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It treested Le rs had of these rmation , th'at the ver .Ge of- La- rthenay search ton has sels say his ad hat city Ve corn a letfer y,which ious here :--- on the ave re Livadia, c corps, —At Sa lity had enjoyed had not le dipr nders at not -to or four eady to where use the ye been by fire ; ate, and of those ;oyernor )rtly e 1 our, and onstanti" vision cif ut in the , wadies. uzzo 10 5 orn, and . ernmen,t, Greece , ' whither ; through eport of r of th e petitions have been presented to the Chamber, asking for measures to relieve the distress of the Agricul turists. Some wish the importation of grain to be prohibited or restricted ; others desire the modification of the Salt-Duty." An application has been made to the Board of .Trade f in behalf of the Colonists in British North America, to postpone the Bill for extend lag the intercourse in American Shipping with the British West Indies until the next Sessions of Parliament, that they may be afforded an oppor tunity to be heard upon, and to offer evidence against, the measme—for although the subject has been, we understand, long under considerationoio communication has been made to them or to their Agents in England upon it—it is,,therefore, only reasonable that they should, as on all former agi tations of this question, with the t xceptioti of 1 806, be heard, as well as the Ship Owners and British Manufacturers, before any Legislative measures are adopted to change the present sys tem. We have received this morning Canadian Pa. pers of the 16th February. PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT of LOWER CANADA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, FEB. 4. Resolved, That an answer be sent to the mes sage of the Assembly, complaining of certain words used in tne debate in the House, on the 25th January last, by the Honourable JOHN RICHARDSON, a member-of this Rouse, to inform the Assembly that the Legislative Council are extremely desirous to preserve 'a good under standing between the two House's, and are will ing to inquire into the matter of the said mes sage,—but that the House doth conceive that It is not consistent with the honour of.this House, or with the rights of its Members, to proceed Upon a presumed breach of the privileges of that Assembly, which the said message alleges, until the Legislative Council shall have received repa ration from the Assembly, for 'the actual breach of the privileges, by their address to his Excel lency the Governor-in-Chief, praying him to remove the Honourable JOHN RICHARDSON from all his offices, and glades of honour, trust, or pro fit, which he may hold under his Majesty'siGo vernment in this province, and thereby censure and punish him for worlds used by him in debate in thiS House, where only a . Member of this Roule, on account of words so used, can be questioned. RECENT PIRACIES-(By PAUL ALLEN, ESQ.) If they find shelter and protection in Cuba, and Spain is unable to drive them from their strong holds, that island must be occupied by. American forces. Robbers and pirates have a right to enjoy no protection whatever; and in this case aIL civilized Powers are warranted in carrying the war into the enemy's territory._ Cuba stretches from one extremity of the Gulf of Mexico to the other, and if suffered to remain in the hands of robbers and pirates, will put all the commerce of America completely at their Mercy. Spain, therefore, when she pleads in competency to chastise her own pirates in Cuba, furnishes an insurmountable argument.—(Frown a r m York Paper.) A daring experiment was made last night upon the patience of the House of Commons, byla scurrilous paper drawn up in the form of .a Pe tition, and bearing the signatures of four or five t housand housand persons belonging to Newcastle-upon cyne. The obj ec t formally professed in this d ocument was intercession for Mr. HuNT, but . t he theme appears to h ave b een se l ec t e d mere l y '°r the purpose of introducing a number of good things which the Colliers had to say the conduct and constitution of Parliament, the administration of justice in the Court t 't King's Bench. The petitioners beheld with P's'in, they said, the attempts which were made to scre en the notorious and avowed corruption Which had crept into the Honourable House of ‘dommons ; they asserted that a disgraceful and vindictive sentence had been passed upon Mr. 