'g'S Palate, at Kensington . JEgT"Pt.-IVIuNsTEtt had an audience of his MA yesteiAaV. 8 1 . 4 he fri en d s of the new Alderman, Mr. VENA -I,:eS3 dined together yesterday, to celebrate the lti~less .of that G en tl eman . Th e company was jj l lg r espect a bl e . .air e , a s MAJESTY'S V i m TO WALES.--We have announced that his MAJESTY means to r tle ,"r • W.-WYNN With a visit this sum of I'V'e have further to state, that the Chief 3 '""stay intends to summon the Bards and l ove d refs (as in days of yore), to give our be iel ivloNAucit -a specimen of the manner in ti o ,: c ? the Ancient Britons performed their na \villa,' music, and we doubt not but his MAJESTY th e u 0 highly pleased, for the cause will inspire e „, 4 zcen (poetic genius) of the Cambrians, and' herrei'uer the. scene a most interesting, one. Mr. he Y, Edito r o f th e W e l s h M elodies, is to su the wh o l e . orT tn,he Du e of WELLINGTON, Master of absence Or d nance, to tithi t tliAt Smint, Esq. o f the Royal" Horse Ar t:4 -, stationed at W oo l w i ch, to ful fi l the du ert of High Sheriff of the City of Dublin, for the 1 4 ',, s ,uh i lg . year, t o w hi c h he was elected at the ':,.(. l eneral Qua r t er A ssembly. te al mr. LusiziNToN, of th e T reasury, in reply ette r from C. M. B .., URRELL, Esq. M.P. has , et ngtted_ th at f armers will not be prevented from ti lig unsaleable barle p y as food for their ca r t ses and e th er stock. Mr. ItELvt, of the Bristol Theatre, was dread 411}11.twounded last week in the face by a pistol, imlfuitning in the entertainment of Perouse, '` " 11 'w in a fair Way of recovery. SHIP NEWS. DEAL, MAY 28.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Marchioness of Ely, Kay; Astell, Cresswell ; and Buckinghamshire, Adams, from China ; Mary Ann, Young, from Batavia ; Royal Charlotte, Ford ; and Pyrennees, Clark, from 'Jamaica ; Wel lington, Peaslcy, from St. Vincent's ; Frances, Hatton, from New Brunswick ; Sarah, Van Heythuysen, from Sierra Leone ; Colonist,- Smith, from Barbadoas ; Cheerful, Hine, from Rio Janeiro for Hamburgh ; Ariel, Brunton, from Mogadore ; and Segar, Goodwin, from Jamaica. Came down from the River and sailed the Sophia, Hooper, for Faro ; Tobago, Bagarie, for Grepada ; Navigator, Bishop, for Trieste ; Elba, Watus, for Leghorn; Diana, Bishop, for Messina; and Riga, Forster, for Havannah. Sailed the W oo df or d, Chapman, for Madras, and the whole of the homeward-bound for the River. HARwxcu, MAY 28.—Arrived th e V an Sitt art pac k et , w i t h a mail, from Holland. LYMINGTON, MAY 28.—The Purser of the Honourable Company's ship General Hewitt landed here this morning. ILE:oRD, MAY 26.—Arrived the Meteor and Lightning Steam vessels, from London for Holyhead. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind Mr.—Arrived the Pacific, Caroline, Integrity, Industry, New Blessing, and Hebe transports, from Waterford ; Atlas, Reed, from Bahia ; Amity, Baker; and Lady Hamilton, Keen, from the Downs for: the South Seas. PLYMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind N.—Arrived the Indian, Spiller,' from New South Shetland. Arrived off the port the Davison, Jenningson, from Sierra Leone for London. The Indian has brought home the Master'and part of the crew of the Cora, wrecked on the 6th of January in the Harbour of Blyth, South Shetland ; she has also got the boat's crew, con sisting of eight persons belonging to the George, th at were l e f t on the Island of Shetland. FALMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind N..—Arrived the Acorn, Smith, from Cadiz, in 37 days. EAST INDIA SHIPPING.—The Company's ships Astell and Buckinghamshire arrived off the Wight, the former on the 26th,- and the latter on the 27th inst. They left China in com pany on, the 28th January, and arrived at St. Helena on the 7th April: The Astell sailed from St. Helena on the 10th, and the Buckinghamshire on the 11th April. The • Marchioness of Ely is also - arrived from China ; she left St. Helena the sth April. The General Hewitt was in lat. 42. 25. N. long. 30. 7. W. all well on the 15th instant ; she arrived at the Cape from China on the 28th February, and at St. Helena on the 31st March ; and sailed for England on the 4th April. The Prince Regent and Castle Huntly were dispatched from China on the 22d January. The latter arrived at St. Helena on the 10th April. The former having sprung her miz2n mast, put into the Cape. The Regret arrived at St. Helena from Bombay on the 9th April. The Lady Campbell, from China, and the Asia from Bombay, arrived in the Downs, the former on the 25th, the latter on the 26th inst. The Marquess of Huntly and Dunira had arrived in China on the 29th January. They sailed from Calcutta the 18th October. Extract of a Letter from Captain LIVINGSTONE, of the Cer berus East India ship, addressed to his owners, dated Cape of Good Hope, the 12th of