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EAST INDIA HOUSE, Alaßcis 20, 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 be ready to receive proposals in writing on WEDNESDAY, the 18th April next, from the Owners of good, sound, and substantial COPPER BOTTOMED SHIPS of the burthen of from 400 to 650 tons, registered measurement, specifying the rate of freight at which they in ty be willing to let such Ships for One Voyage to and from Bengal. That the Court will also be ready to receive proposals in writing on the said Wednesday, the ISth of April, from Vie owners of good, sound, and substantial copper-bottomed Ships, of the burthen of from 400 tons to 850 tons registered measurement, specifying the rate of freight at which they may be willing to let such ships for One Voyage to China, a id from China to Halifax in Nova Scotia, or Quebec, and a one of those ports to be discharged from the Company's service. Tile tenders, with the words " ship tender" on the cover, to he severally sealed up, and left with the Secre tary at this house, at or before twelve o'clock at noon, on the .aid Wednesday the 18th of April, beyond which hour the Court will not receive any tender. PETER AUBER, Secretary. The particulars of the terms and conditions under which the ships will respectively be employed may be had, upon application, at the office of the clerk to the Commit tee of Shipping, at this house, on or after Monday next, the 26th inst. BRITTON'S PICTURE OF LONDON. Just published, in ISmo. with 110 Views, Plans of all the Streets, Squares, Public Buildings, &c., and a Map of the Country 20 Miles round London, price 9s. (with the Maps only, 65.) neatly bound, THE ORIGINAL PICTURE of LON DON, corrected to the present time ; being a Guide to the Metropolis of the British Empire; with a Description of the Environs. By J. BRITTON, F. S. A., &c. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Co. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW ROAD KING'S CROSS, LONDON. MR. MORISON, the President, and Mr. MOAT, the Vice-President, in conjunction with all the Honorary Members and Country Agents of the British College of Health, being now fully borne out with the conviction, approbation, and indubitable proofs of up wards of 200,1/00 individuals (who had been thrown aside by the Faculty, and out of the Hospitals, as Incurable) having been restored to sound health by the " Universal Medicines :"—with all this incontrovertible mass of evidence in support of the Hygeian Theory and Practice, which challenges the controversy of the whole body of Medicists, under the old system, to subvert; they, the heads of the College, hesitate not to declare, in the face of th e Faculty, that this new light must completely change the whole course of the Materia Medics, and introduce a new era in the Science of Physic : that, in fact, man kind will b e t aug h t , i n f uture , a new an d certa i n mode I of nvestigating the nature and cause of diseases in ge neral, and of possessing a certain and harmless mode of cure, making every individual his own efficient doctor. In confirmation of what is here asserted, the Heads of the College mean to insert, in this Paper, a continued serif of new cases, from individuals giving their names, re sidences, and dates of time of cure, all of which have been voluntarily given, and ascertainable as to the facts by inquiry. CURE OF APTH.E, OR THRUSE. To Messrs. Morison and Moat. GENTLENtrm,—My niece, twenty years of age, was taken with what I considered a cold, (without due attention to your general admonition, " That a cold is not a cause, but a premo nitory effect of a pre-existing cause of disease,") which induced me, in this, as in all other cases, to administer the " Univer. sale,", from seven to fifteen pills every day She complained of a soreness of the mouth, which, on inspec. tlon, I observed to be the thrush, never having had it in her infancy. Her mother and grandmother became alarmed, fearing, from her age, it would prove fatal. For my own part, I had no apprehension of danger, being convinced, from my own practice on all humoural affections, that the " Universal Medicines" would soon effect a cure. She was in a high fever, and kept her bed four days. She has been perfectly recovered this fortnight past, by the " Universal Medicine" alone, and without any outward application whatever.—Wishing you every success, I remain, Gentlemen, yours most respectfully, ELIZ. NICKENSON. 16, Clarence-row, Devonport, March 17, 1832. CURE OF A CASE DECLARED INCURABLE BY THE FACULTY. To Mr. Shephard. S l l,---For the encouragement of the afflicted, especially such as are thrown aside by the Faculty as incurable, I consider it mY duty to authorise you to publish the following brief state- Ment of facts, relative to my unparalleled sufferings, and mi raculous cure performed by the Universal Medicine only. For 2 2 Years I have been the subject of a most dreadful internal disease ; no language can convey an adequate idea of my ex_ trerne sufferings during that period ; God and myself only k now. For the last nine years I have been entirely confined to my bed, necessitated, from the nature of my affliction, to fie in one posture ; the tormenting pains I experienced could only be compared to the thrusting of a sharp instrument from my side to my back. I have had what was called the best ad vice of the faculty, for many miles round, who tried their skill by salivating, blistering, and performing a whole routine of practice upon me, to no purpose, except that of augmenting my sufferings. Thus baffled and beat, they pronounced me in curable, declaring that no medicine in the world could ever re move my complaint. When in this helpless and hopeless con dition, w ith my bowels constipated to the most alarming degree, and my flesh in such an awful state, in consequence of my long confinement, that I could not be moved without acute pain, a minister of the gospel visited me, and strongly recommended Mr. Morison's Vegetable Pills, informing me that with the Divine blessing they had performed many wonderful cures. This induced me to put their virtues to the test ; I commenced with five pills, regularly increasing to 15; their operation proved milder than any medicine I had previously taken, and though in a constant state of purgation, my strength increased. The amazing quantity of putrid flesh and corrupt humours they daily brought away stimulated me to persevere with large doses. The