'lux; for endeavouring to procure a peaceful r eform of that House; and they sneeringly ob -lerved, cc. Your petitioners think the loss of ..ealth and the bodily and mental torture which 'lr. HUNT has endured, ought to be considered sufficient atonement for the crime of shewing 2w your Honourable House might be made still more honourable." These expressions were of course immediately resented .by Members, who felt with the manly S pirit and good sense of English gentlemen, that 4 Public body surrenders once for all its dignity a nd its i n d epen d ence , if it tamely suffers itself t c '%be insulted from without. The Members of a great National Assembly might indeed be ex- P e eted to perceive,that, however they may differ 11115 0 themselves, yet when all are outrageous ' attacked, all m u st un it e i n v i n di ca ti on o f thei r com mon ' cre dit an d authority. In the ' t 'scussi on of last night, however, Sir Ro .TIT - WILSON thrught gentlemen were fas tidious with regard to the Petition; Mr. BEN : L l' (the most indulgent of all men with respect :•° violations of privilege !) while he allowed i t tlat some parts of the Petition were 64 uncourt end cc " might have been spar e d, blamed t , w .etubers on the other side for looking at es matter with a 44 minute and • microscopic A ,Te,” and vo t e d f or rece i v i ng t h e P et i t i on ; 4r• lionuousu (whose private recollections na _turally render him an enemy to Parliamentary 17 v erity) agreed th a t more measure d wor d s m i g h t broke been used, but remarked, that " words _woke no b ones, " and that allowance should be when for th e generous feelings of the people Znen they complained of injustice. But what dPlear4 almost i ncre dibl e in the report of this ~ bate, is Mr. LAMBTON'S alleged declaration, that he did not in his conscience believe that t he Petitio ners i ntended to insult the House !"' Great stress w as l a id i n t hi s debate, upon ex pressions said to have been used on various occa- sions by Members of the House of Comm9ns, in their places, imputing corruption and other faults to that Assembly. How obserliations uttered in this manner can be pleaded as a precedent by persons out of doors, we are at a loss to conceive. In the first place, the body of the people have, strictly speaking, no right to presurhe themselves correctly informed of the language used in Parlia ment, and cannot therefore justify themselves by appealing to it as their model. But, further, expres sions which may, and perhaps ought to be adopted sometimes by the National Representatives in the discharge of their dlity, and with reference to business actually before them,may become ex tremely indecent when paraphrased and garbled, and cast before the House in mere wantonness, by private individuals. The excuse,- however, which has been drawn, on this occasion, from the reported observations of Members in the course of debate, may serve to show the mischief of those contemptuous reflections on the constitution and practice of the House of Commons, which some gentlemen delight in throwing out within its walls, which the cry of " Order" a4ways comes too late to suppress, and which are sure to at tract general notice out account of that very in terruption. But whatever may he allowed to pass within the House of Commons, we are certain that the en couragement of libellous attacks from without would have an immediate tendency to destroy all that beneficial authority with which the House is invested for the people's safety and advantage. The Commons, whether acting in obedience, or in opposition to the popular de sires, would become the mere effigy of a deli berative assembly, their labours would be ren dered nugatory, and their consultations frivolous, by an unmeasured submission to injurious chiding and licentious invective, from individuals not even assembled face to face in a public meeting. How could the House of Commons make a stand against any proposed encroachment of the Crown, when it had not sufficient dignity or determina tion to defend itself against the insolence of private petitions ? The House is requested to intercede with his MAJESTY on behalf of Mr. HUNT: what respect can the Monarch be supposed to entertain for the interces sion of a body that patiently submits to the re proach of notorious and avowed corruption, and yields obedience to a memorial, containing sar castic imputations on its honour ? We will not now dwell upon the scandalous reflections levelled at the Court which sentenced Mr. HUNT : thus much, however, we may ob serve: The House of Commons has, for sound constitutional reasons, a right to entertain and to circulate, within itself, observations both on private persons and on public bodies, which would not be tolerated elsewhere. It is, however, a solemn duty of that House to see that its privilege in this respect be not • abused to such purposes as may render it a national grievance ; and it is therefore a laudable and necessary - vig,ilance in Members, which refuses the sanction and allowance of Parliament to im putations either on public or private conduct, unless gravely and temperately advanced, and justified by apparent necessity. • We are surprised that the contents of this pe tition should have given the House the trouble of dividing ; a division, however, did take place, and the dirty combustibles were sent back to Newcastle by a majority of 123 votes to 22. The Irish Papers contain some further in stances of outrage ; but we are happy to say that they are not numerous. 