March, 1821 : " With heartfelt, sorrow I inform you of the loss of the ship Cerberus, on the morning of the 10th, at three, a. m., in conse quence cf the ship missing stays. We were standing offand on, waiting for day-light to come into Table Bay. She ran on dhore on the eastern side of the Bay, opposite to Green Point. We had great difficulty in saving the passengers, as the surf ran so very high on the beach. I had on board five Ladies, 17 children, and four Gentlemen. The distress we were in when the ship struck, may be more easily conceiv e d th an d escr ib e d. I never saw such a melancholy sight before, the sea making a fair breach over the ship ; the boats after hoisting out were up_ sr*, and 5' of the crew nearly lost their lives. One man, Chris-. topher Stevenson, in endeavouring to reach the ship from the land, was drowned." EMIGRATION.-The ship David left Greenock about one o'clock p. m. on Saturday, with 364 passengers for Canada. She was towed out by a steam-boat, and immediately proceeded to sea with a fair: wind,• under very favourable aus pices. The David was left by the owner and friends of the passengers about two miles below the Cloch Light-house, at six o'clock p. m., with three hearty cheers from the passengers and crew, which was immediately returned from the boat and repeated from the ship. A general smile of satisfaction closed this parting scene. The money lodged, for the outfit of the vessel, for provi sions and freight of the societies, was 11981. 11 s. Bd. and, after paying all the charges, the emigrants have received, to be divided amongst them, agreeably to their respective interests, 93/.115.8d. which will be of more use to them in Canada th an _ _ if it had been spent here. The passengerg by this vessel are chiefly country people, from the counties of Lanark, Dumbarton, Stirling, Clack mannan, and Linlithgow.—(Edinburgh Courant, May gG.) DISCHARGE OF MRS. HARMER. — (Town-Hall, Southwark.)--This unfortunate young woman was brought up from the Borough Compter yes terday, a little before one o'clock, in a coach, with two females and her Solicitor. The Of, fice and the entrance were crowded almost to . suffocation. She was allowed to take a chair at the front of the bar. The Alderman ordered every attention to be paid to her. She was at- tired in a black dress; but grief and anxiety had robbed her cheeks of the bloom that a few days ago covered them. A venerable old Gen tleman and his son, the father and brother of the deceased, who arrived from Sheffield yesterday morning, paid her the greatest attention ; the former gave the highest testimony in her favour, and declared that a more amiable woman did not exist, and he would give bail for her to the amount of 10001. if required. No further evi dence being adduced, the Alderman addressed the prisoner, and told her that his opinion per fectly coincided with that of the Coroner's Jury (the Coroner having transmitted to him their verdict—" Accidental Death"), and although it was unnecessary to caution her against playing with deadly instruments, yet he trusted this most melancholy circumstance would be a warning to every individual present, not to play with such dangerous weapons. He called upon her to find sureties, herself in the sum of 1001. and two sureties of 501. each. Her father-in-law, her Attorney, and herself, entered into the recogni zances, and she was discharged. In conse quence of the crowds assembled round the office, Mrs. Harmer was allowed to remain for some hours in the Hall. She will, as soon as her health permits, go with her father-in-law to Sheffield ; but her medical attendants (so great is her indisposition) consider her recovery doubtful. An Inquisition was taken yesterday, at the King's Head, Grafton-street, New-road, before Thos. STIRLING, Esq. Co- roner, on the body of Richard Fisher. The deceased, it ap peared, had been in a .deranged state of mind since the death of his wife, who died in child-birth. Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday he went into the Old Duke of Grafton's Head, in the New-road, and took a phial of laudanum. Mr. Robins, medical Gentleman, was sent for, who used every necessary re medy, but to no effect, as he died in an hour and a half. He had taken an ounce of laudanum.