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/. a/ t A 47, Wili SOlitittattLlVl eauhr sat Itr i thinit ' FOR COALS. „ STOREKEEPER OF THE PLACE, JUNE 28, 1832. Ts for Executing the Of- r —i% _ - • z•-• • 1111111 h, \dmiral of the United King -- reland do hereby g ive notice, n n 'th July next, at One o'clock, I ' ... . • -4,1 0 41 4 0, 1 04 4111 ... 16 :41% , . , with such Persons as may be plying his Majesty's several ) 4 A N. - m o t _ 4111 d• more of them, and the Ad 'l KJ"' - "'Llittlnll/0 „It ' l °lEl Offices, with SCOTCH, CONTRACT DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, SOMERSET.' THE Commissioner fice of Lord High A, dona of Great Britain and I, that on THURSDAY, the 121 they Will be ready to treat Vinin g to Contract for sup Dock Yards, or any one o. rniralty and Marine Pay WELSH, and NEWCASTLE COALS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1832. A Distribution of the Coal, and a Form of the Tender, f ay be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be re ceived after One o'clock, on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorized in writing. Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Secre tary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become hound with the person tendering in the sum of 201. per 100 tons, for the due performance of the Contract. (l\ll. 12,421.) (PRICE 7D.) BERKSHIRE ELECTION. THE FRIENDS of JOHN WALTER E , q. of Bear Wood, quested to meet at a QUEEN'S ARMS TAVERN, Nesvgate-street, o FRIDAY EVENING n-xt, at Seven o'Clock, fir the pur pore of concerting. mersures to secure that Gentleman' election for the county of Berks. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ,i4hed. But, on this occasion, Major Wyndham ha angued the regiment for upwards of a quarter of an 'our, upon the wicked libel which Somerville had writ- HOUSE OF COMMONS, JeLr 3. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JUNE 27, 1832. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the COURT will he ready to receive Proposals in writing on WEDNESDAY, the 25th July, from the Owners of SHIPS of the burthen of 950 Tons and upwards. built for the Company's Service, and which have com pleted the number of Voyages for which they were con tracted to serve the Company, specifying the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to LET such SHIPS for ONE ADDITIONAL VOYAGE TO and FROM CHINA, on a reduced Establishment. The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender " on the Cover, to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary at this House, at or before Twelve o'clock at noon on the said 25th July, beyond which hour the Court will not receive any Tender. PETER AUBER, Secretary. The particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon Which the Ships will he respectively engaged for the C° o3 Pruay's Service, may be had on application at the Of lice of the Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Monday, the 2d July. FOR EDINBURGH. THE Splendid New STEAM-SHIPS, the ROYAL ADELAIDE, Captain MILLS, and ROYAL WILLIAM, Captain CH &PUN, each 200 horse P o wer, will start from St. Katharine Dock Steam-wharf, near the Tower, as follow : ROYAL ADELAIDE, on Thursday Evening, July 5, at Ten. ROYAL WILLIAM, on Thursday Evening, July 12, at Ten. .These Vessels will be found of -he very first class in P°int of speed and accommodations, and are the only ones that afford to passengers the advantage of embarking at the commodious Steam-wharf, London, and landing in the Harbour at Leith. Horses and carriages can thus be shipped and landed with the greatest ease and safety. Fares, including provisions, Chief Cabin, 4/. 4s. ; Second Cabin, 2L 10s. The accommodations in the Second Ca bins are very suprrinr, wi. h separate apartments for females. .Information obtained, berths secured, and goods re ceived for shipment, at Leith and Glasgow Wharf. Also, by T. Robertson, 164, Strand ; H. Underwood, 56, Haymarket ; •M. Sand erson , B oar an d C ast l e I nn , Ox till -street ; and Mr. Gilbert, Blossoms In n , Lawrence ne, Cheapaide, where light goods are received, and for warded to the Wharf till Five o'clock on the days of starting. JOSEPH ADAMS, Agent. Leith ano Glasgow Wharf. GENERAL COLONIAL AGENCY OFFICE. THE objects t h e un d ers i gne d h ave in view in forming this Establishment, are, to afford to persons desirous to proceed to the British colonies, faci lities for carrying their purpose into execution, and to con tract with landowners, parish officers, and others. for the etnigratinn of their unemployed labourers. To effect these objects the undersigned have opened a correspondence with residents in India, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Swan River, South Africa, and the British North American Colonies, by means of which they will be ena bled to communicate accurate and recent information rela tive to those dependencies, as well as to procure for persons emigrating through their medium such advi:e and assist ance on arriving at their destination as may tend to save much loss of time and capital. Plans of the cabins of ships sailing from the port of London may be seen at the office of the undersigned, where also any other information calculated to be useful to passengers proceeding to India, or the other parts of the world above mentioned, may be obtained. ROBERT GOUGER, and Co. 148, Leadenhall street. ALEXANDER NINIMO (Nephew, and many years in the employment of the late ALEX ANDER NIMIIIO, Civil Engineer and Hydrographer), having just returned from a tour to British America and the United States, where he learned the death of his Uncle, has commenced business as, heretofore carried on in all the various branches at his Office, Marlborough-street, Dublin ; wh ere h e hopes to b e honoured with the support of his late Uncle's friends. J une 27, 183.2. TWITHIN TWELVE MILES OF LONDON. ° be LET FURNISHED an exce ll en t FAMILY HOUSE, with extensive grounds, large and well-stocked garden, dairy, outhouses, and all other conveniences, well adapted for a family of the first re spectability. For terms and tickets to view, apply to Messrs. Greg , on and Fonnereau, 8, Angel-court, Throvnotton.street ; or to Me.srs. D. and R. Stewart, 9t, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Tr e property is well stocked with game. TO PUBLIC SP EAKERS —MEMBERS OF THE BAR, &c. M R. A. 