happy result is (I declare it to the great fame of the pills), I am raised from the bed of anguish and disease, free from pain, with a ll my complaints removed, able to walk with out any assistance, and with pleasure to attend my domestic affairs. For this my astonishing recovery from the depth of affliction to the enjoyment of good health, words cannot ex press my gratitude; first to the Father of Mercies for provi dentially directing Mr. Morison to the discovery of the best medicine in the world, and next to Mr. Smith, your active and intelligent agent for Alnwick, whose unremitting attention to the afflicted is beyond all praise. The unspeakable benefit I have experienced, and the sympathy I feel for suffering hu manity, impel me to proclaim, through the medium of the press, to all you who are afflicted, with whatever disease, to take Morison's pills, and I most earnestly entreat you to persevere with them in sufficient doses till well. They are perfectly harmless in their nature, and the cure is certain. I am, Sir, yours gratefully, White House, near Alnwick, March ELEANOR DIXON.I4, 1832. The " Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at the College, New-road, King's-cross, London ;at the Surrey Branch, 96, Great Surrey -street, Blackfriars; at Mr. Field's, 16, Air-street, Quadrant; Mr. Chappel's, Royal Exchange ; Mr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit-passage, Red Lion-square; Mr. J. Lofts, 10, Mile End-road; Mr. Bennett's, Covent-garde n - mar k et ; Mr. Haydon's, Fleur de-lisourt, Norton Falgate ; Mr. Haslett's, 147, Rat cliffe-highway ; Messrs. Norbury's, Brentford ; Mrs. Stepping's, Clare-market; Messrs. Salmon's, Little Bell alley; Miss Varral's, 24, Lucas-street, Commercial-road ; Mrs. Beech's, 143, Sloane-street, Chelsea ;of Mr. Chap plc, Royal Library, Pall-mall ; Mrs. Clements, 12, Bridge-street, So u th war k ; M r. W a ll as, 3, Borough-road, Wal near w the Obelisk ; M r . Ki ri l am, 4, Bolingbroke-row, orth ; of Mr. Pain, 64, Jermyn-street ; Mr. Wood, BlackhHair-dresser, Richmond ; Mr. Meyar, 3, M ay ' s -b u il d i ngs, Blackheath ; Mr. Griffith,, Wood Wharf, Greenwich ; Mr. Benjamin Pitt, 1, Cornwall-road, Lambeth ; Mr. J. D reet, Vauxobson, 35, Craven -str eet , S trand ; Mr. Oliver, Bridge 'hal Mr. J. Monk, Bexley Heath ; Mr. T. Stokes, 12, .Roman's, Dartf or d ; M r. C owell, 12, Ter St race ' , Pimlico Mr. P ar fi tt, 96, Edgware-road; Miss C. Atkinson, Trinity -grounds, Deptford ; and at o ne Agents in every principal town in Great Britain and Ire land, the Islands of Guernsey and Malta, and throughout the whole of the United States of America. BRISTOL POLICE. There has been read a first time, in the House of Commons, a Bill " for establishing a more effective police within the city of Bristol, and county of the same city." It also is printed, and the following is an outline of the Bill, which occupies twenty seven folio pages. The preamble sets forth, that— Whereas the present establishment of nightly watch and police in the city of Bristol and county of the same city have been found inadequate to the prevention and detection of crime, and to the pre servation and maintenance of the public peace in the said city and county ; and it is expedient to pro vide a new and more efficient system of police in lieu of such establishments of nightly watch and police, and also to constitute and appoint one or more stipendiary justice or justices for the purposes here inafter mentioned within the said city and county. " And whereas the Mayor, Burgesses, and Com monalty of the said city of Bristol, in Common Council assembled, have consented and agreed, by and out of their corporate funds, to pay the annual sum of one thousand five hundred pounds in aid of the purposes of this Act; but the purposes afore •aid cannot be effected without the aid and autho rity of Parliament," &c. It then enacts— " That there shall be commissioners appointed, consisting of the mayor of the said city for the time being, - of the aldermen, to be elected and chosen by the mayor and aldermen at some meeting to be held for that purpose ; the governor and de puty-governor of the corporation of the poor of the said city of Bristol for the time being; the Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers of the said city of Bristol for the time being; and -- persons, being respectively churchwardens of some of the parishes,or overseers of the poor of the precinct men tioned in the schedule annexed to the act, for exe cuting its several powers, intents, and purposes," &c. The aldermen and the churchwardens, &c., as they go out of office, their places to be supplied. It afterwards provides that the Court Sessions nominate -stipendiary Justices, they being re spectively barristers of - years' standing at the least ; and that their names shall be thereupon trans mitted to his Miijesty's Secretary of Sate for the Home Department, and such Secretary of State shall select and appoint some - of such - persons to act asia Justice of the Peace of and for the said city of Bristol and county of the same city, Sze. That each and every person appointed a jus tice as aforesaid shall and may during the continu ance of such a pp o i ntment execute the duties of ajustice of the peace for the said city and county, although he may not hale such qualification by estate as is required by law in the ca.e of any other person being a Justice of the Peace for the said city and county : provided always, that no such person shall act as a Justice of the Peace at any Court of gaol delivery or general or quarter sessions, nor in any manner out of sessions, except for the preserva tion of the peace, the prevention of crimes, the de tection and committal of offenders, and in carrying into execution the purposes of this Act; provided also, that every person so to be appointed a Justice as aforesaid shall, during his cow 'nuance in office, re side in the said city of Bristol. Further, that upon any reasonable complaint being made and established against any such Justice, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commis sioners of the Great Seal of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Eng land, from time to time to remove any such Justice. The Commissioners to fix the salary of Stipen diary Justice: and the Commissioners to provide station-houses, &c. It next provides that a police force be appointed by the Mayor, Aldermen, and the Stipendiary Jus tice or Justices; and