—Verdict, Insanity. The throats of two valuable draught horses, be longing to Mr. W. lIART, of South Frodingham, Yorkshire, were cut during the last week, while out at grass. Currants for tarts, young carrots, and new turnips were added, on Saturday, to the prema• ture productions now brought to Covent-garden market. A small basket of peaches obtained a high price, POETit V. ODE. Presented to the Committee for celebrating the BIRTH of the late Right Honourable WILLIAM PITT, at the 'City o: Lon don Tavern, May 28, 1821. WRITTEN BY JOHN TAYLOR, gSCI. Not BRITAIN only should this day revere, But grateful Europe, 'till Earth's final year, Resound the worth of PITT, our nation's pride. He taught her how to break the Tyrant's chain, Whose mad • ambition o'er the world would reign, While Britain only all his rage defy'd. Alas ! he liv'd not to behold the day Which clos'd th' imperious Despot's ruthless sway, And made him humbly to Britannia yield ; The day when, many a direful conflict past, Freedom regain'd her injur'd rights at last, Secur'd on Waterloo's victorious field. There, led by Britain, Europe's mingled band Atchiev'd the glory PITT had nobly plann'd, Not for his country only but mankind ; That POW'R might fix due limits to its sway, The PEOPLE thence a rightful homage pay, And cordial union both in safety bind. History our Statesman's wisdom shall relate, And all his virtues fondly consecrate, • While lo ! to aid her work, the MITRED SAGE* Who train'd his lofty mind from early youth To all the paths of Honour and of Truth, . Tracks the, bright course in"his impartial page. So may to latest times a BEACON stand, A radiant GUARDIAN-ons for ev'ry land, The SOCIAL WORLD in safety to maintain. Statesmen may learn the surest way to steer, Monarchs to keep them in the right career, And ORDER hold an universal reign. • Life of the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, by George Tornline, Bishop of Winchester. THE THEATRES. Daunt-LA -- xE.The public w ill h ear w _ _ pleasure that Miss KELLY, so justly admired for her talents, and esteemed for her personal merits, had a crowded house on her benefit last night. The play was an old comedy, entitled A Bold Stroke for a Husband, a musical interlude fol lowed, and the farce was The Romp. Miss KELLY was received with the most gratifying applause, and she requited the audience by the excellence of her acting. In the course of the evening the QUEEN entered a private box, and being recognized, was received with such a mixed expression of applause and opposition,Ahat it is somewhat surprising to find her willing to hazard such a test of public feeling. It is proper to observe that she hardly rendered herself visible to the audience, except when she stood with them dur ing the performance of " God save the King," which was most warmly applauded. COVENT GARDEN.—Last night a new Tragedy, entitled Damon and Pythias, founded upon the old story of, those memorable friends, was repre sented for the first time at this • Theatre.. The following is an outline of the fable The piece commences with the declared intentions of Diony sius (Mr. ABBOTT) upon the Republic of Syracuse, which he succeeds in subverting. Damon (Mr. MAEREADY), a disciple of Pythagoras, indignant at the usurpation, enters the Senate while they are in the act of surrendering their liberties and ap pointing Dionysius their King. Failing in his endeavours to avert the calamity by reason, he attempts the life of the tyrant, and is condemned to die. While these transactions are going on, his friend Pythias( Mr. C. KE at n E) is engaged at the altar of Hymen with the fair Cleanthe (Miss DANCE) ; but the marriage cere mony is interrupted by a messenger, who informs him of Da mon's sentence. Pythias flies to meet his friend, and imploring Dionysius in his behalf, obtains permission for him to vi s it hi s wife Hermion (Miss FooTE) before he suffers. His prayer is granted upon the condition that he shall remain in D amon ' s pl ace and undergo the sentence in case he should not return. Dimly sius, resolving to put Pythias to the severest trial, assumes a dis. guise, informs him that means have been taken to intercept Da mon and prevent him from keeping his promise. He contrives also to bring Cleanthe and his father into the dungeon to enforce his persuasion, and induce him to escape. But their arguments and entreaties fail. Pythias remains unshaken. The visit of Damon to his home gives rise to an affecting scene between him and his wife and child, and the device of Lucullus (Mr. CoNxon) to save his master's life by killing the horses on which they were to travel, creates a suspence at the moment when it is most ne cessary. The reparation for the execution of Pythias, the agony of his wi f e, . and his own a n x i e ty, fill u p th e i n t erva l u ntil Damon arrives just in time to rescue him from the axe. The friends embrace, when Dionysius appears, and in person pro nounces pardon to the cond emne d, i n admiration of the friend ship which they had mutually exhibited. The memorable story on which this play is founded is so simple in itself, comprising in effect only one incident, that it required considerable skill to dilate it into a regular dramatic composi tion. The author has succeeded to a greadegree, yet there is too much similarity in the scenes between the two heroes and their wives. It has been also justly observed that Pythias ought to have shewn more anxiety for the honourable return of