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Carious and tender Teeth hhcilly preser ve d f rom t h e progress o f d ecay , an d ren d ere d ul, by Mr. A. Jones's unequall e d ANODYNE CE t, f NT. The personal attention of Members of the "cult ) , to those much approved inventions, and their modes of application by Mr. A. J., is respectfully re quested and would be greatly esteemed. N . B.—Cleaning and every other operation pertai n i ng t o dental surgery. At home from Ten till Five. L er Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. HE TONIC LAXATIVE CHEL TENHAM SALTS, or Mild C orro h oran t A per i en t, A' Pared and I nvente d b y Messrs. 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The Tonic Laxative Cheltenham Effervescing Salts, 11 'l)ting the strengthening anti-dyspeptic properties of the Watery with the deobs'ruent and aperient eff-cts of the ,T°'iginal Springs, while at the same time the free disen tgernent of Carbonic Acid Gas fix.d Air) is produced not i ng their solution in a manner ( fully equal, if not supe -I°N to other preparations before the public, but which 'tktain no Tonic quality, so essential in Saline Prepara 4ins for g s e a n d er p al er u ri s nes , a ‘ t v ..e ho n , ow prepared by Me-srs. 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".* To this new Edition great additions have been made, consisting of a body of new receipts, numerous engraved deigns for laying out the table, elegant Fron tispiece, &c. &v. A complete Encyclopaedia of Cookers•, adapted equally for the use of the profession and of private families "—Morn. Post. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. ARMY THE UNITED S 1 and NAVAL and M July contains, among other papers, v;z D NAVY. .RVICE JOURNAL .LIT CRY MAGAZINE for s, the following important ♦RMS AND ARTS. Maritime Speculation, No. 1, Patronage, Premium, and Pro motion. History of his Majesty's ship Cumberland, 74 guns. Memoir of the Services of the 'ate Vice-Admiral Winthrop. Mem..ir of the Services of the late Lieut -Gen JamesDunlop. Monument to the joint memo ries of the late M jor.General Geo. Mackie, C.B , and Major_ General David Stewart, K.C.B. at St. I ucia. Prospects of Canada in the event of a war. Observations upon Naval Ar chitecture or Construction, by Captain Symonds, R.N. On the Nautical Almanack. Distribution of the entire Army to the Ist of July. Letters to the West Indies,' No. 1. General Correspondence. Correspondence from the Out ports. Recollections of a Sea Life, (continued). The British Traveller in the Peninsula (continued). otes from Van Diemen's Laud. F.,iitor's Portfolio. Naval Punishments. Southern Africa and Coloni zation. F eld Signals. Foreign Miscellany, &c, & c . I Bentley, New Burlingti,n- Published by Colburn an street. DUGGIN'S PATENT \TENT! uATING BEAVER HATS are acknowledked to be the best kind of Hats ever yet invented ; they are exceedingly light, only 44 ounces, will never injure by wet, lose their colour or shape, and will not prevent the egress of per spiration, which has been so much the complaint of Water-proof Hats, often producing the head-ache and the loss of hair. Price 21e. and 265., Drab, Brown, and Lady's Riding Hat at the same price. 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Solomon, Liverpool," engraven on its official impression, aml is uniformly plated on the coik to protect purchasers from count, rteit imitations. The passage by steam-packet from South ampton to the Isle of Wight, is now only sixpence each person. On the motion of Lord MORPETH the Lords' Amend 'tents to the Ossett Soke Bill were read a second time. Mr. SHAW presented three petitions from the Mem- Limis of the Schomberg Roy-,l Or inge Lodge, No. 1690,-- m e against the Irish Reform Bill, the second against the Party Processions Bill, and the third against the Govern ment plan of education in Ireland. Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition from the Rector, Churchwardens, and Overseers, of the parish of St. Olive, Southw irk, complaining of the influx of Irish ioor, and praying that some law may be enacted to afford relief to the Irish poor, and also to alter the law egarding the issue of marriages celebrated in this coon 'ry between Protestants and Catholics by Catholic priests. The Hon. Member said, that this parish was much bur •lened with poor -rates, chiefly caused by the influx of Irish poor. The population of St. Olave was only ab ut 9,000 person., of whom 3,000 were Irish poor, and the moiety of the fund raised for the poor-rate was given to the Iri-h poor. Mr. DAWSON wished that before the gentlemen of St. Olave's or any other parish, prayed for the removal of It ish poor they would consider what service that class rendered to England. The public derived great advantage row their labour, and, therefore, when any casualty befel them, they ought to be chargeable to the poor-rates. So long as the Union lasted (and God only knew how long that would be) the Irish who carne to this country were as much entitled to the pro.ection of the laws as any person coining from Northumberland or any other place at a distance.