that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Stipendiary Justices, make regulations for the ma nagement of the police force. The bill then embodies regulations, similar to many of those respecting the London police, impos ing a penalty on publicans harbouring policemen during the hours of duty, &c. The powers of the police are defined as follows That it shall be lawful for any man belonging to the said police force, during the time of his being on duty, to apprehend all loose, idle, and disorderly persons whom he shall find disturbing the public peace, or whom he shall have reasonable cause to suspect of any evil designs, and all persons whom he shall find between sunset and the hour of in the forenoon, lying or being in any highway, yard, or other place, or loitering therein, and not giving a satisfactory account of themselves, and to deliver (:'So. 12,343.) Published this dal', in Sao. Third Edition, is. boards, ART of VALUING RENTS and TIL LAGES, and the Tenant's Right on Entering ai,d Quitting Farms Exp , ained By J. S. BAYLDON, Land Agent and Appraiser. London: Long - man, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Co. By the same Author, TREATISE on the VALUATION of PROPERTY for the POOR'S RATE. Bvo. is. 6d. hoards. Published this day, 2 vols. 12mo. with Plates, 12s. 'maids, CONVERSATIONS on VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending the Elements ofßot-tny, with their Application to Agriculture. " These instructive volumes are composed by Mrs. Marcet, already well known by similar works on other branches of science, whit h have been received with merited favour ; and we have little doubt that her present undertaking will meet with corre sponding success."—Edinburgh Review. London : Longkaan, Iferi, Orme, Brown. and Co. Of whom may be had, by the lame Author, CONVERSATIONS on CHEMISTRY. Eleventh Edition. enlarged. 2 vols. 12mo. with Plates by Lowry, 14s bds. CONVERSATIONS onNATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Sixth Edition. with 22 Engravings by Lowry, 1 Os. 6d. bd.. CONVERSATIONS on POLITICAL ECONOMY, Sixth Edition, go. bd.. DEBATE ON THE REFORM BILL IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. 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" The Mark Lane Express, a new Paper devoted to the agri cultural and commercial interests, as well as to general intel ligence and politics. It is well printed, and apparently well conducted, and promises to be a useful Newspaper to persons in trade."—Edinburgh Chronicle. " An excellent Weekly Paper, which should be in the posses. sion of every Corn Merchant and General Trader. Lancaster Herald. " A new agricultural paper, very appropriately named, and very well conducted."—Mechanics' Magazine. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1832. any person so apprehended into the custody of the constable appointed under this act, who shall be in attendance at the watch-house or station-house hereby authorized to be established, in order that such person may he secured until he or she can be brought before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to the law, or may give bail for hi. or her appearance before a justice of the peace, if the constable shall deem it prudent to take bail. Tire bill provides that a clerk and treasurer to the commissioners be appointed; but it prohibits the holding of those offices by one person. It also enacts, that when and so soon as the police force hereby authorised to be formed as aforesaid shall have been established and completed, and --- days' notice thereof shall be given in - or more of the Bristol newspapers, the existing night -watch within the said city arid county shall cease, and all watch-houses arid watch boxes in the several pa rishes, precints, and places in the said city and county, and all arms, accontretnents, and other ne cessaries provided at the public expense for the night-watch therein, shall be given up, &e•. And then, that as soon as the police force to be appointed under this act shall be established, the said commissioners are required from tme to time to issue a warrant under the hand of their chair man to the governor, deputy governor, assistants, and guardians of the poor of the said city of Bristol, by which warrant they shall command the said governor, deputy governor, assistants, arid guardians of the poor, to pay out of the money collected for the relief of the poor in the said city and county, the amoant therein specified to the treasurer for the purposes of this act, within - days after the delivery of such warrant ; and for that purpose the said governor, deputy governor, assistants, arid guardians of the poor, are hereby required, by arid under the authority and power of this Act, arid of the said warrant, to make, levy, arid raise such rates and a sessmenrs, in addition to the rates for the re lief of the poor, as may be necessary for that pur puse, &c. Amount to be rai-ed nor to exceed - in the pound in any one year, according to the va luation for poor rate : the govsrnor, deputy go vernor, assistants, and huardians of the poor, to pay amount required. The concluding clause is one to save the rights of the mayor, &c., of Bristol, and thus enacteth, " that neither the appointment of any such person or per sons to act as a justice or justices as aforesaid, nor any other matter or thing whatsoever herein con tamed, shall take away, abridge, lessen, infringe or prejudicially affect in any manner, or be deemed, or construed, or taken so to do, the corporate, or other rights or privileges, by prescription, charter, or otherwise, of the mayor, burgesses, arid commonalty of the said city, or of the said mayor and aldermen of the said city and county as justices of gaol deli very, justices of the peace, or otherwise, or of their officers or servants, further or otherwise than is hereby expressly enacted, but all such rights and privileges shall remain and continue as the same ex isted and were enjoyed before the passing of this Act." SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. 