his friend than for his own safety. Indeed he ought rather to have wished to fall a sacrifice, if the honour of his friend could have been preserved, as more consistent with their romantic attachment • to each other. However the playis altogether con structed as.well as the story would admit. It was admirably acted, and praise is eminently due to 114 4 CREAny, C. KEMBLE, ABBOTT, EGERTON, and CONNOR. Miss DANCE appeared very beau- tiful, and displayed extraordinary power's' for an Actress of so little, practice. Miss FOOTE and Mrs. CorrNo4 also deserve a favourable notice. The Piay is ascribed to Mr.SIIIEL. It was through out well received, and the Managers have, ren dered due justice to the piece by the splendour of the scenes, dresses, decorations, &c. &c.—A Prologue, said to be written by the Author of the piece, was well spoken by Mr. CONNOR. The Epilogue, written by Mr. PROCTOR, whose lite rary designation is, BARRY CORNWALL, was de livered with vivacity and humour by Miss FOOTE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS.-13 DER SETTING ROOM, MAY 28. BY. 14 to 1 agst Cowslip. 18 to 1 agst Duke of York's Walton cplt 5 to 2 agst Gustavus 5 to 1 agst Reginald 6 to 1 agst Tressillian 7 to 1 agst Jock OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Aug 3 to 2 agst MybLady I sto 1 agst Zeal 12 to 1 agst Paotauffe. TROTTING Dartnall's match to trot his horse 16 miles in one hour, and carry 13 stone, was attempt ed yesterday, over a piece of ground of eight miles, from Mil ton, Essex. lie did half the distance in ten seconds under half an hour ; but the horse lost a few seconds in time in every other mile, and was pulled up to avoid distress, after doing 12 miles' in 49 minutes, PA RUA MENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 28. The ROYAL ASSENT was given by Commission to the Scotch Revenue Bill, the Timber Duties Bill, the Scotch Admiralty Courts and Court of Sessions Regulation Bills,.the English and Irish Militia Pay Bills, the Irish -141ankrtipt Laws Amendment and Public Notaries-. Regulation Bills - , the Lunatic Asylum Bill., the Holyhead Road Bill, and several Private Bills. The COM-- missioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Montrose, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Westminster Improvement Bill was read the third time and passed. The Crown Lands Revenue Improvement Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read the first time. The Earl of LAUDERDALE gave notice that he would move the second reading of the Bill to regulate the Sale of Bread on Friday. Lord CALTHORPE moved for. Copies or Ex tracts of all communications made by Naval Of ficers to the Lords Commissioners, and of all instructions issued -- --by the Lords Commissioners to Naval Officers on the subject •of the. Slave Trade, since the Ist of January, 1819, Ordered. Adjourned till Wednesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER ' took the Chair about- 'three o'clock, and shortly after proceeded - to the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by Corn-, Mission' tO several Public and Private- Lord BELFAST presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Belfast, praying that the Usury Laws might not be repealed. .-Ordered to lie on the Table. THE IRISH INLAND NAVIGATION BILL This Bill was read a.second time and committed.. • The Irish Election Expence Bill was read a third-time and passed. Mr. WROTTESLEY obtained leave to bring in' a Bill to transfer the Surrender of Bankrupts from QuiMilan to the New Bankruptcy Court. NEWFOUNDLAND. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a Petition from certain of the InhabitantS of St, John's, in the Island of Newfound land, complaining of many abuses in the Civil Government and Judicial Administration of that Colony. He stated, that the petition breathed the wannest attachment to the mother coun try.; that this was by no means an unimportant colOny ; as it contained at present a population of 100,000 souls, .10,00 of which inhabited the capital. The chief complaint was, that .the Surrogate Court of that island was in thehabit - of punish ing contempts of their jurisdiction by applying lashes - Jo the back of the offender. The Petition stated a recent in stance where this punishment was inflicted with aggravated severity on a person of the name of Lenigan ; who, aftet re ceiving fourteen lashes, fainted under the pahr he experienced. The case was brought before the Supreme Civil Court of the Island ; a difference of opinion took "place; the puni s h men t was held to be justifiable by a sentence of Blackstone, who said that Courts might visit contempts with cor p orea l punishments. The Supreme Court, however, said also that, in this instance, the punishment was unmerited in its extent and severe beyond - the necessity of the case. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said, that thcce Surrogate Courts were held on board his-Majesty's sloops, and that naval officers were the judges of them —,men to whom he felt the highest gratitude, hot whom he deemed mos unfit to exercise judicial functions. The Petition prayed that to remedy the abuses of the Civil Government, they mighthe authorized to establish a provincial Legislature similar to the in stitutions that existed in other colonies. .The Honourable and Learned Gentleman here went into the history. 6f the: island, and suggested that two Judges might be comniiisioned,_ one Or the southern, die other for the northern division of the island in compliance with the wishes of the Petitioners. The establish ment of such an arrangement would supersede .the• Surrogate- Court, and, without being very expensiCe, would bp highly be neficial to the colony.. Should his Majesty's:Ministers take no steps upon this Petition, he would seize another opportunity of . bringing the subject before the House. • ; Sir J. NEWPORT said a few words in support of the Peti tion, and that there were many persons in that island who were fully competent to legislative functions. Sir I. COFFIN confirmed the statement of the Hon; and Learned Gentleman as to the prevalence of the lashingiystem. When he was in that island he regularly took' the boatswain with him, and when an offender was brought before him, he, as a matter of course, ordered him a dozen- lashes.—(A laugh.) A MEdißEtt, whose name we could . r ct '.r.iarn, made a few ob= servations, palliating the system that . prevailed in Newfound land, by referring to its local peculiaritas. Mr. GOILL,BURN said, with respect . t o thedamand of a Le gislature, the experience which h e h a d o f s i m il ar in st it u ti ons i n other colonies furnished argument both ways; and lie wished the House would come to no rash. decision. upon:that part of the Petition. if in sonic colonies • they were occasionally produc tive of advantage, they were, on the other_ band, productive in other colonies of disquietude and inconvenience. With re spect to the administration of justice, he argued•'that if' the system upon inquiry should be found as it had • been zepre sented by the Honourable and Learned - Gentleman, it ought no longer to exist.—(Hear, 'hear!) -L-He admitted that the po pulation, though not, perhaps, so large as the Honourable and Learned Gentleman stated, yet was not inconsiderable. It was divided into two small insulated societies, the classes. of which were in the relation of master • to man . ; • und - had, consequently, interests- that were constantly. clashing. - The Government, accordingly, found it necessary. to send out Justices of the Peace who would decide impartially; and the commissions.were necessarily given to Naval Officers .of high character. If the punishment alluded to was to be palliated at all, it must be only by referring to the peculiar state of so- ciety there. He -regretted that the subject of the 'recent trial was brought at this time under the notice of the house, as' the parties were now in this country prosecnting the appe a ll before the Privy Council. . • • Dr. LUSHINGTON argued upon the injustice of Leni can's case. He had been summoned to the Surrogate's Court; he did not obey it ; the Court might have ordered him into custody ; but, instead of that, he was sent before the Cortnnan, der of one of his Majesty's ships of war, -and sentenced Acrsix= and-thirty lashes, but &tilted before the half of.tham. were. in flicted.—(Hear, hear I)—Even if the punishment was in itself justifiable, here was an excessive degree of it, which called - for the interposition of the humanity of the House. The Supreme Court of the Colony, tho ug h it sanct i one d the punishment, yet said that in this instance it was Unnecessarily 'aggravated. This seemed also to be the opinion of the inhabitants of the'iddrid: Mr. GOV LEU RN and Dr. Lir,sitpi - wro:kr explained, • .1 - , Mr. W. SMITH impressed • on, the .House the necessity of attending to this Petition. He contended that the-mode of punishment complained of was one by which no freeman ought to suffer.-- . (Hear'!) Mr. MARRYAT called the attention of the House to severe and unjust modeS of punishment, .which were now- established in'sbveral of the Colonies where the Spanish law prevailed. He hoped the Honourable and Learned Gentleman would not eon- fine himself to Newfoundland alone, but would , use listen deavours to remove the anomalies which existed in other islands:—glear _ _ Mr. WILBEit FORCE protested against miy- sweeping al teration of the kind _suggested by the Honourable Member who spoke last. There were some parts of the Spanish law which were more favourable to the Slaves than the Eng lish system. , , The Petition was'read, and ordered to be printed. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH presented a similar Petition from the Inhabitants of the district of St. Maryland, in the same Sir 11.. WILSON took this opportunity of asking whether, it those - English Colonies where the Dutch law prevailed, the infliction of torture was considered a criminal offence ? • Mr. G ULB URN said, that general instructions had been sent out to all the new Colonies, iirohihiting . the infliction' of any punishment which was not compatible with the laws of England. Su. R. WILSON asked wheilier torture was allowed ,in those Colonies. as a wails o,..estracting - Confessions fmm criminals. Mr. GOULBURN said, ,he supposed the instructions went to the extent of prohihiting torture altogether, thou ;h he would not give a decided opinion upon that point. • - The Petition was ordered to be printed.. • A Message from . the Lords informed the House that their Lordships h,ar agreal to several Private Bilts. GLERANVLY DIVORCE BILL. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented r ;YeTtiti:r;TrOn Win; Vat: man, Esq., of the Middle ; Temple, agent Ord Glerawly, stating that Lady ISabella wait now living in France, that a copy . of the Divorce Bill had been served on her Ladyship, naming her agent, and praying that Counsel be heard in favour of the second reading of-the said Bill.—The Petition was :dered to, - bg taken into consideration Mr. J. P. GRANT :gave notice of a motion for Thursday, respecting; the dispatch of business. : • . BUDGET-41ORSE TAX.' • Mr..CURIVEN: wished :. to know iEthe - Chancellor of the Exchequer would postpone ,_the openiin the Budget, -already fixed for - Friday, to Monday hot, Sand - allow the motion for the - repeal of the Agritultural-Berse Tax onlbefornrer day. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said that the Chancellor of the Exche quer was,then absent, but he thought that the arrangements of the Right Honocirable Gentleman Would not admit of the postponement. Colonel DAVIES wished to know if it was, intended to put Members in possession of th e PUbli c Accounts before the open ing of the Budget. • Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that these Accounts Were already before the house. An Act .of Parliament r"quired.that they should be presented before the 24th of March in each year. Mr. HUME said that he bad made 'inquiries for the Ac counts and found that they were not yet printed. Shortly after the CHANCELLOR of the ExciiEgur, took his Seat,_ and _ _ Mr. bURNITEN renewed his application,-' 'and- observed further that it inight . be expedient to postpone the :opening of the Budget in consequence of the abs ence of the Public Ac, counts. • The CHANCELLOR of theEXCHEQUER said it would be inconsistent with his arrangements ,to,cons.nt to she post. ponement. Mr. CALCRAFT wished for the postponement, - as he did not think Members would have time to make themselves lie- Ttaintal sufficiently with the state of the accounts before riday. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Would pro mise that the accounts should be in the hands of. Members cn Friday. ,•• , . Colonel DAVIES would put it to the House, 'if .it was pos sible fbr them to be adequately acquainted with the accounts by one day's perusal. Mr. CURWEN said that, under these circumstances, he should'suffer his motion to stand for Friday. • -; PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: HUME presented a Petition from Mr, Hartison Wil kinson, proposing a plan by which it considerable. amount of taxes might be dispensed with, and for a more convenient 're ceipt of the public revenue.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. . PROPRIETORS OF WHARFS' BILL, Mr. CALVERT moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr, HUIVIE objected to it unon the ground that it was an ex post facto measure, and that the rights of private individuals would be taken away by its operations. The Hon. Member wenf into some Statements in confirmation of his opinion, ord to prove that a right of way to th e wa t er existed, Which would be destroyed if the Bill passed into a law. He proyosed a clause to be added to the Bill, which, he said, went to preserve the rights of these individuals, whO would otherwise be irjurcd by the measure. Mr: CALVERT said, that he had hitherto.considered him self greatly indebted to the - lion. Mernber for Aberdeen, for his exertions in that House, and the statements which le had occasionally made to it. But if they were all like those which he Lad maile upon the present occasion, .he was really afiaid that he had been misled ; and he must be very cautious in fL. tore how he listened to that Hon. Member's suggestions. The clause, if adopted, would completely nullify the Bill, Mr. HUM E said that his clause went only to preserve the rights of individuals as by law established. - 111 r. SCARLETT thought it rather hard that an Hon..Gen tlernan who had never attended the Committee, and after