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NS URA NC ES falling due- at MIDSUM ii iMER will expire, unless renewed within Fifteen Days from that period. . • The Company's Rates and Conditions.are of the most rea sOiiable description:--no Charge is made for-Fire Policies, when the • Premium exceeds Ss.:--no - Admission Fine is charged on Life Insurance =a liberal commission is allowed to Solicitors, and others, who effect Life Insurances;-and every facility is afforded by which the interest and conve nience of the Public maybe promoted. WARNER PHIPPS, Secretary. PARLIAMENT, passed, and, with their amendments, reported to the House.— The Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. and , If.--• HOUSE OF LORDS, TituasnAY, JUNE 27. Several Bills were brought from the Commons, and read a first time. A. return from the Board of Commissioners for inquiring in to the public Records of Ireland was presented, pursuant to an order of the House. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. • POLICE. BILL. Mr. M. A. TAYLOii. Wseiit;i7petitipn from the Com missioners for Widening Streets, humbly praying that the pro posed Act of the I:Light lion. Secretary for tlie Home Depart ment should not interfere with their privilege of receiving half the fine levied for t violation of that Act under' which such pe nalties were incurred. 1 2 ,1 3 5 dr dis , .tern IRE TWO MARY'S VISITING . THE SEPULCHRE OF CHRIST. MR. HALLS' LARGE PICTURE on this /A , SUBJEC T, is NOW OPEN, at No. 54 i PALL Ll , ..—Admission Is. Mr. Secretary' PEEL said, that it was not the object of the Police Act to interfere in any way with their privileges. The petition was then read and ordered to be laid on the table. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, -on moving that this Bill be read a second time, did not intend to trouble their Lordships with any observations, as he understood it would be a - conve nience to many Noble Lords to take the'debate on a subsequent stage. If their LordOips allowed it to be read a second time now, they might discuss it either on the question for going into' the Committee, or on the third reading. Lord ERSKINE had no particular. objection to the course proposed by the Noble Earl ; but stated that he had it in con_ templation to move an Amendment, which he would propose ' either in the Committee or of the thud reading. He also inti mated that he had a great number of petitions to present against the measure:—The Bill was then read'a - tgCond time. On the motion of the Earl of LivERPOOL, the Bill was , ordered to be committed on Monday next. His Lordship proposed that the third reading should be fixed for Thurs day. The Marquis of BUTE afterwards suggested Friday as a more convenient day for the third reading, which was agreed to. Earl GREY presented a . petition against the Bill from cer tain Owners and. Occupiers of Land in the county of Northum berland. The petitioners , the Noble Lord observed, were well entitled to attention, both on account of the number of acres they occupied, and the ,general respectability of their charac ters. They stated that there appeared to them to be no ground for this Bill ; that, instead of affording relief, they saw reason to apprehend that it would provean aggravation of that distress which was daily and hourly increasing, and Which threatened the , country with ruin. The petition did not conclude with any specific prayer. Lord RE DESDALE also presented a petition against the Bill from Owners and Occupiers of Land in a part of the coun try, the name of which could not be distinctly heard in the Gallery. ADMINISTRATION OF- JUSTICE fN WALES. ALE-HOUSE LICENSING BILL. Mr. BENNET moved the Order of. the Day for the third reading of the Ale-House Licen s i ng Bill. Lord CRANBOURNE objected to some clauses, - and moved that the Bill should 'be read the - third tune that day three months. ,d• THE LATE MR. JOHN, SCOTT, [ 1 3 do 3 dr . 4 dr wade ROYAL:EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. June 5, 1822. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will he holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on ,THURSDAY, the 4th of July next, from Ele'ven in Mr. Alderman SMITH seconded the amendment. The Bill had altogether been altered from its original objeet. Mr. CARTWRIGHT thought that to deprive the Magis trates of their control over public-houses, would have a most pernicious effect. oset 1 I. 3 3 the Forenoon, till Two o'rloCk in the Afternoon, for the ELECTION of a GOVERNOR, SUB-GOVERNOR, and DEPUTY=GOVERNOR, and that the said Court will . be continued by Adjournment, and holden at the same Place and during the same Hours, on FRIDAY, the sth of July Mr. 310NCli said, that the amount of barrels of beer used in England was 6,000,000 annually:• A reduction had already been effected of a penny a pot, from 6d. to 5d., which was a re duction of one million of the yearly demand from the people.