131 PE RIA L PA R IAAM ENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LOI?DS. Mr. BERNAL, and others from the Commons, brought up the Mal•. Duty Drawback Bill, and two private Bills. Lord SIDAIOUTH presented a petition from certain freeholders in the not them and southern parts of Corn wall against Reform. The Noble Lord said that the pe titioners returned their thanks to their Lordships for stop ping the progress of the la.t Reform Bill at its second reading, and they hoped that they would act in the same manner with the present one. The Committee on the Sentence of Death Bill was postponed, on the motion of L• rd Wylie()Rn. On the motion of Lord TENTERDEN tne Uniformity of Process Bill went through a Committee, and was reported without amendment. The Colonial R , venue Audit Bill 'also went through a Committee, and was reported to the House. The Scotch Cholera Amendment Bill, and the Ordnance Department Bill were read a second time. Their Lordships waited upwards of half an hour for the Mutiny Bill, which was brought up by Mr. SPRING RICE and others, and read a first time. The second reading was fixed for to-morrow. The House then adjourned till to-morrow at Ten o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sheriffs of London (Al•sers Pirie and Giwan) ap peared at the bar with a I,etition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council. On the motion of Mr. Alderman WOOD, "the petition was read ; it prayed fur the abolition of slivery in the West India colonies, and expressed a hope that the Orders in Council which had some time ago issued would be enforced, in order to effect a gradual amelioration in the condition of the slaves. Mr. HUME was sorry that the Corporation of London did not act consistent with their previously avowed prin ciples, and he was surprised that so respectable a body should approve of Orders in Council which tenled very much to injure commerce. It was with great r Bret that he saw them come to such a conclusion as they had ex pressed in their petition. Mr. Alderman HUGHES supported the prayer of the petition, and said ttie Orders in Council were such that he should wish to see them r(gulate the conduct of all par ties to which they referred. Mr. Alderman WOOD said the Corporation of London bid alwapi professed liberal pri,•ciples ; their great object was to do away with the system of slavery, to effect which they were of opinion the Orders in Council would greatly Mr. Alderman COPELAND questioned the prudence of the Corportion in coming to that conclusion. Those of the citizens of London who were connected with the colonies received the Orders in Council referred to with great alarm, and as tending to injure the colonies and the shipping trade. Whenever the great question of the slave trade came before the House, he would be prepared to offer a few observations upou it. No man deplored more than himself the existen..e of the slave trade ; hut lie much questioned whether the Orders in Council were calculated to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. He regretted that he could not give the petition his suppoet. Mr. Alderman WAITHAIAN could not see bow the Orders in Council injured the West India colonies, and consequently he gave his support to the prayer of the petition. Mr. DIXON said, that notwithstanding the eulogy that had been bestowed on the Orders in Council, even the Noble Lord, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had ex pressed his intention of acceding to any proposed modifica tion of them. He hat nothing to do with the colonies ; but he had received a letter from a person interested, in which those orders were characterized as unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust. He regretted that the Common Council of London had petitiomd the House upon a sub ject, which—and, he said it with all due deference—they had not duly considered. Mr. WARBURTON thought the Corporation of Lon don had done themselves great credit.—(Hear.) The very existence of the colonies was at stake if the state of slay ery were continued. The petition was ordered to be printed. Lord ACHESON presented three petitions from a parish in Antrim against the new plan of national educa tion, from Galway relative to the Galway franchise, and from a parish in the county of Armagh against the present tithe system. The latter was signed wholly by Pro testants and Dissenters. Mr. HOLMES presented a petition from a number of per sons who were subscribers to the Birmingham awl London rail-road to the amount of 85,0001. against the Bill for mak ing that road; the petitioners prayed that their names might be erased from the list of subscribers, and that they migh t be heard by Counsel against the insertion of their names in the Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT postponed his motion relative to the Irish Ecclesiastical Courts until the 3d of May. Mr. EWART presented a petition from certain mer chants, hankers, &c. against a Bill now before the H0n..., relative to a Committee now sitting to inquire into the mode of facilitating the Post-office communication be tween England and Ireland ; and stated that very great injury would arise from interrupting in any way the present mode of communication between Liver pool and Dublin. The Honourable Member supported the prayer of the petition, and hoped that no interruption, such as that which the petitioners apprehended, would take place. When the House considered the extent of the trade between the two countries—when it appeared that in the last year there were imported from Ireland 9,000 head of cattle, 130,000 sheep, and 150,000 pigs, it would be seen that it was of the createst importance that the communication should not he interrupted. On the motion that the petition be referred to the Com mittee, Colonel CONOLLY hoped that it was not the intention of his Majesty's Government to interrupt the navi gation between Dublin and Liverpool. The facilities to the exportation and importation of commerce be' ween thrive places had increased so rapidly as to supersede all t'odes of communication between any other two places. The inconvenience arising from any interruption of that trade would raise the voice of the people of Ireland against it. He could hardly imagine any such thing was in con templation, but if it was, it must have arisen from a very partial and inconsiderate attention to the suject. Mr. S. RICE said Honourable Members must know more of the subject than he did if the proposed arrange ments would create any difficulty in the communication between the two countries. His Majesty's Government were quits alive to the neces-ity of keeping up the inter course, and indeed of increasing it, if po-stble. No eco noliy would be more preposterous than any which would interrupt the communication between the two countries; but if it could be shown, as he was of np