—(llear, hear.) If the poor were to be trans ported to Ireland, why not also transport the rich who were spending in this country the millions wrung from Ireland ? As long as that system was continued, let them not hear from the churchwardens of any parish, that the Irish poor were a burden on the country, but rattier let some person state the benefits derived by this country' from the rich Irish, as well as from the labours of the poor Irish. He for one did not wish to set himself against a system of poor laws in Ireland, but he set himself against the introduction of such a system as was practised in Eng land. After a few observations from the O'CoNNoR Dort and Mr. BLACKNEY, Mr. CALVERT assured the House that the petition did not complain of the Irish who laboured and spent their money in this country, but of those who came into the parish one week and applied for relief the next. The rate in St. Olave's was 6,0001. a year, of which 3,0001. was expended on this description of persons. After some observations from Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. Shaw, Colonel Perceval, and Mr. G. Dawson, the petition was ordered to printed. Mr. GEORGE DAWSON regretted that none of his Majesty's Ministers were present, as he wished to know whether they intended to make any alterations in the law relative to Roman Catholic marriages. As the law at pre sent existed, he believed no Roman Catholic marriage was legal, unless the parties were re-married by aclergyman of the Established Church. Lord KILLEEN was happy to inform the Right Hon. Member that a Bill was about to be brought forward to remedy the evil complained of. Mr. CALVERT presented petitions from the church. wardens of the parishes of St. Olave and St. George the Martyr, Southwark, against the Bill for the removal of Scotch and Irish vagrants. Captain GORDON presented petitions from Dews bury and other places, against the Government plan of education for Ireland ; also two petitions, one from New castle and the other from Stirling, against the grant to the College of Maynnoth ; also from Newcastle, against slavery. Sir A. AGNEW presented a petition from Watford, praying the House to adopt measures for the due observ ance of the Sabbath. Mr. WESTENRA presented petitions from Monaghan, in favour of Irish education, and the Irish Reform Bill, and against tithes. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from Halifax, against the 13111 for the removal of Scotch and Irish vagrants. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a similar petition fron► Cheater. Jr. LEFROY presented a petition fr , 'm the Conserva tive Protestants of Ireland , and from a palish in Meath, against the Irish Reform Bill ; also a petition from Sligo, against the system of education proposed by Government for Ireland. Mr. RYI)ER presented a petition from Hemel Hemp stead, Wdlton, and Stapleford, praying for the better ob servance of the S ibbath. Mr. HOPE presented a pi tition from the workers in mills at Douglass Green, against the Factory Bill. Lord G. LENNOX would take the opporiunity, while nothing was bef re the House, of correcting a mistake which occurred some short time ago. On a discussion on the the Boundary Bill with respect to some place in Surrey, the editor of the Mirror of Parliament sent him a -peech for correction while he was not in the House en the debate in question, and lie returned the speech, at the same time telling the E-lirur of the fact. However, that gentleman was determined that a speech he should have, for when he returned to town he was surprised to find that his name was put to a speech in that paper in th it debate at which he hail already told the editor lie was not pre sent, and unfortunately it happened that it was to a speech with not one sentiment of which he could agree. ( Hear, hear, hear.) All he wished was that the mistake show(' be corrected. Mr. STANLEY said, that to facilit rte the progress of the It ish Boundaries Bill, and in order to meet sorm. of the objections made to it, he would to-morrow move for a Select Committee to inquire into, and take into consi deration, the cases of Mallow, Dungat von, and Youghall. In answer to a question put by an HON. MEMBER (whose name we could not learn), with regard to the sur p'us of the French Claim iota' Fund, Lord ALTHORP said it wig the intention of Govern ment to appoint other Commissioners to investigate the matter. The old Commissioners would not be continued, for lie believed they would nut now give satisfaction to the public. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN then rose to move for certain p ipers relative to the difference between the real and official value of export goods, and also to propose his reso lutions (which have been before the public for some time) re lative to the same subject. He said that since 1824, the de preciation in the real value of exported goods bad amounted to upwards of 50 per cent., yet still the officially declared value was continued at the same ratio as formerly. And yet the question had never been thoroughly investigated in that House. He did not call upon the House by the pre sent resolutions to pledge themselves to the expres sion of any particular opinion, but merely wished to bring the subject fairly before the House. The depreciation in prices had affected materially the industrious cl uses of so ciety. It had been said that he was unfriendly to exports ; but that was untuuwied ; besides the export trade should never be forced. Distress now was general, it did not affect particul ir branches merely, but all classes of society. The whole of the depreciation, the Hon. Alderman said, was so much taken from labour : the labour of the country, at two shillings a day, would be twenty-six millions per month, which would have gone into cir culation among a variety of trades. That was on calculations which had been made by a friend of his. It was not the importation of foreign goods alone that had produced this effect, but it was produced by a combination of causes, of which the currency was the chief. Having done with the depreciation, he next adverted to a comparison of the English and foreign trades. There was on an average of ten years up to 1818, thirty-seven millions and a halt of exports. In 1819 there was an increase of more than a million and a quarter, but in 1830 there was an amazing falling off. Notwithstanding all the arrangements that were made to increase our exports, there was in 1830 a decrease of six millions and a