— The amount of Beer was, at 31. per barrel, 18,000,0001. per annum: It ought to be red uce d, f or it could be reduced to 44d. which would be ten per cent. on the present amount paid. He thought that an appeal from the decision of two Magistrates as to licences ought to be allowed to the pett y or quarter sessions. He would support the Bill. Mr. CALCHAFT defended the present licensing Magistrates from imputation of improper motives. Unless that clause should be withdrawn, he would oppose the Bill. • Mr. Secretary. PEEL hoped that that clause would be modi fied.- He saw no reason that the County Magistrates should be deprived of a proper discretionary power over public houses.-; That power was always necessary, and he hoped that the llon ourable Member would consent to a modification of that part of the Bill. • • - - • arid, irks; ant' next, for the Election ,of 24 Directors. Which Elections will he severally declared, at such 'nines as the Court shall appoint to receive the respective Reports from the Scrutineers. SAMUEL FENNING; Jun. Secretary. N.B. Printed 'Lists of the Proprietors qualified to Vote will he 'ready to be delivered at the Office, on Wednesday, the i9tli instant. 17 0 25 3 6 to to * * *The Chair will be taken atTwelve o'Clock precisely. ' This Day were published, By , R. ACXERMANN, 101, Stt HINDOOSTAN, i❑ Six Volumes, contain ing a Description of the Religion, Manner, Customs, Trades, &c.. &c., of that Country : illustrated by 103 coloured Plates, - comprising many hundred Figures. Price 21..85. in boards. This Work forms the Fourth Division of THE . WORLD IN MINIATURE. Mr. BERNAL defended the Bill as useful. Hehoped that the words " County and Ridings" would be erased, from the clause, which would remedy the comp:aints stated by the Ript Hon: Gentleman. Mr. Secretary - PEEL explained. M. M. A. TAYLOR defended the County Magistrates from all imputation of improper motives. Mr. B. WILBRAHAM said that the postponement of the Bill. would be useful.' - Ist.Division of this Work is ILLYRIA and DALMATIA, 2 vols. 32. Plates, price I2s. 2d Ditto, WESTERN AFRICA, 4_vols. 47 Plates, price 21s. Lord CAWDOR presented a Petition from he Acting Ma gistrates of the county of Pembroke, praying for a revision of the system of Welsh judicature. • . After some converation on the petition, in which the Lord Chancellor, Lord Redesdale, the Marquis of Lansdown, the Marquis of Bute, and Earl Darnley, participated, Lord CAWDOR moved an Address to the King, praying that his Majesty would be pleased to order that the fines paid on the conveyance of estates in Wales should be collected in the same manner as in the Court of Common Pleas in Eng land. 3d Ditto, TURKEY, 6 roli. - 73 Plates, price,2l: 29. PERSIA, in Three Volnmes,-. will form the Fifth Division of this Work, : the First Volume will appear on the lst of August. • Mr. LOC EiHART thought the Bill was not sufficiently effi cient in its enactments. He hoped the Bill would be recom mitted. • ILLUSTRATIONS of the Manners and Customs; Arts, Sciences, anti Literature of JAPAN, by M. Titsingh ;with many coloured" Plates, from original Japanese Designs. Royal 4to. prier 21. tfts. PYNE'S. MICROCOSM, No. VII., 'price:4s: JOHNNY QI7_E GENUS, the FOUNDLING, by the Author of the three " Tours of Syntax," with 24 coloured Plates, price 21s. '• • - • SENTIMENTAL TRAVELS in the SOUTH of FRANCE: illustrated with 18 coloured gnkravings, royal Bvo. price 18s. AN ALBUM ; containing- 12 very curious "Lithographic Specimens, in imitation of Chalk Drawings. Imperial 4to. 1°;. 6d. Colonel WOOD hoped that the three clauses objected to would be withdrawn for this Session : the other clauses of the Bill being extremely useful, he hoped that they would be enacted. Mr. F. PALMER contended, that no imputation was cast by the Bill on the County Magistrates. The Bill, he thought, did not go far enough, as it did not counteract the monopoly of the brewers. He would support the Bill as far as it went. Mr. ESTCOURT hoped that a careful measure would be enacted. lie thought that public houses were a nuisance, and the smaller their number the better. He hoped that the Bill • would be withdrawn until the next Session. rear' Eloa' met' Ison , OP' iroff road' t he LT$ of wen t he r f end ' her The SCHEME contains 2 2 _ Prizes of £20,000 eilt ; isle 10 5 ' for: Pe ncef r 85 3a) 34F 6 ; 5 5 °I I 55 Co gate - of ;JevY l klo es. Ipn arnP 11/ o ° a .. 