77w Cork Adver tiser, (a respectable paper,, which we are glad to see has lately been greatly improved) joins us, however, in the opinion that no unequivocal symptom of improvement in the state and temper of the peasantry has yet been manifested. " The punishments of transportation, of flogging, and of death have not yet produced the expected effects. Some half-dozen guns, it is- true, have been given up ; but a very general surrender of serviceable arms must take place before confi dence can be put in any professions which the peasantry make of repentance and submission." CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.—There has been a little re-ac tion in the public funds, both English and Foreign ' and Con sols for the account, which opened at mg, closed atllOg, with out much business having been done. Th e n ew Spanish find buyers at 67i The French Fives in Paris closed last Wed nesday, at. 89, 50. The Dutch and German Exchanges are a shade lower, and good bills are scarce. The demand for silver continues, and none can be purchased under ss. and dollars are at 4s. 10d. Nothing having been done respecting the reduc tion of interest by the Bank of England, is one of the causes given for the dullness in all kinds of public securities.—Corn remains in the same state of depression, and very few sales of any article have this day, been effected. Stained Barley is evi dently 2s. lower. In some parts of Cambridgeshire, sound oats, weighing 351 b. a bushel, can be purchased as low as Bs. a guar ter.—Rums are again rather fiat. Sugars maintain their prices, and Coffee is-saleable at the late decline in its value. The first arrivals of Tallow find no buyers, at 411. per ton ; 481. is a no minal price for St. Peter burgh, now in London. The report of a connubial treaty between a very exalted Personage and the daughter of a Northern Monarch gains ground in the higher circles. We, however, are -inclined to think, notwithstanding the confidence with which the rumour is Circulated, that it is mere fashionable gossip. • BRIGHTON, MARCH 21.—The KING continues in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health. A local paper of yesterday stated that his Majesty had not been entirely free from indisposition of late,. It gives, us sincere satisfaction to observ e that the statement was completely destitute of truth. Letters were received yesterday from Oporto, which mehtion that in their sitting of the 4th inst. the Portuguese Cortes had determined that henceforth none but those who were natives of Portugal, or who bore letters of naturalization, should be permitted to officiate as Consul where a salary was annexed to the office. It was left, however, with Government to decide upon the policy of depriving such foreigners as held those offices at present, of their employment. A policy has been opened at LLOYD'S, giving 40 guineas premium, and the Underwriter to pay 1001. if the Consols be done at 85, before the 31st of December next. Mr. Serjeant BLOSSET is appointed Chief Jus ce of India. FAS FI lONA BLE ARRIVALS. Lord Gosford, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour ; the Hon. Colonel Howard, M. P. from his seat, Ash tead park, Surrey ; the Hon. Mr. Foley, at Reid's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor -street, from his seat in Worcestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. Wells, at the Earl of Arran's house, in Dover-street, from their seat in Kent; Lady Frederick Bentinck, at her house in South Audley-iireet, from a tour ; Mr. and the Mksses PerCeval, at their house, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from their seat in - Herts ; General and Mrs. Crosby, at, the Claren don Hotel, Bond-street, from their seat in Sussex: DEPARTURES.—The Marquis of Sligo, from the Clarendon Totel, for Ireland ; Major Milner, from the Lincoln Hotel, for Worthing ; Captain P. Maughan, from ditto, for Cheltenham. BAT II • An RI vAt.s.