half, instead of an increase of ten millions, as was then expected. From 1819 to 1830 the falling off had averaged six millions and a half per annum. From the want of re turns last year, they were not included in his resolutians, nut he admitted that the falling off would not have been so much in 1831 probably by a quarter of a million. One third of our exports to the north of Europe were in cotton yarn. He now came to compare the exports with the , mports, for he was told it did not signify how low the prices were, provided we got a proportionate increase Of quantity. It was most extraordinary to him to see the great decrease in the exports, which he could not at all .ccount for. It was too remarkable, that in 1617 the depreciation amounted to 9,000,000/ per annum; but after the passing of the Bill for the resumption of cash payments it decreased,but in lB22,when the email note bill passed, the depreciation then inereas ,, d, and it now amounted to eleven millions. He was perfectly satisfied something must be dons with respect to the currency of the country; it was not, however, for him to point out a remedy, he had done hi ditty in drawing the facts to the attention of the House, and left it to draw it own conclusions. Colonel TORRENS seconded the motion. Mr. P. THOMSON would, with all respect for the Worthy Alderman, declare that, in his opinion, the reso lutions were such as ought not to he agreed to by that House ; and he would move the previous question. Colonel TORRENS said the Worthy Alderman had puzzled himself and perplexed the House by talking of official v due and real value, instead of simply speaking of quantity and price. Mr. ROBINSON agreed in the necessity of a chance in our Financial Policy, and condemned the alterations made under the auspices of Mr. Huskisson. Mr. HUME defended the doctrines of Mr. Huskisson. Mr. COURTENAY differed from the Hon. Member for Middlesex in the view which he was aware he (Mr. H.) took of the system advoc tted by Mr. Huskisson. After a few words from Sir R. VYYTAN, Mr. Hums, Mr. HUNT. and Mr. ATTWOOD, Lord ALTHORP gave the Hon. Alderman great credit for the attention he had shown to his subject, but could not agree with the Hon. Member as to a'l his conclusions. If two Hon. Members, starting from exactly opposite principles, yet arrived at the same conclusion, that fact would show that what they both agreed on was worthy of the consideration of the House ; but he much suspected that the Hon. Member and the Hon. and Gallant Member would not be found to agree together. Indeed, he be- lieved the results to which they came would he seen to be quite different from each other. What, then, did the Hon. Alderman require? He required the House to give a sanction to certain opinions embodied in the resolutions he had produced. Now, there was perhaps hardly one gentleman in that House who would wish to pledge the House to all those opinions; and under all these circum stances there seemed to be no course left but that of mov ing the previous question. Sir C. PORHES took that opportunity of complaining that India was not well treated. She was too highly taxed. Her produce ought to be admitted here almost free of duty, and ours ought to go out to India equally free from taxation, India had long been drained of her bul lion for the use of this country, and she could stand the drain no longer Within the two last years no less than three millions sterling had been sent here from India. In every part of the country that was under our govern ment, the situation of the native Indians was worse than it had been under that of their native governors, to whose dominion they now sigEed to return. He thanked the Right Hon. Member, - the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, for what he had done in modifying the duties lately. By doing justice to the East Indies, no injury would be done to our West Indian possessions; and unless justice was done to the East Indies, we should not he able long to continue our government of India, cer tainly not unless our present system was changed. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT objected to the motion of the Hon. Alderman, for he thought that nothing was more mischievous than to teach the labouring classes that erro neous impression, that a vote of that House could relieve the distresses that from any cause whatever were brought upon them. The evil arose from the habit, unfortunately too prevalent, of taking one thing to be the cause of another, merely because the first had preceded the second in the order of time. As an instance, he might mention the Reform Bill. Suppose, there should he a bad harvest, there were some people who would say, and he feared there were not wanting others who would believe them, that it was a judgment of Heaven, because of the passing of the Reform Bill.—(A laugh.) There were many causes over which the Legislature could have no control, that would occasion distress in some one branch of na- tional industry. Fashion was one of these causes. In the case of the glove trade, for instance, fashion had sud denly occasioned a change which no Legislature could foresee or prevent; for sarely there was no one who would say that an act ought to be passed to prevent people from wearing cotton gloves, and to compel them to wear kid gloves. Such a course might put down one clamour for a moment, but it would raise others louder and more per manent. It was necessary that the*e things should be un derstood, becau.e, as the Reform Bill would give a new strength and influence to the manufacturing iuterest, it was important that the people should not be led into mis takes on these matters. Mr Alderman WAITHMAN replied; after which the question was put upon his Resolutions, and they were severally negatived without a division. RANK CHARTER. Mr. GISBORNE presented a petition from 850 owners and occupiers of land in the vicinity of York, on the sub. ject of the currency. The Hon. Member had several other petitions more particularly