1 ,311 Y i trec t * d Mr" jor SO - Author of " A Visit to Pails," &c. fr. HE COMMITTEE 'for Superintending the FUNDS arising from' the SUBSCRIPTION in sup- Pert of the Familj . ..of the late Mr. JOHN SCOTT, think it to aknowledge the Sums which have been Generously ?Contributednce their last Advertisement and as they axe de- Z r°4B of investing the amount received in Public Securities,raquest that such Persons as may further intend to Aid fil th their Benevolence the Infant Children life Man of Genius, ti 'lltiMely taken fronithem will favour them with an early com ninication of such intention. S ubscriptions are received in London, by Messrs. Coutts and ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co. ; and Messrs. Smith, roster-r a nel and Smiths : also_by Messrs. Baldwin and Co., Pater ow. w Subscriptions received sin, 1 Clerk, - L.lO 10 Esq. Edinb. 10 10 Cockburn, Esq. Edin. 5 5 ‘r• Russell, Esq. W. S. Edinburgh - 10 10 Ja mes Moncrieff, Esq. 10 10 fo rd Archib. Hamilton 15 15 -rroptietors of the Scots ban Newsp a p er 10 10 •-iord Ashbu r t on 5 5 E• • 010 Sir in. Perthshire 2 2 Wm Hamilton 3, 3 • Arch er , Esq. Dub - A Friend 2 - pitta roprietors of Freeman's ournal 2 qv L. B . i ss ii Davy, Clifton /. 41 1 Ire'sSErsa.rdlJ.eYlhom-son: -6c. I 5 Co. Edi n b urgh 3 h°ll Ynnous, per Ditto 5 wars. Bell & Bradfute, Messrs. - 3 manners &Mil 'ler, Edinburgh 2 Messrs. Fairbairn &An derson, Edinburgh 1 Prie a d 1 . Wakeman, Dublin 2 J A A I r r• R. M. Tims, Dublin 1 *".- Friend in Dublin , 1 J. X Dublin - 1 J • Cunningham, Esq. Edinburgh - 5 R. Forsyth, Esq. Edinb. 2 t:lias Cathcart, Esq. Edin. 5 t..Dunlop, Esq. Edinb. 5 4 -rt• Jamieson, Esq. Edin. 5 t Skene, Esq. Edinh. 5 t. &torn an early Friend of Mr. Scott's Family 1 1 r rom do. do. do. 1 1 M "srs• Longman and D ickinson, London 10 0 G. Spence, Esq. Furni val's Inn - 2 2 ai r . J. B. 2 2 the last Advertisement— A.M. - 1 1 Mr. H. Tucker . - 2 0 Rev. G. A. Browne, Cam bridge 2 2 Rev. I. C. Ebd.en, do. 2 2 Rev. G: E. Conk,. do. 1 1 Rev. S. Hawkes' do. 1 1 ReV. It:Harvey, A. do. 2 2 W: H. Parker, Esq. do. 2 2 G. M. - • - • 1 0 Rev. R. - Atkinson • • • • 1 0 Julian Skrine, Esq. • 1 1 Mr. Benjamin 'Wood 1 1 W. Swainson, Esq. 1 1 J. Belzoni -Esq. •1 1 E. O'Callaghan, Esq. -Dublin ' 2 0 W. F. Lover, Esq. do. 1 0 C. Butler, Esq. do.' 1 0 John Butler, Esq. do. 1 0 George -Petrie, - Esq. do. 1 ' 0 A Friend - 1 0 Geo. Combe, Esq. W.S. Edinbitrgh - . 1 1 Mr. A. Cunningham, do. 1 1 A Frind to the Subscrip. • tion, do. 1 1 J. Stewart, Esq. W.S. do: 5 5 W. Patrick, Esq.W.S. do. 3 , 3 J. A. Murray, - Esq.' do. 10 10 Messrs. Constable & Co. ditto ..; 10 10 Mr. A. Blonteith, do. 2 2 A. Greenhill -ft. - Es+ do. 5 5 G. Nutch, Esq. W.S. do. 5 5 Jas. Gibson, Esq. do. 10 10 James Spittal, do. 1 1 Alex. Ross, do. - 1 1 Mrs. D. Aitken, do. 1 1 Professor Leslie, do. 5 5 James Ivory, Esq. do. 5 5 Alex. Dunlop, Esq. do. 5 5 Mr. Huie, do. - 10 s. 6d. Mr. Adam Black, do. 1 1 C. Cunningham, do. 1 1 John Watson, jun. do. 1 1 L. Maclaurin, Esq.Glasg. 1 0 'Mr. T. Taylor ' 1 1 Mr. W. . 1 1 D. P. - - 1 1 H. W. - • 1 1 Mr. Mint, Piccadilly 1 1 tVW:I'N, Stock-Broker, 2, CORNHILL, and LONIBABD.:STREET, wishes his Friends to Mi ser— that this Lottery presents the Chance of gaining Great t al ) 4als at the most trifling risk ; for the Purchasers, after t"'iug the Chance of the First Day, will he allowed to re _tarn their Tickets or Shares, whether they be drawn Blanks, mall 41 1 Prizes , or undrawn, and may receive nearly the Nloney 3 ▪ gave, as under : et . • • Costs £2l 18 0 may receive hack.. £2O 0 0 (4 If • ••. costs fl 17' 0 may receive hack.. 10 12 0 Exiqarter .. cost s 519 0. may receive hack.. 5 6 0 ight h • . costs .... 3 0 6 may receive back.. 213 0 4,,ill ie enth costs -1 10 6 may receive back.. 1 6 6 th ,whn wish t o ava il t h emse l ves o f t hi s offer mnst bring in e 'r Tickets or Shares on or before the 26th of JULY, as :• tinteuwreir onlyyll o b n etaken back after that lay:—And thus,each Ad hazards, • - - Thirty -Eight Shillings.... for a.... Ticket Poor Shillings . for a.... Sixteenth. • TEti CAPITALS of £OOOO, £lOOO, £300,, £2OO, Sm. • Are sure to be drawn on the First Day. TWO of £30,000 , —TWO of £20,000! ac e. act: Consols and Money.—Not TwO Blanks to a Priie. Begins 16th of JULY. ItICHARDSON, G-OODLUCti. and Co. t,,,, or itespectfilily acquaint the Public, that the State Lot :;eji, !, 1 3,000 'tickets will begin drawing the 16th ofJULY, 41-'' GU rs D av, 30th of JULY, Third and Last - Day, 13th of . . , . &c. &c. Consols and Money. RjEN, CAPITALS will be Drawn the First Day. and may be eed by the small risk of Li. 18s. A WHOLE TICKET. S ,", Shares inproportion down to a SIXTEENTH 'FOUR '''LLINGs . Le Purchasers, after taking the Chance of the Firsf'Day, will to return their Tickets or Shares, whether drawn " n ks) stuall Prizes, or tmdrawn, and may receive for them Ti c k the•following Sums, viz. , et.... costs ,E2l 18 0.. may receive back £2O 0 0 .tsif ...... costs..ll 17 0.. may receive back.. 10 12 0 ;"s.Uatter ..c„ s t s.. 5 19 0.. may receive back.. 5 6 0 ;,glith..costs.. 