—Earl of Ilchester ' .Lord Bishop of Chi chester, Lord and Lady Arund e ll, L or d Northesk, Lady' Car negie, Admiral Sir D. Gould, Sir John and Lady Kennaway, Sir B. Codrington, Sir John Eustace, Sir E. Poore.—Admiral Sotheby, Gen. Bridges, Lieut.-Gen. Orr, Col. and Mrs. Strode, Col. Lumsden, Capt. and Mrs. Laivson, Capt. Fenton, Capt. Greville, Capt. Huntley, Capt. Holland, Capt. Ricketts, Capt. Silvester, Capt. Trevelyan, Capt. 'raswell, Capt. Walker, Capt. ward—Rev. Mr. Gooch, Rev. Mr. Haines, Rev. Mr. Bedford, Rev. Mr. Wrey. The Marchioness of Londonderry gave an elegant rout yes terday evening, at her house in St. James's-square which was attended by all the leading and distinguished fashionables in town. The Earl of Aberdeen entertained a distinguished party yes terday at his house in Argyle-street., The Countess Lieven has issued cards of invitation for an as sembly tomorrow evening at her house in Harley-street. The Countess of Essex gave a splendid rout 'on Thursday evening at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. The drawing-rooms displayed great brilliancy. There were present upwards of 200 distinguished ifashionables. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell entertained a distinguished party at dinner, on Thursday, at their house in Charles-street, Berke ley-square. • . Lady Wodehouse had a fashionable party yesterday evening at her house in Upper Brook-street. On Thursday the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress enter tained a distinguished party of friends at dinner, at the Man sion -house, among, whom were the Lord Bishop of Chester, the ,Lord Chief Justice Dallas, &c. A splendid ornament, describing the shield of ,Achilles, to hang over a sideboard of solid gold, and a plateau of the same precious metal, both of great weight, are nearly finished for his Majesty, The Duke ,of Dorset, as Master of the Horse, has taken pos session of the Stud-house in Hampton Court Park, and the very large p . atronage attached to his Office, which, during the pre sent reign and the late Regency, was exercised by a newly created Baronet and Secretary, recently about the immediate person of the King.—( Morning Ch r o n i c l e .) • , The Marqnis of Conyngham, as I 4 ord High Steward, and the Duke of Montrose, as Lord Chamberlain, are said to bave claimed the extensive patronage annexed to their respective ap pointments, which, whilst these posits of honour, as well as that of Master of the. Horse, were held by their former occupants, was enjoyed by the Honourable Baronet, whom report states to have retired from the- confidential situation which he has held for nearly the last twenty years.—(ibid.) 'The will of the late Thomas Coutts, Esq., was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on Wednesday last, by five of the executor* viz. :—Mrs. Harriot Coutts, .widow, the relict, Sir Edmund Antrobus, Sir Coutts Trotter, Edward -Majori banks, and Edmund Antrobus the younger, , Esqrs. ; a power being reserved of granting prob a t e t o Andrew Dickie, William Adam the younger, Thomas Atkinson, and John Parkinson, Esqrs., the other executors. The testator by his will, which is dated the 9th of M a y, 1820, appoints Airs. Coutti3 universal legatee, and bequeaths to her his share .in the; banking-house and business in the Strand, and all benefit and interest to arise therefrom. There is a codicil to the will, which relates to trust property only. The personal property within the province of Canterbury is sworn under 600,0001. I" OETR Y. A GENTLEMAN'S WAKING WISH SENT TO A LADY IN CONFIDENCE. Imished that two vowels were join'd,. - In wedlock so holy and true, I could not but think in my mind - • Those vowels should. be I and U. I turned it in each point of view, And turn'd myself round with a sigh ; Still this was the state of the two, For inverted they came U. and I. C. 11. O. E. It is said, in a party print, that JOHN %VII,. LIAMS, Esq. is likely to succeed Colonel Sin- THORP in the representation tlf Lincoln, and that his hopes chiefly depend on his having been one of the late Queen's Atkocates. Perhaps we may apply the lines of PRIOR on the occasion : " As sure as I* look over Lincoln, , " That Weer shall happen which you think on." * The Devil. Mr. COLMAN, according to report, has resumed his dramatic pen. He has, it seems, sent two acts of a new Comic Opera to Covent Garden _ _ Theatre, and has promised the third in the course of next week. He is also preparing a Comedy for next" season, at the same theatre. , The Haymarket Theatre, it is said, is to open about the middle of next month. The only per sons belonging to the winter theatres who are engaged for the ensuing saason, are Mr. C. KEMBLE, Mr. TERRY, and Mr. LISTON. The stage management of it is to'be entrusted 't o M r . T. DIBDIN ; and, according to report, Mr. CON WAY is to be the Prompter. The Proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre has kindly given a copy of the popular piece en titled Toni and Jerry, to Mr. HARRIS, for per foro.lance in Dublin. Mr. WRENCH is to assist 4nd sup( r:ntend its•lepresentation in that City. He would be an irreparable loss to the Adelphi Theatre on this occasion, if all the other Per formers did not remain there in stain quo. TIIE ORATORIO.