referring to the Bank Charter, and upon that subject he wished to put a question to the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it was l!kely that any measure founded on the report of die Com mittee now sitting on the Bank Charter would be intro duced in the present session ? If the Noble Lord replied satisfactorily, it would he necessary for him (Mr. Gisborne) to bring forward the Resolution of which he hail given notice Lord ALT HORP had made the motion for a Com mittee on the Bank Chart-r, in the sanguine expectation that the repnrt might he made, and the subject fully dis cussed, and fin fly decided in the present Session ; he bad not relinquished the desire that such should be the case ; but he must observe that the course the examination had taken b e fore the Committee, did not lead him to believe that he could accomplish the object lie had in view. It was certainly of great importance that the question should be set at rest as rally as possible, but it was of still more importance that it should be satisfactorily determined, and a settlement of it would be too dearly purchased if ob tained at the expense of a full and fair discussion.— ( Hear, Lear.) Therefore, whatever inconvenience might arise from the postponement of the decision, it would be much better nut to decide at all at present, than to decide too hastily. Mr. GISBORNE did not seem to think that the reply of the Noose Lot d rendered it unnecessary for him to bring forward his resolution. Lord ALTHORP should not like to stand pledged not to bring forward the subj••ct under any possible circum stances, but the Hon. Member must be aware, in the pre sent state of business, it was not probable that the discus sion could be commenced, much lee. concluded. The im portance of settling the question, as he had already re marked, was much below the importance of settling it satisfactorily. Mr. GISBORNE asked if the Noble Lord would un dertake to Ove him an opportunity of presenting his peti tions before the question of the Bark Charter was dis cussed ? Lord ALTHORP had not the slightest objection to give the Hon Membe r that assurance. Mr. GISBORNE, therefore, withdrew his notice for submitting a resolution to the House. PENSIONS AND SUPERANNUATIONS. After a remark from Lord ALTHORP and Mr. T. COURTENAY, Mr. HUME consented to withdraw his motion for the repeal of the Acts enabling Ministers to grant pensions and superannuatirm s to certain persons and civil officers. The Hon. Member gave notice, that if he should have a sett in the next Parliament, this subject should be one of the very earliest he would bring under the attention of the House and country. SCOTCII GREYS. Mr. HUME rose in order to submit to the House a motion of much importance, involving this great ques tion—whether an E ng li s h man , b y b ecom i ng a so ldi er , for feited his right as a citizen? It related to the severe and unjustifiable punishment of a private in the Scotch Greys, of the name of Somerville, who had been treated with the y, merely because h e had written a letter to a newspaper call e d t h e Weekly Dispatch, of the senti mentsutmost severity, of which letter every man in the country might be proud. It was true th at ot h er reasons h a d b een ass igned for the punishment of Somerville, but the fact was unde niably evident that it had been inflicted in consequence (): t he transmissio n o f the letter containing the wr i ter ' s opi nions on public affairs. The fact was, that very soon after it was known that Somerville was the author of the letter, he, who was a r aw recruit of only four mont h s stand i ng, was compelled to r id e a horse wh i ch he was i nca p a ble of ma naging, and i n refusing to mount it a second time , h e had certainly b e e n guilty' of a breach of discipline. .It was usual that the regiment should be drawn up in linewhen the punishm ent or d ere d b y t h e cour t-martial was about to be inflicted, and that the commanding officer should harangue the soldiers—explaining the nature of the crime for which the offending soldier was to be pc en, and the impropriety of a soldier's expressing political pinions, and giving encouragement to the mob; but lie ild little or nothing about the heinousness of the offence which was nominally the cause of the punishment which the regiment was called out to witness.—(Hear, bear.) Now, when the House took into consideration, not only , hat the political offence, or what was said to be a political ffence, was the theme of the Commanding Officer's ad keys to the regiment ; and that in a conversation, which 'hat Officer (211,ijor Wyndham) held with Somerville pre vinus to the court-martial, related altogether to the "libel" excepting only the one allusion to the situation to which the soldier had got himself, and which also was connected with the political offence, by the Major's adding, " that it would make him repent of what he had done"--that is of writing the letter.—(Hear, hear, hear.) From all these facts it was impceisible not to see that the man was, in reality, punished for the expression of his political opinion, and not fix the alleged breach of dicipline. But there were still other facts which proved beyond all ques tion, that the breach of discipline was laid hold of as a pretence for punishing Somerville.—( Hear, hear, hear.) On the very day after the flagging of that man, a private called Andrew Scott flatly refused to go to the school. Well. was he flogged ? No such thing. The only punishment was consnement to the yard for twenty four hours, and the being kept to the barracks for another day.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) begged the HI4LISP consider the difference between the two cases. Here was Scott refusing, in defiance of all discipline, to go to the school at all, or attempt to perform his regular ex i,rcise, on ihe day after Somerville had been flogged for refusing to do what he had vainlyattempted to do; the l Ater being a recruit, and his removal in , o a higher class, and his being ordered to ride an untrained horse, having all taken place within a few hours a ter he acknowledged himself to be the writer of the letter to the Dispatch.