3 0 6.. may receive back.. 2 13 ;0 All '' ,„ t l enll l-0418;. 1 10 6.. may receive.back.. 1 6 6 their wish to avail themselves of this offer, must bring in vili'LL,ckets'or Shisies on or before the 26th of July, as none TI , t aken back after that day. I GOo rI h iEJS and SHARES are Selling by RICHARDSON, Sii — "CK. and Co. who sold 11,9.21, a Prize of £20,000 ING% a es, 28th March, at their Office, 104, 'RANK BUILD- 16TH JULY. • a, a nd J. SIVEWRIGIIT have great plea „„„ • sure in off er i ng to the i r Fr i ends and the Pu b lic an biteni.litY of g a i n i ng the TEN CAPITAL PRIZES sure to tli "in Risk, th z e .First' Day (16th JULY), at th e following - IN W Li A Whole Ticket on ly 11. 18 s . I:l4lLifrter ss. I Eighth 13s. I Sixteenth 74.. 6d: tiocw4esell-ciaftPeliritCHASEßS at J. and J. SIVEWRIGLIT'S Of taking, the chance of the First Day, will he al before yt° return their Tickets or Shares (at any time In or very t i i , 4 6111 J ulY), whether drawn nr undrawot, at the above tliev,":".ng Reduction from the Price they gave, which is all --Ur e tiVl)T d ae ra ' w 4 n n:l a .t n h d ey a m ny ay gain the Ten Capitals that are happen to of July 6 the Floating Prizes that may com e up the.FirstD - THE SCHEME CONTAINS TWO ..• of teside TWO•;'.. . .. mom! • s other Capitals of £2,000, 1:1,000, &c. &c. C onsols i ltites andl4 "eYi and Not Two Blanks to a Prize. NV4I G 3 H - 7 1 3 :s c a ;o n or d nithei S ei l is ts1 ;. tcs : are Selling at J. and J. SIVE -38, Haymarket, 1 4 1 , r 11, Holborn ; . • •"I Corner of Coventry-street. hPy, t A I IY *old ALL the - e20,000 PRIZES in a recent Lot um in their Last Contract 4 3 01, a Prize of X2V)00.• The ART of PAINTING in OIL COLOURS, by J. Cawse. With Plates explanatory of the different Palettes used in the progress of Portrait or Landscape Painting. ss. No. LXXIX. REPOSITORY of ARTS, containing a va riety of interesting matter, illustrated with six (Moored En gravings. Just published, price 6s. Bd. sewn, PART I. of THE MUSEUM: ori RECORD of LITE RATLIRE,.. Nos. 1. to - X. and forming the first Quar terly Part. for 18i2, containing a variety of articles on _ Iit:GENERAL: LiTERATORE, inclujingßeviews of Books. 2d, The BELLES LEITRES and FINE ARTS, and DRAMA. 3d, SCIENCE and PHILOSOPHY. 4th, ANTIQUITIES and BIOGRAPHY. sth, VARIETIES and FACETUE, including Poetry, Cha rades, &c. . 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In Six Vols. 18mo. . _ We know that we - critics are generally consi dered as ill-natured, surly; snappish old fellows, whose severity nothing is capable of relaxing.— How . far this character has been deserved by some of our fraternity it is not our business to inquire ; but, for our own part, we are sure that however our critical indignation might have been previously roused, the sight of such.a work as that before us would be quite sufficient to disarm it, and restore our good humour. The publisher (ACKERMANN) seems to have a happy knack of giv ing to his works an appearance which, like a hand some person, prepossesses at first . sight. In the present irtsiance, as in the preceding divisions of bis . popiilitr- series, which is aptly denominated The World in Miniature, we discover not merely elegance and taste in the embellishment andle nerat execution,. but likewise a solidity, variety, and copiousness of useful information, which shames many a bulky performance that we could mention. The British possessions in the East are become so important a portion of our Empire, that it be hoves every well-educated person to make him self more than superficially acquainted with the character, manners, and customs of the people of those extensive regions. After a careful perusal of the volumes upon our table, we can assure our readers that we know of no work which in so small a compass, and in so pleasing a form, fur nishes so much that it is desirable to know re specting the inhabitants of Hindoostan, The Editor has evidently had recourse for his mate rials to the most authentic sources; and much as we have read on India, we have been compelled to admire the industry which has produced so large a proportion Of new and curious informa tion. The chapters on the Suicide of Widows, the Murder of Female Infants, Ordeals, Witch craft, and Superstitions, struck us, among many others, as peculiarly interesting and amusing. The numerous coloured engravings exhibit a faithful and spirited portraiture of the Hindoos in their various relations and occupations, and furnish, jointly with the text, as lively a picture of that extraordinary people as we have ever met with. - The Earl of LIVERPOOL opposed the motion. He did not know whether the fines to which the Noble -Lord alluded were vested in the King, or whether they were legally collected or not. If they were legally collected, a change could not be made without a legislative measure. After some conversation, the LORD CHANCELLOR proposed that the Noble Mover should allow time , for in quiry into the subject, and the motion was postponed to• Mon day r:tpisht.