nion that it could, that that communication c•mld be c•rried on at a much cheap-r rate, then it would be admitted to be of considerwile importance —(Hear.) Mr. J. GRATTAN recommended gentlemen not to be led away by any delusive discussion. Sir JOHN NEWPORT believed the apprehension of many Hon. Members total y unfounded. Mr. SHAW thought if any change were made relative to the packets it should be from Holyhead to Liverpool. Mr. SPRING RICE observed, that the only reasons that could be given for even a supposition that it was the intention of Government to remove tf.e Liverpool packets was the appointment of a Comtnittee for the purpose of seeing if greater facilities could not be afforded. Lord SANDON hilt grateful at the announcement made by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Spring Rice) though Ministers never had bad the slightest intention of withdrawing the Liverpool packets. Lord WILLIAM LENNOX thought the Hon. Member for Liverpool need not be under the slightest apprehension that any such alterations were contemplated at the Post office as had been suggested. After some observations from Mr. EWART, the petition was orgered to be referred to the Committee. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the innkeepers of Liverpo,d, praying for the alteration of the law which rendered them liable to make good property lost in their houses. Sir EDWARD HAYES presented a petition from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Diocese of Raphoe against the new system of Education in Ireland. The Hon. 11Iemt)er was in hope., in consequence of the de cided opposition that this measure had met with from all ranks of Ireland, that Ministers ere this would have withdrawn the measure. Colonel CONOLLY was sorry that Government still appeared determined to persist in upholding a plan which had occasioned so much dissatisfaction. Sir FRANCIS VINCENT presented a petition from St. Alban's against Colonial Slavery. Caßtaiw goLuDoN presented a petition from Ban don, in' the county of C. signed by the Provost, 13 clergym-n, 38 magistrates, and upwards of 900 persons, agamst the new system of Education in Ireland. The Hon. Member also presented two similar petitions front other party of Ireland. The Hon. Member also gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday next, to move for certain returns relative to the established schools in Ireland. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from four persons who were confined in Lancaster Gaol for debt, complaining that the gaoler was ".at large," and did not reside in the gaol ; that he ha I appointed his son as his deputy, a manufacturer and cotton•spinner in the town of Lancaster. They represented this as a great grievance, and stated that upon an occasion, one/of the prisoners being indebted to the deputy gaoler, he had endeavoured to enter into a nego Litton with him, on condition of his paying his whole debt alter his release, not to oppose his discharge. The prisoner, how ever, had not consented to this illegal act, and consequently' he was opposed upon coming up to receive his discharge under the Act. The prisoner stated before the Commis sioners the reason why the deputy gaoler bad opposed him, when the prisoner was immediately dis charged, and the goaler reprimanded. These things, he submitted, could not have gone on, without the attention of the visiting magistrates having been called to them. It was a gross dereliction of public duty for the gaoler not to reside in the gaol, and the pe - itioners sub mitted that the act which prevented a gaoler from being concerned in business, applied also to his substitute. They also complained that when, on a former occa sion, they had made these representations, they had been treated in the most barbarous and brutal manner, having been pl iced in a cell, with nothing but straw aed a blanket to cover them. This petition was put into his hand by a respectable solicitor, who had been down at Lancaster, had mark every inquiry into the facts, and was prepared to prove them, whenever he should be called upon. The Hon. Member submitted that the case, if the allegations were true, and he had no doubt but they could be fully substantiat.d, well deserved the attention of his Majesty's Government. Mr. GREENE said that Parliament had no right to interfere in this case ; the petitioners had not stated that they had complained either to the visiting Magistrates, or the Secretary of State, to whose jurisdiction legitimately the matt r entirely belonged : had they failed in their duty to the petitioners, they might have prayed for the interference of the House. The petition simply stated a vari e ty of charges against the gaoler, which it was im possible, circumst &need as he was, properly to enter into. The only charge to which he could refer, was the non residence sf the gaoler. An investigation had taken place, and it was found that the gaoler was now residing within the walls of the prison. The only other question, as to the competency of the deputy, he being a trader, was a mere point of law, and the House could not explain Acts of Parliament. Mr. HUNT moved the printing of the petition. Mr. GREENE opposed the motion, in consequence of the vagueness of the charges. Mr. WARBURTON said it was clear that there had been a period when the gaoler was not resident within the walls of the prison, and that non-residence must have come distinctly under the cognizance of the visiting Magistrates. The object of printing a petition was to bring public opi nion to bear on any neg l ect o f d uty , e i t h er i n t h e gao l er or visiting Magi s t rates . O n t h at groun d, an d no ot h er , th e petition should be printed. Mr. LAMB said the allegation in the petition being that that the gaoler does not now reside within the walls of the prison, arid it being arcertained that at present he did reside there, he did not see much good to be gained by the printing of the petition. Having personal knowledge of the gaol of Lancaster, he believed there was none Netter regulated in the kingdom, and he should enter into any inquiry that may be called for with the greatest confidence. He would not, however, oppose the printing of the petition. The petition was then ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. SPRING Rlcz, the Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from Broadhurst, Ashmore, Gilchrist, and Curran, who are confined in Lancaster Castle, complaining of hard treatment--they not all owe d to see or converse w i t h t h e i r friends, ex cepting thro ug h a f e l on ' s grat i ng; ne i t h er cou ld they receive any letters, not even from their professional adviser, with out bein g ; liable to be opened by the gaoler. Mr. GREENE said the gaoler was perfectly authorised by the Act of Parliament in all that he did. The order of the day for the second reading of the Bak ing Trade (Ireland) Bill was then read. The LORD ADVOCATE moved the order of the (PRICE 7D ) ,l a y for the further consideration of the report on the Ex chequer Court (Scotland) Bill. The Bill was ordered to be re-committed to-morrow. Lord ALTHORP moved the Order of the Dry for ih.