— ( Hear, hear.) If his refusal was so deserving of punish ment. why was the more culpable refusal of the other man (who had the example of the previous day's punishment before him) passed over with comparatively no punish• ment ? If Scott believed that the punishment of Somer ville was really inflicted for his refusal to do what be had attempted to ao, and found to be impossible, would be (Scott) venture to refuse making any attempt or even go ing to the school? Assuredly not.—(Hear.) It was plain from his conduct that the regiment very well under stood that the letter was the real offence. A strong cor roboration of this was, that on a f-w days after the flog ging, some officers of the regiment attended the theatre, and received some marks of disapprobation from a part of the and ence ; and in the course of that evening some of the privates got into a squabble with the townspeople, in consequence (as we un derstood) of what took place in the theatre. The soldiers being intoxicated, returned at a late hour to the barrack, with their clothes torn, and in such a condition as would in a strict, or at least in a very severely disci plined regiment, subject them to punishment. However, although their conduct was much more disorderly than Somerville's, they were not punished.---(Hear.) Yet such was the severity with which that man was flogged, that although the punishment was inflicted so long as seven weeks ago, and he had received only 100 lashes, he was still confined in the host - deal, and was in a bad way. The treatment which he had experienced since the flogging was a great eggravation of the punishment.—(Hear, hear.) His removal from Birmingham to Coventry, on account of the feeling expressed towards him iu the former town,.had (we understood the Hon. Member to say) re tarded his recovery. Was such a case to be passed over by that House? - Was it to be allowed that a man should be treated in such a way for the expression of his politi cal opinions? He (Mr. Hume) bad always under stood the constitutional doctrine to be, that a private soldier was not only to think for himself on such questions, but that he was actually bound to know the law, and to refuse to obey his officer in doing an illegal act. He had known many instances in which privates were tried for their lives, for baying acted upon the illegal orders of their officers. But it would be absurd to say that a private could be responsi • ble in such cases, if it was to be held that he should take his political opinions from his officers, and that he was liable to be punished for thinking for himself on matters in no way connected with military discipline.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then read a passage from Blackstone, to show that, in free States, a man, so far from losing the rights of citizenship by becoming a sol dier, he was to be considered as having become a soldier, " that he might continue to be a citizen," and protect the rights of himself and his fellow citizens. But, he would ask, in what was the conduct of Major Wyndham to this soldier Somerville consistent with that doctrine ? If such conduct was to be tolerated by the executive, and passed ova r by that House without reprobation, then the British soldier must henceforth be considered, not as a citizen, but a slave.—(Hear.) What the consequence was to be, he should leave to the Secretary at War to consider.—( Hear, hear.) But if the doctrine was to be admitted in respect to privates, wby should not the same rule be applied to officers ? But he knew many officers in that House, who were in the habit of expressing their political opinions very freely, and not only in that House, but in pl ►ces where their privilege of Parliament could not be pleaded to pro. tect them, and he would put it to the Secretary at War, whether, if it was to be the law that privates should be punished for political opinions, certain officers—Hon. and Gallant Members of that House—should not be flogged for xpressing their political opinions in the strong languag- inwhich:they sometimes indulgAy—(Hear, hear, and . - laughter.) He wished some Hon. Member connected with the law or the army, would inform him whether such was to be the law, or Blackstone was right ? If Blackstone was wrong, then he would say, th it it was most dan gerous to the liberties of the British people that there should be in this country so many thousands of armed men entirely subject to the tyranny of their officers, and bound to obey their commands implicitly, and to talc,. their political opinions from them. That was a state of things which ought not to be allowed. Sir C. WETHERELL—Hear, bear. Mr. HUME would tell the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, upon the authority of B.ackstone, that a standing army, ruled under such doctrine, could only be suffered under a despotic Government ; and if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would assure him that ouch was th• received doctrine at present, he (Mr. Hume) trusted that the next Parliament would place the law upon such footing that, if there was to be a standing arms, the soldier should not cease to he a citizen.—( Hear.) When ha last spoke in that House upon the case of Somerville, he abstained from pressing any motion at that time, be cause he understood that the Right Honourable the Secretary at War had not yet received any infor mation ; and he hoped that, by postponing the mo tion, the Right Hon. Gentleman would be enabled to explain the circumstances, and to state what were tin views of his Majesty's Government upon the whole trans action. There were now courses open for him (Mr. Hume) to pursue. One was to move for the appointment 0: a Committee of the whole Iliuse, to inquire respecting the legality of punishment inflicted on a soldier by set' tence of court-martial for the expression of a political opinion ; and that evidence should be heard at the bar of the House : for, although this was but a solitary case, yet it involved a question which concerned the rights or the whole people, and affected the liberties of every indi vidual.