__ NAVAL AND MILITARY ANNUITIES BILL. On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, this Bill was committed. The Bill passed through the Committee, and the report was made. Lord KING observed, that this was a most absurd measure. He had, however, prepared a preamble more suitable to it than that which now preceded it. The•first words of his preamble, notwithstanding that they were borrowed from his Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he believed might be offered to their Lordships as , English. He concluded by niov ing that the preamble of the Bill be left out, and• the following inserted in its stead : " Whereas an impatience of taxation no less ignorant than ir resistible pervades all ranks of his Majesty's subjects, and it is highly expedient to afford some relief; and whereas the mini mum of relief which will give satisfaction, and the least intelligi ble plan which can plausibly be stated, is that of extending the burden of the military and naval pensions over a longer period of time than the natural lives of the present annuitants, and de fraying the expence of the first 16 years by a series of annual loans.; and whereas by an Act of the 57th of George 111., c. 65, a very large provision has been made for the mainte nance and half-pay of the persons now holding high and effi cient offices, and it is desirable to secure the continuance of the same high and efficient public men in the offices they now hold, in order to avoid increasing the amount of dead service or half-pay so profusely provided in case his Majesty's present confidential servants should resign their offices, contrary to all true economy, and the intent and meaning of themselves, and pf this Act, and of every Act of the present Parlia ment ; and whereas there is or will be a Sinking Fund of 5,000,0001., applicable to the redemption . of the National Debt, to the relief of future generations at the expence of the present ; and whereas it is also become expedient to relieve the present ignorant and impatient generation at the expence of posterity, which necessary relief could be effected most ad vantageously by a deduction from the said Sinking Fund, of a sum equal to the amount of the Revenue derived from those taxes which it 'is become so highly necessary to repeal; but whereas his Majesty's confidential servants now hold ing high and efficient offices have solemnly declared that the said Sinking Fund to the full amount of 5,000,0001. aforesaid shall be maintained inviolate; and whereas it is highly neces sary that the wisdom of the said high and efficient public men should be upheld by the Lordi spiritual, and also by the Lords temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled ; therefore be it enacted, by and with the advice of the same, that a series of loans shall be raised in a circuitous manner, and that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasiuy shall have power to lend to themselves, and to borrow of themselves, and to conceal the whole transaction from thernsaves and from all other ignorant and well.disposed persons. And be it further enacted, that the Commissioners for the Redemption of the National Debt shall likewise be the trustees appointedhY the Act for raising money on annuities to provide for the payment of the military and naval pensions, and that they shall in their capacities of trus tees create stock, in their other capacities of Commissioners for the Redemption of the National Debt, shall purchase that same stock ; or, if more expedient and inexplicable, shall issue Ex: chequer bills, and invest and re-invest the proceeds thereof, through all the mazes of the Transfer-office, according to the will and pleasure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,- and make centuple entry thereof; provided always, that the aggregate of confusion and perplexity shall agree with the same sum, as the deduction of the requisite aniount from the Sinking Fund." Lord HARROWBY observed, that the measures of Minis-. ters were often called absurd, but he should be glad to knpw whether this preamble was an example of the sense of the other side of the House. Lord KING said, the sense of the preamble precisely suited the Ha—The motion was negatived, and tip House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Gentleman