• House to resolve into Committee on the Supply to be granted to his M jesty TAX ON GLASS. Mr. DIXON said that he was extremely anxious to ask 3 qu-stion of the Nobi,e Lord opposite relative to his reported intention of taking off the duty on glass. He had on a former occasion asked the same question, but he wished now to know whe ther the ist•ittle Lord had made up his wind on the subject ? If it was the intention of Government to take off this tax, it shou'd not be done suddenly, or it would occ.sion an immense loss to the manufacturers concerned in the trade. Various rumours were afloat, which were represented to have come from the Nohle Lord himself; of his intention at an early period to take off the tax. He (Mr. Dixon) submitted that twelve months previous notice at hast should be given. Lord ALTHORP assured the Hon. Gentleman, that he had not uttered a single word upon the subject to any one since the Hon. Member had asked the same question before in that House. Lord G. SOMERSET inquired whether the Gunmis. sinners had been oppointed to inquire into the Poor LAWA ? Lord ALTHORP stated that they had been appointed. SOLDIERS' PENSIONS. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said he had been anxious to obtain information to lay before the House upon the sub ject to which the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Sir H. Hardinge) had on a former evening drawn t eir attention. Since then he had inquired into the facts, and he was justified in saying that when an examination had been made into the commutation of pensions, he found there were circumstances with which the country ought to be quainted, and which, when detailed, would relieve the War-office of whatever share of blame had been at tached to it. But the sietject was of such im portance, and it would be necessary to go so much ioto detail, that it would be far better to have a specific 'lay appointed for taking it into consi deration than to discuss it upon an incidental vote of the eitimates. Although he was pet fectly ready at the present time to make the statement, yet if it met the views of the Right Honourable Gentleman, he would propose that another opportunity should be taken to discuss it, when the country would be informed of that which it had certainly a right to be informed of. namely. that the interests of the old soldiers were well attended to, and that the country had not tried to rid itself of the hurthen. 'ode, d, while he remained in of fice, he never would agree to carry economy to that ex tent.—(Hear, hear.) He therefore, would propose that the vote should be taken this evening in the usual form. Sir H. HARDINGE said it was gratifying to him to hear the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet, that he would not consent, for the sake of an economical Reform, to sacrifice the interests of the old soldiers That point was, in fact, the one which he wished to in:- press upon the House. He was anxious to shew that great misapprehension existed, or that a great deal of abuse existed in the niode f Foraying the commuta thou into execution. He imputed no intentional blame to the War Office. He merely stated what lie then and even now considered to be facts; and he would take an opportunity of moving for returns by which the accu racy or inaccuracy of the statements that had been made to him could be proved. When the House were in possession of these returns, be would then state the period on which he would bring forward the discussion, anxious only to see the old soldier protected after many years service. It might be s,id that his language on a for the reason strong, but he felt deeply for the interest, of the soldier, particularly when a regulation was made by himself while he was in office, and which he was informed had been ranch abused. Th.. House then proceeded with the estimates, and tha following votes were at.reed to : 117,274/. 19s. 10d. for defraying the chArges of the General Staff Officers, aad the Of of Hospitals in Great Britain and Ireland, and un Foreign Stations, India excepted. 103,0141. 15s. 7d. for allowancas to the Officers of the principal public departments in Great Brit tin and Leland. 12,0001. for medicine, &c , for the land forces, and for contingencies. 33,670/. 16s. 2d. for the garrisons at home and abroad. On the motion that 2,6381. I Is. Id. be granted for the Royal Military College, Sis H. HARDINGE said when the House recollected that the Military College of France cost 50,000/. a-year, and the sons of officers and other persons were educated in it at the public exaense,—when they recollected that in the United States 400 cadets were educated at au expense to the state of 30,000/. a-year, and that the present esti mate was only 2,000/., he thought that to deprive the orphan cla•s of education at the expense of the public was very ill-judged economy. He thought that department was of the greatest value to the army. If he went into detail he could, when that from 200 to 300 officers of the Bri tish army were educated at that College ; and he thought that to make the parents of the children pay every far.. thing of the expense of education was very had econonly3 There was a large building capable of holding 500 stu dents, but there were at present only 170 students there, and indeed in time of peace the building could not be wholly occupied. There was also a large quan tity of land attached to it.