—(Hear, hear.) But that was a course which ii might not be necessary to adopt ; and there was another. which he thought might answer the purpose. He should move for a copy of the accusation against Somerville, of the minutes of the court-martial, and of the sentence; and true report of the commanding officer as to whetter the whole sentence was carried into effect. This motion would enable Hon. Gentleman opposite, connected with the War Department of his Majesty's Government, to ex plain the real nature of the circumstances connected with the punishment of Somerville, and to show whether or not that soldier's statement of his own case was correct. From this explanation he should he able to determine wb,- ther it might be necessary for him to found any other mo tion up•in the papers for which he now moved. But he should reserve to himself to consider whether or not li - should not take some ulterior step to ascertain what i the opinion of the Government respecting the interference o fa soldier's military duties with his political rights. 11 concluded by moving fur the return of papers (which L. had already described) relating to the trial and punish rant of private Somerville, of the 2d Dragoons. Mr. HUNT seconded the motion. Sir JOHN C. HOI3HOUSE never had been more taken by wurpise in his lite than be was by the motion with which the speech of his Hon. Friend the Member . chat it was usual, even between opponents -at House, much more between Gentlemen who had been in the habit of acting together upon many great questions, to give no tice of a motion of such importance as the lion. Mem ber for Middlesex attached to the present motion. As hie Hon. Friend had abandoned the motion for a Committee to inqiure respecting the general question of the civil ridlts of soldiers, it was not recessary for him (Sir J. C. Flobhouse) to go further into that question then to say, that he did not think it had ever been questioned that a soldier could not be punished by a court-martial for the expression of his opinion on a political questins. The motion which the Hon. Gentleman bad made wa sno funded upon anything of which the House had Parlia• mentary cognisance, but only upon a private document, in the possession of the Hon. Member himself. But hie Hon. Friend thought that, on the authority of that docu ment, he was justified in calling upon him (Sir J. Hob house) without motion, for an answer to the assertions contained in it. If that were once admitted, then any gentleman might come forward with any number of charges, and call upon the Government for explanation without previous notice, and might even say with his Honourable Friend, that the Government ought to be glad to have the opportunity. But the fact was, that all that he (Sir J. Hohhouse) knew of the case was derived from the minutes of the court-martial; and from them he could not auptote what h. would be as much shocked as any mem) , could he to suppose, that punishment was alleged to have been inflict e I upon tne man for one crime, when it was in reality inflicted upon him for another, for which he had not heen tried, or even formally accused —(Hear, hear.) Under such circumstances, he could not take it for granted that an officer high in command had contrived to get up a charge against a man, so as to bring it within the power o his officers to punish, nominally for a breach of disci pline, but really for the expression of his political ()pini ons. He could not, then, feel himself justified in acced ing to the motion, not having had notice of it. He could not Just then say whether there was any prec-dent fir the laying of the minutes of regimental courte-martial hef ire Parliament; altheagh he knew that the minutes of a dis trict court-martial might he produced. At least the M et her for Middlesex e ight have allowed him an opportunity of consulting the other Members of his Majesty's Goeern • ment. He could not say wheth• r there might he eventu ally any objection to the granting of those papers. He knew at present of only one objection, and that was. this House had always been exceedingly chary in inter feting with the discipline of the army, except in cages in which erounds had been made out for a ch tree of oppression. —(Hear, hear.) B he would ask, had any gentleman in that House ever heard of a case in which an officer h a d procured the punishment of a private for a political offence? Mr. HUNT—Yes,—(Hear. hear.) An Hon. Mitatsze said—Sever il—many, many; and added some allusion to the writings of the Rieht Hon. Secretary at War, which was not heard in the gallery. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE did not recollect to Lave herd of such c lees, and that the grounds upon which he had al ways opposed flogging in the army were quite independent of any oppression that might be committed on account of political opinions.—(Hear.) He had only to repeat, that he could not accede to the motion, as he had not had notice of his Hon. Friend's intention to make it, Sir CHARLES WETHERELL would support the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary at War, in hi. oppo sition to the motion. He thought that the Hon. Member for Midrib sex had broached a meat extraordinary and tin constitutional doctrine.—(Hear, hear.) He knew nothing of the case, but what he had picked up from the speech of the Hon. Mem'ter (Mr Hume) himself. The private, Somerville, had been tried for a military off nee by the competent tribunal ; and the complaint made was, that that tribunal was influenced by the circumstance of his having previously done something which was suppo,d to amount to a political offence. But if there had been anything improper in the conduet of the court martial, the proper mode of appealing against the decision of that court was by an application either to the King himself directly, or indirectly through the Commander-in- Chief.