—A. new Musical drama, en titled Bgjazet; was performed last night at Co vent Garden Theatre. It is said to have been composed by Lord BURGIIERSII,4I Nobleman well known for his musical talents. it is a proof of his Lordship's scientific knowledge and taste. It was well performed, under the direction of Sir GEORGE SMART and Mr. BOCHSA, and much ad mired by ,the audience. The chief vocal per formers employed on it were SignorasCAmpouEsE, ItoNzi, Mrs. BELLCHAMBEIIS,SAPIO and BEGREZ. Mrs. SALMON' was delayed by an accident which happened to a carriage, but she made ample amends on her arrival by her excel lence in an air, admirably accompanied by BOCHSA on the harp, and' Sir GEORGE SMART on the organ. HANnEL's " Israel in' Egypt" formed the second and third parts of this grand enter.; tainment. The audience was numerous, and the correctness and spirit of general perform ances excited universal applause. On Thursday three guineas . were sent from Edinburgh to, Perth, for the purchase of one barrel of ice. 'On Friday, ice and snow were to be had every where for the gathering.—(Perth shire Courier.) A Ve 10, 11011 •ti '1 - . R OT THE ARMY. The 41st Regiment embarked at. Gravesend on board the East India Company'S ships Asia and London, for Madras, as follows the 13th instant, five companies on board the Asia; on the 19th ditto, five companies and head-quar ters on board the London.---The depot of the 41st regiment will march from Chatham on the 25th instant for Albany barracks, Isle of Wight, where it will arrive on Tuesday, the 2d April. The squadron of the 9th Lancers, which late ly marched from Canterbury, reached Ipswich on the morning of Sunday se'nnight, and a de tachment on the following day proceeded on its march for Norwich, where it is to remain. ROYAL NAVY. His Majesty's ship Gloucester, of 74 guns, which has under gone a thorough repair at Chatham, and will be put out of Dock next month, is ordered to be fitted for the flag of the Port Admiral there, Sir B. Hallowell, instead of the Bulwark. The Spencer guardship at Plymouth is to be paid off, and the crew are ordered to be entered on board the Bulwark. The Rattlesuake, of 28 guns, and the Weazel' of 10 guns, will be launched at Chatham next spring tides. A, beautiful new schooner, building by Mr. G. Poolly, of Maidstone, is to be ld u n c h e d a t noon on Wednesday, the 27th inst. She will be the largest vessel belonging to Maidstone, being 130 tons burthen, and is intended to bring coals direct from Newcastle, which we believe is not now done by any other vessel on die Aledway. INIERtANTI I.E Sil 1 I'l'l N' G, &r. " DEAL; IlLin.cu 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and remain in the Downs the Archibald, Richardson, from Demerara ; the Star, Cliden, from 'the Cape of Good Hope ; and Jane, Hall, from. Demerara. Also the Ocean, Whittl e , f rom Newcastle lb.'. Jamaica. Came dOwn from the River the London, Sotheby, for Madras and China ; Ann, Reed, for Portsmouth and New South Wales ; Belona, Barclay; for Jamaica ; Nile, Dandon, for Teneriff; and Ayres, Cundy, for Lisbon. SEVEN, o'CLocK.—The whole of the outward-bound have sailed, except three East Intliamen and the Ocean, which ships still remain. POitTsiroU T Jr, MARCH 22.—Arrived the William Money, Jackson, in the 'Downs ; from Madras and Bengal ; and the Coventry, Horn, from St. Kitts. MARGATE, MARCH 22.—A boat marked " Sovereign of Portsmouth," I). Jarman master, is washed on shore this morning. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.—The FlOra, from Liverpool to Palau, was run on shore on the east side of the Island of South Ronaldsha, having-sprung a-l ea k, an d t h e crew not -b e i ng able to keep her afloat, the vessel and cargo will be lost ; part of the materials saved. COWES, 31Ancit 22.--The William Oliver from Canton, on the 15th December passed the Hon. Company's ship Inglis, from China, at anchor in the Straits of I3ania ; had been on shore, and thrown overboard about 5000 quarter chests of tea before she got off; made no water. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXF'ORD, MARCH 22.