from the Bank of England presented a return of the weekly amount of Bank Notes and Post Bills issued, which was ordered to lie on the table; SALT TAX. Mr. D. BROWNE presented a petition from his Consti tuents, the inhabitants of the city of Kilkenny, complainin that they g had suffered most severely from the repeal of the Salt Tax, though they admitted that the repeal was just, and prayiirg for some relief.: Mr. CURIVgN said, that as to-morrow night was fixed for the discussion of this question, he should only say that he trusted he should satisfy him upon that discussion that Ireland would not stiffer in the slightest degree from the repeal of that tax. Mr. DALY said a very few words in support of the repeal of the duty upon rock salt imported to Ireland. Mr.-C. HUTCHINSON said, that the present feelin of the Merchants of cork was, that the duty should be repealed; they were not for refusingTelief to the other parts of the country. After an observation from Mr. BRIGHT, the petition was or dered to be printed. PUBLIC HOUSES. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from an indivi dual residing in Westminster, coMplaining that he had been unjustly deprived of his License. STAMP ACTS. Mr. LUSHINGT9N moved the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee upon the Stamp Acts. The House went into Cointsittee. Several 'Resolutions were -11 Ir. BRIGHT thought that the Bill would be useful, in allowing a summary jurisdiction to the Quarter Sessions. Mr. LUSH INGTON hoped that the Bill would be with drawn, and be brought forward in a more extended shape next Session. . Mr. HOLFORD expressed a similar hope. Mr. Alderman WOOD maintained, that an appeal to the Quarter Sessions would be highly useful, inasmuch as it would allow a publican the right of being heard before he should be compelled to submit altogether to his ruin. He hoped that the clauses would not be withdrawn. Mr. BE.::NEl . said, that his object had been to remove that Monopoly of which' alrcomplained ; to put down _that-- secret . influence which tended to extend corruption and ruin through all the country, to exclude wicked houses from being licenced, and to prevent private property from being subject to arbitrary power. Petitions had been poured in from all .parts of the kingdom, and those Gentlemen who had presented them had now turned their backs upon their constituents and objected to the destruction of the monopoly, and now they wished for an ap peal from the Magistrates to the Quarter Sessions. An appeal had been granted in Ireland from the Magistrates to the Quar-t ter Sessions; but the English Members now objected to the introduction of that plan into England. The Bill was in the hands 'of the House ; it might throw out the Bill if it thought proper. He had no personal interests to serve ; he wished to serve the public. The evils of the present system were very great, yet Legislators seemed decided against any im provement. By the Act 4th James I. any tavernkeepef could he fined, and his licence forfeited, if two men, or any greater number, either dined or drank for more than an hour in . his house. If any person brought before him, being a Ma gistrate for Surrey, the keeper of the tavern -at which he and his Hon. Friends had dined and drank one evening last week, he should feel himself bound to fine him, and to adjudge his licence to be forfeited. Such were the regulations of the present system, and such were the laws which the Magistrates wished to perpetuate. He had been invited to bring in a Bill to remedy those defects; he had attended a Committee above stairs when 60 Members frequently spoke at the same time.— He had wasted his time, his money, and his patience in bringing forward the Bill. He had done his duty, and he was satisfied. The House had to do its own. ' It could not be expected that he should waste time, and money, and pa tience again, particularly when Members who had not read the Bill came down with crude notions, gathered perhaps at the corners of the streets to oppose it. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the third Reading - - For the Amendment - - Majority -17 The 13i11 was then read a third time, and the House continued nearly an hour in discussion with closed doors, as we understood, upon some clauses proposed as Riders, and the Bill then passed. SLAVE TRADE. • Strangers were excluded for a considerable time, , and when we were re-admitted to the Gallery, we found Mr. WILBERFORCE impressing upon the House the obli gation under whichthis country laboured to use its utmost effbrts to cause the total suppression by the other poweri of the world of that abominable traffic which it had for someyears determined to relinquish on its own part. Our Governinehthad applied with very commendable zeal to the various. G6vernments of Europe, and to the Government of the United States, to entreat their co operation in this laudable undertaking ;- and 'one of the objects which he now had in view was the production of the-correspond ence which had taken place on the subject. The Honourable Gentleman proceeded arconSiderable length to take a review of the policj , which had been pursued by the various European States, and by the'.United States of America, with reference to this interesting subject. The Cortes of Spain had, in a manner highly creditable to themselves, passed a laW inflicting a severe penalty on any one who should be found dealing in slaves, and directing the instant manumission of the slaies theniSelves. An admirable law ! And pne which he hoped would„be fully and earnestly enforced. He was unable to speak with equal praise of the conduct of the old Government of Port uga l. 'That Government had long resisted the applications of the British Government on the subject, until at length, wearied out with the entreaties of the latter, the Portuguese Govern ment had consented; on the understanding that . they should receive some commercial concessions in return,. to abolish the trade to the North of the Line only. It certainly ,was not without a pang that the British Government were compelled to leave the coast to the South of the Line to the tender 'mercies of the Portuguese trader; but it was nevertheless, a matter of much importance to obtain the release from the traffic on the part of the Portuguese of 2,000 miles of coast North of the Line. Unhappily, however, there was • reasoo to believe that' the agreement had not been strictly carried into effect, and that the Governors of sonic of the Portuguese settlements not only winked at the trade, but were themselves partakers of it. He hoped that the new Governinent of Portugal would make a beneficial .change on this subject. It was a Government founded on the principles of liberty ; and he trusted 'that the , Portuguese would henceforward show that they were capable of feeling sympathy for the sufferings of their. African fel low-creatures; and that they would not continue to'plunge them in slavery at the very moment when they were asserting their Own freedom.—(llear !)—To the conduct of the next Go vernment of which he would speak, he meant the Government of the United States, he could advert with unfeigned pleasure. The.AmericanGOvernment had seconded ourviews,they had abo lished the trade on their own part, and had co-operated with our - • - Governmentin endeavouring -to-render that abolition universal. Still, however, there, was,soniethi4fOr the Governmentof the United States to do. Last year . a Committee.of the House of• Representatives • recommended the adoption of a mutual and . qualified right of search ; without which, indeed, all efforts wholly to put down the. trade must be hopeless. It was Jo be' lamented that any ancient prejudice should be permitted to .. stand in the way of so desirable a measnre.; • but the recommen dation to which he had alluded was not very favonrably Ad by the Senate, and by the American Government., • Our: 'Minister, Mr. Canning, argued the, point with great zeal .and'' ability, but Mr. Adams replied, in a manner which almoat in- dicated that ill hunictir which frequently resulted from a not feeling very eonifOrtable as to his. own sentiments and act's on any subject. Ile (Mr. Mr.) could not, however, avoill•en tertaining a hope that all objection to the proposed measure would ultimately 'be - abandoned by the Senate and the Govern= • ment of the United 'States, and that thereby the means would be afforded of' putting an end to a most enormous evil. He` could not close this portion of his remarks without paying la' just tribute to the naval officers of America, who had cordially. concurred and,co-operated with our own in the abolition of tile" traffic, whenever an opportunity presented itself of doing sot He had now to-speak or .a.power, the conduct of whose subjectson this great and interesting question, no friend. of humanity could contemplate without the deep e st pain.—He meant Fiance. If we could but prevail on the GoVernments of France and America to consent to tha mutual and limited right of searo.• to which he had already alluded, we might then cherish a hope that there would not be much difficulty in inducing the Other" powers to take means for insuring an effectual abolitionof the trade. But it was .extremely painful to observe, that, where.--: ever we directed our eyes, over whatever sea, into whateyffr: port, along the whole coast of Africa, the subjects of Franae were carrying on the SlaVe Trade with an every-day creasing activity.