—(Hear.) Now he thought it very unfair that the parents of the students should be compelled to keep that establishment in repair. He contended that at least a certain portion of the expense of the education should be found by the public. Lord ALT HORP explained the object of the vote, and justified the present system ; after all, he was of opinion, that the education at the Military College was cheaper than at any other place. Sir J. C HOBHOUSE explained. Sir. H. HARDINGE replied. And, After some obs , rvstions from Captain Boldero, Sir John Burke, and Mr. Warburton, the vote was agreed to. The sum of 22,885/. was granted for defraying the charge of the Royal !lilitary Asylum and Hibernian Mili tary School : as was also The sum of 99,6801. 12.. 4d. for the Volunteer Carps. 17.5001. for Exchequer Fees. 125.0001. for the pay of General Officers not being Generals 90,000/. for full pay and retired Officers. 660,500/. for half pay and military allowances of re duced and retired Officers. Sir H. HARDINGE rose for the purpose, not of op posing this vote, but merely to state some few facts re lative to the persona in mhos~ favour the vote was made. (LEFT SPEAKING.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 3. (Continued from our Second Edition of yesterday). Colonel DAVIES rose, pursuant to notice, to native for a Select Committee, to inquire how far the Rlove trade of the United Kingdom was injured by the introduction of smuggled goods, and concerning the best means of affording protection to the trade. He rose upon the present occasion with extreme reluctance, when he recollected the lengthy debate upon the subject which had al ready taken place ; but when he recollected what had been done o■ the motion for granting an inquiry on the silk trade, he could not but call the attention of the House to a few circumstances connected with that debate. He had heard his Right Hon. Friend's speech on that occasion with great satisfaction, because every word hr uttered, every argument he used, and every position he took, furnished him (Colonel Davies) with the strongest arguments in support of the claims he espoused, and against the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. P. Thompson). The Right lion. Gentleman had used arguments to prov e what he asserted at the beginning of his speech, viz. that there was no occasion for inquiry as to the state of the silk trade, and yet he concluded by conceding that inquiry, while, as to the glove trade, he rea dily admitted that distress certainly existed, anp yet refused an inquiry into the best means of affording protection to the trade. On the silk question the Right ainourshle Member referred to his speech in 1826 —a speech which he (Col. Davies) should never forg.it— awl made use of precisely the same arguments with those made use of by Mr. Huskisson ; but then there was his difference,—that the Right Hurl. Gentleman granted that inquiry which Mr. Huskisson, upon the same facts, refuseii. An Hon. Member on a former occasion had stated there were not a hundred dozen pairs of gloves smuggled into this country in the course of the year, bat he 1 : R N that before the importation of foreign g!oves scams legal, a great deal of smuggling was carried on. Now it was evident, that if the smuggling existed be f.re the importatiotiinsettme legalArre facilities of smug gling were much greater since. One }muse in this metropolis within the last few weeks had b en offered ire sue lot three thousand deters pairs of French smug gled gloves, and this he (Calomel Davies) was ready to prove before a Comnaiites. Anatker fact was, that ti e greater part of entices a's gloves aam• from Flance parked in silver paper."'The Walt-paper kept them. from beating, and 'tbirliatuggisirT packed them in silver paper, knowing that it might be. a roost d• rahle time before be would be able to get his goads de livered. Also, there was another trick in Vnt trade, which was exceedingly common, and that was in packing 14 or 15 pairs together to the dozen. Gentletne i'm gloves pressed tightly together, being very shin, were went over as ladies' gloves. These were all tricks which were daily practised, and which the Gallant Officer was prepart d to prove without any difficulty er delay. He had no doubt that, if this subject was inveetigated, the san • sort of disclosures would take place, as retarded tl • smuggling of gloves, which have come to lielit respeo'ing the smuggling of spirits. P. has ben said by an Han. Member that gloves could be madras cheap in this country as on the continent ; but how that could be, he (Cane' Davie.) was totally at a loss to understand, b -cause he had been assured, on what he conceived to be the best authority, that the very best cloves could not be made here for less than eight shillings and sixpence a dozen pair, whereas that beat Grenoble could be made for 4a. 6d. Therefore, without a protecting duty it was utterly impossible that the English glove manufac turer could compete with the for-ign glove manufacturer, Let his Majesty's Government show, if they ssould, that there were no means of remedying the distress ; and if they showed that, he would be satisfied that no blame ought to be attached to them. Ac the same time, if what was demanded was deemed reasonable, they ought to con sider it. The people whose cause he represented, were most loyal, and had never joined in any of the disturd ances which bad prevailed in many parts of the country.— He concluded by moving that a Select Committee be ap pointed to inquire how far the elore trade had been in jured by the introduction of soma:ea goods, and to recom mend some remedial measure. Mr. R. GORDON seconded the motion. He could assure the H. Cott he was personally acquainted with the distress which existed in the glove trade, and he sub mitted that it was the duty of the House to appoint a Com mittee to inquire into the causs of that distress. Mr. P. THOMPSON trusted that it was not neces sary for him to urge the same obj-ctions to the appointment of a Committee as be had urged upon a former occasion. He had not heard fr. m tl e Hon. and Gallant Officer one single reason, nor ore single argument, why the Commirte• wanted, The 11.-n. and G.illant Officer had stated that he (Mr.. Thompson) had denied the existence of any disttess io the silk trade, and that there was, urdnubtedly, no ground for the appointment of a Committee. What he did state was, in fact, quite the reverse. He admitted the existence of distress, and although he did not concur in the appointment of a Committee upon the grounds then urged. yet he concurred in it upon special grounds, such as the amount of duty, and the extensive smuggling that was teen c.,rryit.g on in silk. The present case was wholly distinct from that of the Silk Committee. In this case there were no special circumstances, and no advantage would be gained by the appointment of a Committee. hut, on the contrary, it would be productive of much inconveni ence to the trade.