ever! opposition had been made without effect in the Committek. , , should come forward now to endeavour to introduce a clause which would counteract the effect of the measure altogether. The Hon. and Learned Member considered the law to be in favour of the Bill. A MEMBER, whose name could not be ascertained,. said a few words in support of the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that it was impossible that any indi viduals could claim private rights such as warranted the passing of the clause, and he was satisfied the - House wculd not coun. tenance it. Mr. T. WILSON did not mean to oppose the Bill, yet he knew many persons in the City of London who were interested in it, but were not anxious that-it should pass. The House then upon the Clause , when the: - r p , • _ . . Noes . - - - Majority against the Clause - • Upon the re-admission - Of strangers to the G a ll er y, Mr. Alderman BRVI)(ES was upon his legs proposing. Clause, which was subsequently negatived without a ditision. The Bal was then read a third time and passed. • • POOR RELIEF AMENDMENT. BILL: • Mr. SCATtLETT moved for the committal of the Pobr Re. lief Amendment Bill, with a view to propose the clauses which he had mentioned upon the last consideration of this measure. Mr. P. MOOR}; rose, but upon some suggestion from the Learned Mover, which we could not hear, the Hon. Member resumed his seat. The .Ilouse having resolved into a Committee, .. • • Mr. MANSFIELD expressed ithope that the Learned Qen, tlerria9 would not press the adoption of this 'Eill within the present Sessions, as he could assure him' and the Committee, that ayery strong impression,against it prevailed in that: past cf the country from which he came;. as Nell as in other quavers cf which he had heard. • • Mr. SCARLET.T assured the Committee that his inform - a- - tion as to the .general opinioaupon the merits of this Meas Are was quite the reverse of that stated by the lion. Member. His intention at present was merely-to move that the clauses which he had already described should be , engrafted upon the Milt, 'and that upon bringing up the Report the farther consideration of it should be fixed for to-morrow se'nnight, when the guts, tion as to the principle of the measure might be discussed, upon 4.4 c motion for the Speaker's leaving the Chair. „ . . Mr. CALCItAFT expressed his resolution, whenever this 7rrieasure should be next brought inta discussion, to take the sense of the House upon its principle. The clauses proposed by Mr. SCARLETT were adopted, - the House resumed, the Report was brought up, and th e fur ther consideration w as fi xe d for to-morrow se'nnight. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIF, QUER, it was ordered that the House Ahould. at its rising ad, iourn until Wednesday. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. The House having g one into a Committee of Supply, Mr: - AR.BUTHNOT moved a Resolution for granting the sum of 157,5001. to his . Majesty for the service of the Barrack Department of Great Britain, for the present year. Colonel DAVIES opposed. the grant.--At a time when barracks were scattered over the country, as if it were a newly conquered province, it was high time to examine into the necessity for such establishments. For the same service which cost the country 27,0001. in 1819, he saw, in the pre sent . Estiinates a sum of 29,0001. The Hon. iVlember complained that at Leeds, Paisley, and other places, where the barracks were not in use', barrack masters and other officers were still tip pointed. He should be glad to hear from Hon: Gentlemen opposite how this agreed with their professions of economy. He should oppose this part of the grant altogether. In the sum for pen sions and allowances he should also propose consi derable reduction. For the erection of new worki there was a sum of 72,0001. This was expended in the building of new Barracks,. in conseqUence of the acts, certainly' some of them unjustifiable, to which the manufacturing poor were driven by the unparalleled distress which they suffered. He concluded by moving a reduction of 78,0001. upon the original sum proposed. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said that with respect to the Barrack Masters employed by Government, if the Gallant Officer would look at the scale of their - salaries, he could not pronounce them to be too large. No Barrack Master had ever been appointed without the necessity of his appoint ment having. first been ascertained by the Comp; troller of the Ban4ck Department. The Hon. Member stated that he was applied to from that officer a few days ago to have a Barrack Master appointed, when he (Mr. Arbuthnot) inquired if there was any person upon the Reduced List who was qualified to succeed to the situation.• - He was informed in reply that there was not. All the vacancies that had occurred for some ). •