—(Hear, hear.) But if that House were to con stitute itself into a court of appeal from the military courts, it would, in fact, place itself in the posit'on taken by the douse of Commons in the time of Charles the First, when it assumed the command of the army._.. (Hear, hear.) At the same time, no man would deny that the House had the power of interfering, if a case of abuse should have been clearly established against a Milit try court, or against any other court.—(Hear, hear.) But as no case had been made out by the Hon. Member for Middlesex, he hoped that Gentleman would see the pro priety of withdrawing his motion. Mr. TENNYSON had not received any intimation of the course which his Hon. Friend the Member for Mid dlesex was determined to pursue, until he beard Lim make the present motion. He was not prepared, therefore, to say whether the course which he had adopted was or was not the best, by which be might have brought the ease before Parliament. But he would say this, that he never heard a case which more urgently called for investigation in that House than that which hail been made nut in the statement of his Hon. Frien l.—(Hear.) His Hon. and Learned Friend, who had just sat down, b a d state d that the House would be authorized only by a case of great abuse in interfering with the proceedings of courts.mtr. tial, or of any other courts. But that statement implied an admission that the Honourable and Le irned a-ntle tnan himself was opposing the motion upon insufficient grounds; for surely there never could be a ca•e of grosser abuse than that which his Honourable Friend had stated.—(Hear, hear.) Whether or not the statement could be substantiated, it was of such a nature that the House ought to institute some inquiry, although he could not say in what form that inquiry was to be made.— (Hear, hear.) The House ought . to be informed, by the ttight Hon. the Secretary at War, whether or not he had examined into the circumstances. For, although his lion. Friend (Mr. Hutne) had not given notice of the precise form of the motion, yet he had already drawn the atten tiou of the Government of the case, and the attention of the whole country has been drawn to it—nor had any case ever created a stronger feeling of surprise and indignation amongst the people. If the statement of the Hon. 111-rn ber for Aliddlesex was correct, there could be no doubt that the man had really been flogged for hi+ political opi,. oion, and he (Mr. T.) was glad to hear his Right Hon. Fr end deny that the statement was correct. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE—What I said was, th it there ippeared nothing in the minus a of the court-martial to justify me in supposing that there was any truth in the statement that the man was punisheh for a political offence. Mr. TENNYSON was glad hisß4ghtHoti. Filen(' (Sir J. 11-bhouse) had stated his opinion, that a soldier could not be punished by a court-martial for the expresssiou of his opinion on a political question. If such a punishment to flogging was to be continued, he trusted that the Hattie would at least take care that the po ver to inflict it could not be abused as in this case. He would supp , rt the :notion. Lord ALTHORP complained that the Honour- able Gentleman had not given notice of hi, inten tion to ht ing forward a motion co 111111 Utlie way aid a man had been punist , sd for an ff•nee which iid not subject him to a military court. under the pre tepee of hit having committed a mditsry oti•nce. He (Lord Altirorp) agreed, that if that was trip., the trans. tetion called for the severest reprehelosion.—(lier, hear, hear.) But this was a case in which the Hou-z , (wait riot to proceed, unle•s very strong ground should have been made out ; nor ought it to interfer, with the pro.. eeedings of a court martial upon the unsopp-rtel st .t e . flent made by his Hon. Friend (NIG Homo). on the au. rhority of the individual himself who complained of tieing iggrieved. He entirely concurred wi h his Hun. Fri nd, hat a soldier hid a right, in cowl ~,,, n with eve!) , oiher Engli,liman, to exprrss hii opinions upon q po.i. lives. But there must be a line drawn Irepo,i; which that thin right should y r g oi r t be eat d e x e l e i r e ci ac s; d u ; n n , d i i t ffi i u t g ( l i t a q to e te mina where the line should be drawn in the ea‘e of a either. (here wis at present no reason for going into the -ion, and he should therefore merely put it to his H .n. Friend and to the House, whether the motion ought to be agreed to, notice not having been .riven of the lion. G..n. leman's intention to make it. Mr. O'CONNELL said, ill,- qustion way this—a man ; )a d bee n puniqled for one offence under the ch irge of having committed another, and beyond all that, h. , Itsd ,een entrapped into the commission or the ..treti e tor Jvhich he vo as punished. It was stated that SomerviLe had been actually promoted a grade in order to tiring him within the reach of the commanding officer, and that lie ri id been ordered to mount a restive tiorse—a hors e known to be unbroken—in order that be might be subj-cted to punishment for disobedience. No One ivord of this had r) en denied, and the only answer he had heyard give. Was that of the Right Hun. Baronet (Hobhini.e,) uau , •ly, that is did not appear in the proceedings of the c iort.cartial. It did nut appear certainly. He knew not bow it could ; .ut then that was one among the many ea .ms hir further ,liquiry; and he contend e d that the minutes Of the . cpitti t nartial should should be produced, in jus ice to the o ffi cer t he wa s i nnocen t, and in justice to the public service .whether be was guilty or innocent. in the .aMr. ROBERT GRANT knee nothing of thi s cane leuesPe. t wh He agreed what was sc e7l tainedinttt'e petition presented to the teinz , nt of the case rna , , s t by the lion. and Learned Gentle..nan ; but he contonthd