—Thursday, March 21, in Convoca tion, the Rev. William Russell, B. 1). Fellow Of Niagdalen col lege, and the Rev. John Anthony Cramer, N. A. Student of Christ Church, were approved as Public Exiiminers.—ln the same Convocation, John Bond, Esq. Fellow Commoner of 'Worcester college, was admitted to the Honorary Degree of Master of Arts, presented by the Rev. 'William Law Pope, M. A. Fellow of the said college. The same day, in Congregation, the following ISegrees were conferred : BACHELOR IN CIVIL Law.—Charles Bellamy, Fellow of St. John's College,. and Vinerian Scholar of Common Law. MASTERS OF Awr s.—Henry Gordon, Exeter College; Rev. Richard 'John Meade, . Balliol College ; Thomas •lligginm, Brasenose College; Rev. George Walker, St. John's College; Rev. William T ove y H op ki ns , Pembroke College. •• BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Rev. Robert Oakman, St. Alban Hall; Henry Wtthy, PoStm as t er o f Merton College; Fred. Edw. Pegus, Law Exhibitioner of St. John's College ; Chas. Watkin Wynne Eyton, Scholar of Jesus College. In a Convocation this day, the sum of fifty guineas was contributed from the Univ ers ity chest, 'in aid of the subscrip tion for the purchase of Models of the chief remains of Ancient ,Architecture in Greece and Italy. At the same time John Frederic Winterbottom, B.A. Fel low; of Magdalen College, was unan i mously elected Vinerian Scholar of Common Law, in the room of Mr. Burfon, elected to the vacant Fellowship. Four Englishmen .who were present at a din. ner given last week in the Itue Chanteteine, ii honour of the Republic of Columbia, were. ar. rested on. Sunday morning. just as they had en. tered a post-chaise to return to England. Al four were conducted. to the Prefecture of Police --(Journal des Debuts.) A most horrid act of piracy has been committed on the brig Occap, from Rio Janeiro to Lima, by BENERIDES, a noted and daring pirate, who, for some time has infested the neighbourhood of Santa Maria. After plundering her of her most valuable goods, the villains murde'red several of the crew ; and touching at the island of Santa Maria, sold to the India❑ natives, as slaves, a principal part of the unfortunate survivors. The fate of the master had not been ascertained, but it was feared he had fallen a victim to their violence. MURDER. OF MRS. DONATTY.—Robert and Ann Rigby, Mary Wood, and Samuel Askew, were again brought up to Bow-street yesterday ; but after another long and careful investigation, no particular criminating circumstances were elicited. A shoemaker who had worked, for Mrs. Donatty declared that he did not believe the boots sold to Whs. Haines by the child were Mrs. Donatty's. He thought another pair of boots which had been previously sold to Nrs. Haines .Mary Wood were Mrs. Donatty's ; but he had not made them. He only thought he had seen them on her feet. Another shoemaker, howener, who had worked for Mrs. Donatty, said he did not believe that they were her boots. Mrs. Donatty's size was what is called threes or fours, and the boots produced were twos.— William Gough, a violin-maker, residing at the Hole-in-the-wall, in Chancery-lane, said he could not rest after, having heard read th e particulars in the Newspapers of Mrs. Donat ty's murder, and that Samuel Askew was in custody on suspicion . of being concerned in it. He knew him extremely well; he had worked for him, and he was of very irregular habits in many respects. He knew him to lie-in possession of such a sheath or case as described in the newspapers, which he used when at sea to hold a large knife, to guard against mischief or accidents. He also knew that he was in possession of a sack or bag as described, in which he was in the habit of carrying violoncellos; and the dry paste described in the inside would have such an appearance when paper bags were made on it to put violins in. Neither the sack or the sheath being. at the office, he could not see them, but he will attend on a future day. The examination was closed soon after four o'clock, when the Magistrate adjourned the investigation. PARLIAMENT, 110 USE OF LORDS, FRIDAY , MARCH 22. The House met at ten o'clock in the morning, and proceed e d i n Ap pea l s .—Th e Archbishop of DUBLIN and Lord STEWART took the oaths and their seats.--Mr. BEDFORD, from the Exchequer, presented an Account of the Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the year ending the sth Jan. 1822.—Ordered to be printed. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWN, a Copy of the Instructions issued by the Board of Excise to their Officers, relative to prOsecu tions for selling Roasted Wheat, or any substance under the denomination of Breakfast Powder, which was ordered a fortnight ago, was ordered to lib produced forthwith. _ _ The Malt Duty Repeal Bill was read a se cond time, and committed for Monday.---Ad journed till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. MASON, from the East India House, brought up certain Returns to the Orders of the House, relative to the number of Cadets and Surgeons sent out to India in the course of last year.—Laid on the table. A Gentleman from the Exchequer Office presentetY a Return, shewing the progress made in the Redemption of the Public Debt.—Laid on. the 'table. TURNPIKE LAWS AMENDMENT. The Turnpike. Laws' Amendment Bill went through a Com mittee of the whole House, and was ordered to be recommitted. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a Petition, complaining of Agricultural Distress from Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Hundred of Norman Cross.—Ordered to be-printed. MR. HUNT. Mr. LAMBTON presented a Petition from Newcastle upon-Tyne, si g n e d by upwards of 4000 p eo pl e , praying for ' a remission of the seventies ;inflicted upon Mr. Hunt dur ing his confinement in Ilchester Gaol, by his liberation from that prison. The Petition, had it rem a i ne d a f ew d ays l onger, would have received three or foUr times, the number. With re gard to Mr. Hunt's ill treatment, there could be no doubt, and that the Magistrates of the County did not interfere as they ought. He moved that the Petition be r eceived. Sir M. RIDLEY beg ge d to s t a t e , that he had been instruct ed by a large portion of his constituents to say that this Peti,- tion had not been agreed to at any public meeting, and was en tirely of a private nature, and only the Petition of those who signed it.—(Hear, hear !)—lt had not been shewn to him, and he did not know why ; but although he thought Mr. Hunthad been hardly treated, he would never countenance a Petition got up like the present, in a private manner. 111 r. DICKINSON said it was not fair to asperse the conduct of the Magistrates of Somersetshire when they were not present, nor their conduct before thesHouse. Mr. DOUGLAS said that a copy ef the Petition had been sent to him to present; but he had not thought it sufficiently respectable to do so. The Petition was then brought up and read. Mr. FREMAN TLE objected to-the Per;tion lying on the table, on account o f th e express io ns contained in it. The first expression was,- that " the corruption of that House Was noto rious," and the last, chz:ging his Majesty's Ministers with hav ing advised the King to express his satisfaction at the slaughter of his own subjects. LUSHINGTON opposed the Petition on the same grounds as the Hon. Member who had preceded him. Besides the objectionahle expressions pole ted out by the Hon. Member, there was one which declared the opinion of the Petitioners to be, " that the-loss of property and health sustained by Mr. Hunt were adequate 'punishment for his merely having at tempted to chew how that Honourable House might be made still more Honourable." This, surely, was language which 'could not be tolerated in any Petition addressed to that House. —(Hear, hear, hear 1) - Sir R.WILSON was surprised to hear the objection urged (in the score of the Petitioners expressing their opinion that there was corruption in the formation of that House. How was it possible for the people of England to have a different opinion, after the confession of a Noble Marquis in this house the other night--that it was necessary to the machine of Government, that there should be a certain number of useless placemen in the House ? That this was the . case, was noto rious throughout the country. He also begged to remind them of the case of Lord Fife, not long back, who was dismissed- for voting according to his conscience. With regard to, the thanks given to the Manchester Magistrates, it was perfectly' true,t,hat there was no expression of regret mixed up with the thanks given for conduct which led to the- slaughter of vnany of the King's subjects. He could not but think that the objection on account of disrespectful language was nothing but a frivolou. pretest. Mr. JAMES could not see how any objection could be main: tamed against the Petitioners declaring their opinion that cor ruption prevailed in that House, when the late Speaker said, from the Chair,, that " the corruption of that House was as no torious as the sun at noon day, and practices existed which would have made our ancestors start from their seats with in dignation." ' Mr. WYNN could not refrain from paying the Hon: Gen tleman who spoke last