--(Hear.) He admitted that there might be considerable distress in that trade ; but lit be. Neve,' it was not to such an extent as had beers stated—(Hear, hear)—in proof of a hid) i.piniou he knew that the number of manufmtturers in Yeovil had considerably increased last fon , years. The Hon. and Gallant Officer had taken eonsiderable pains to obtain ioformation, and hr ( Mr. P. Thomson) wished that he had more thoroughly sifted the tourers of that information, and the hearings nt it, which would have enabled him to arrive at a different conclusion than he had done. For instance, the Gallant Colonel had observed, that on the Ist ofJanuary there were 1,1(10.000 skins in warehouse. It should, however, ty• observed that these skins were usually imported in the latter end of the year, for the purpme of meeting th. demand for the spring and summer months. It hail been mad , . a matter of com plaint that the trade in beaver gloves was almost annihi lated. But could the Legislature do any thing to remove that complaint ? Could they, by any Inea-trre of theirs, restore that branch of trade to Worm-ster ? The defection in that branch of the trade might in some degree he ac counted for, when they called to mind the quantity of Risk, cotton, and woollen gloves that were now worn. Th. Hun Seconder of the motion had said that the mant.f.etuters denied the correctness of his statements. Now he would say, " Do not adopt the assertions of the manufacturers, but take as your data those documents which ;ire la-fore Parliament,—namely, the Custom-house returns." A manufacturer had been pl, aced to write to him au abusive letter, denying hti statement that 4,030.000 skins had been imported last year. He, in consequence, moved for the return, which completely bore out that statement. The sane individual then turned round and said, " 0, that proves nothing, for one-third of those skin• were exported." This assertion induced him to mo►e for a r: turn of the number of skins exported, and he found that •hey amounted to only 44,000. As to smuggling, he had for merly shown that, looking to the amount of duty and the cost of the gloves, it was much bitter for a party to pay the duty than to run the risk of smuggling the article. The duty of 22i per cent. was much less than the smug gler would be contented with. There might be some few pairs of gloves introdu...ed by passengers, hut there was nJ such thing as that wholesale smuggling which was practised with respect to some other articles. The Gallant Colonel said, he could prove large quantities ,f smuggled goods to have been offered for ■ate. Let him give that evidence to the Customs, or to the Board of Trade, and lie might rest assured that the matter would be inquired into. A great portion of the distress under which the glove manufacturers lebour d, arose from the large consumption of what were called " Berlin gloves." His Hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich had, in the former debate on this subject, stated to the House the large amount to which that consumption extended ; but he had since reason to know that hie Hon. Friend's calculation was even under the mark. A calculation had since been made by persons well acquainted with that trade, from which it appeared that the consumption of Berlin gloves in the last year amounted to 300,000 d. cen,—that was to sly, that 3,600,000 pair of Berlin gloves were made i■ that tune in this country. He would have no objection to the appointment of a Committee on ►mugiling eenvally, but he was against the appointment of a Commits e to in quire into smuggling in reference to any particular trade, as it would be likely to disturb that trade, and tie should therefore meet the present motion by a direct negative. Mr. ROBINSON bad not beard a single reason for not granting the Committee which was asked for in this in stance. It appeared to him that the only reason for granting the Silk Committee was because the silk trade had a large interest in that House, and that the only reason for refusing a Committee on the present occasion was because the glove manufacturers had but a small interest there. Mr. SANFORD thought that the glove-manufacturers would have a right to complain, if, after a Committee had been granted to the silk trade, a similar application on their part was met with a refusal by his Majesty's Go vernment. Mr. Alderman W.urnalsar supporta the appointment of the Committee. An Hort. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, also declared himself in favour of the Committee. Earl GROSVENOR having ■uece+ded in his own motion for a Committee on the silk trade, felt hinwelf bound also to aid that object with respect to gloves, where fore he would support the motion. Colonel DAVIES replied, when the House divided— For the motion 26 Against it Majority NORFOLK ASSIZES Mr. R. GRANT would trouble the House but very shortly in bringing the subject of his notice before them, and did not anticipate that it would on this tircaion give rise to any discussion. The measure he wished to intro duce had for its chief object the holding of the As.sizes for the county of Norfolk twice a year in the city of Nor wich, and putting an end to the practice of hiving the Lent Assizes holden at Thetford. The effect of this would be two gaol deliveries in Norwich, an object of itself of great importance every where, but particularly there, where it now happened that prisoners were frequently confined eleven months before they were brought to trial. The Right Honourable Gentleman stated that a statute of Henry 11. directed the holding of Ass see in the respec tive county towns, and that was modified by the 11th of Richard 11. which e mp owere d th e c hi e f j us ticiary or the chancellor, to ord e r th em t o b e h o ld e n a t such t , wn ns might appear most convenient f,a the county. To come to the question, 'ritetfoid was a small town at an extre mity of the county, and it was surrounded by a thi n ly in habited country, whereas Norwich wa s a large city, ami in the centre of the wealth and population o; the count ) . alcv, From a variety of e I tions, it app eare d , that the minvenience so the county generally, ` oth seregirded potation and distanee, was doultle ia tile tate et Nor w i6l :e conspired with Thetf•Fil. trailor these vircurnst-Anc co