a compliment on the accuracy of his constitutional and historical knowledge.' In a matter belong ing to the history of the last ten years, he had managed to make, unintentionally, no.doubt, a gross Misrepresentation of a fact. It was so incredible that the predecessor of the Right lion. Gentleman in the Chair could have so far forgotten his duty as to have used the expression attributed to him, that he need only appeal to" the memory of all those 'who sat in that Parliament for a refutation. On the occasion to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded, the late Speaker merely-meant to express his horror at the terms used in speaking of such practices. With 'regard to the Petition before the House, he really thought they could not for a moment hesitate to reject it. The whole and Sole object of it appeared to be, to vilify and degrade the House of Common's and the Administration. Even if it contained, however, nothing about the House, he would reject it, on account of the Manner in which it spoke of the administration of justice. The passage to which he allud ed spoke of " vindictive prosecutions in the Courts of Justice ,on account of Mr. Hunt's exertions to bring about a Reform in Parliament." He knew it might be answered, that if they had the consciousness of rectitude, they might defy these insinua tionsas slanders. That was a position, however, which he would not admit ; for he was convinced that no institutions, however , wise in policy, or sound in principle, could withstand the attacks of calumny, unrepressed by themselves. Mr. BENNET remembered perfectly well the expression used by the late Speaker, which was; that—" suck practices would have made our ancestors startle with indignation ;" and the occasion on which l used it was, where a corrupt traffic for the purchase of a place had been carried on, and was not even disavowed by the parties to it. But the declaration, that corruption was notorious as the sun at noon day, was used by the. late Mr. Ponsonby, and hot by the Speaker, as supposed by his Hon. Friend (Mr. James). With respect to this Pe tition, however, he was sure that much stronger language had been received by the House and if this were rejected, they would establish a rule, that all accusatory petitions for the fu ture could not meet with a reception from th,-..7n. None but of a congratulatory nature were to be received henceforward. For his own part, he did believe that the prosecution of Mr. Hunt was vindictive, and for political purposes. If a Peti tion went out of its way for / the purpose of insulting the House, he could fully understand the House rejecting it ; but it was not at all consonant with his notions of what they ought to do, to reject a Petition, the fair construction of which was the nar ration of a grievance, and a call for justice. Mr. MANSFIELD put it to the feelings of the Honourable Member for Shrewsbery, 'whether he thought th a t t h e term " corruption," so generally applicable to all the Members of that House in the first sentence of the Petition before it, could be pleasant to the ears of any gentleman who felt conscious or not deserving it. For himself he could say, he was not sent - there through any corrupt' means, but by the unbiassed voice of a numerous and most respectable body of Constituents ; • and though his votes might not be in accordance with the sen timents of Honourable Gentlemen on the oppdsite benches, they were never given under the influence'of corrupt motives-- motives which he disdained as fully as any Gentleman in that House. He could •not support a Petition which in its first sentence so offensively accused that bcdy from whence it after wards proposes to seer redress for injustice. Mr. HOBHOUSE thought it rather strange that the Hon Gentleman should take all the corrupt imputations of the Pe tition to himself. The fa c t, was , t h at the Pet i t i on merely imputed that which he thought no one at this time of day would deny, namely, that there was an unfortunate pro portion of corruption in the constitution of that Assembly— , The language of a Noble Marquis had already been alluded . to on this subject, and it was only the other night that an Honourable Member was talking openly about buying and selling seats, and was only notic e d by the House by a laugh. Why were they to be so squeamish then upon similar expres_ sions coming from others ? Petitions of a stronger nature had been received by the. House, and that in the time of Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Burke. With respect to the reflection on the Courts of Justice, it did not strictly apply to the administration of •