—(Hear, hear, hear I.)—lnvitations were. openly held out to persons posaessing small capitals to• embark in this infamous traffic, with assurances that enor mous profits would result twin . the speculation. And yet the Government Of France. : had expressed the same reprobation' of -the Slave Trade as had been expressed ; by: the .Government of England 1. It was lamentable - to.eemaik, that although the• Executive Government of Trance had been prompt and powerful to decide •on this subject, they had proved tardy and weak when the time, arrived at which their decision ought to have been carried, into effect.—(Hear !)--Re stored as the present Government of France had been to the au thority of which it had been . so long deprived; favoured by Hea ven in all the gifts of nature,-as France was, to a degree greater perhaps than any other•country on the face of the globe; profess ing, as the French people did, the most profound sensibility, and the utmost refinement of manners, inwas a-melancholy specta cle to see Francecoldly contemplating the misery which it inflic ted, by blastingall the opening prospects of civilization in Africa, and by imposing additional chains on the unh a ppy n a ti ves Of that vast continent.—(Hear !)—The thing was so extraordinary, that, for his part, he could scarcely help believing, either that the fact of what was taking place was little known in France, or that .some extraordinary and unaccountable interposi tion prevented the operation of all those moral and reli gious feelings, for which we had been accustomed to give the French credit.' It had been said that since the pe riod of the Revolution religion had been reviving in France. —But he could not help greatly mistrusting the character of any religion, the growth of which was accompanied by the growth of so abominable a practice as a trade in human beine:-1: (Hear, hear, bear !)—Religion taught to promote " peace bn earth, and good will towards man ; ' not to encourage discord for the purpose of inflicting the most acute and enduring miscry. , --(llear, hear, hear !)-The_ Hon. Member, after . al luding to a Report of the House Assembly in Jamaica, oh served,. that if the French flag were allowed to be a protection against the right of search, it would become the refuge'of.the worst part of the. human species ; men v:ho were the enemies .ef good men in all countries.—(Hekr, hear !)—lle next procee(i ,ed to refute the absurd doctrine that the Africans were destined to be hewers of wood anti drawers of water. We owed some reparation to Africa for having for such ,a length of time.-sah:t tioned that abominable traffic the Slave Trade. Ile was.awsre of the difficulties he had to contend with, but in such a cadfs he could not despair. He trusted the House and the country would persevere in the course they had so happily begun, mid would proceed, in despite of every prejudice or hostile feeling,. to achieve the glorious work which they had so happily, thought so tardily, coinmenced.—(Rear, hear !)--The lion. Member concluded by moving the following Aduress to the Throne " Resolved, nemine contradiccnte, That, an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, to represent to his Majesty.that the deep interest Which this House -has so long taken, and Still continues to take,-in the abolition of the Slave Trade, has Jed us to peruse with no little solicitude the papers relative to that subject,.whiCh by. his Majesty's commands were lately laid. be fore, us ; nor could we fOrnear indulging a hope .that i his Ma jesty's renewedlepresentations and remonstrances would have at length produced the'desired. effect of causing the various G overnments by whose subjects, the Slave Trade was stiil:carried on, seriously to consider the numerous and powerful obliga tions under which they lay, to co-operate. with his Majesty, heartily and efficiently, in .order to put an end for ever to this enormous evil : • " But that we have learned with grief and shami, that with very few exceptions, every hope of this nature has been _alto. gether frustrated, and that we are still compelled to witness the strange arid humiliating spectacle of practices which are ac knowledged to be made up of wickedness and cruelty by the very Governments whose subjects are nevertheless carrying them on, upon a great and continually increasing scale. " That we observe, however, with satisfaction, that:the powerful reasoning and continued ex - postulations of liiiMa jesty's Government,• enforced by the strong aria persevering remonstrances. of his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court wK the Netherlands, have at length produced an admission of M . :. just construction of the Treaty with that Power. " That we are glad to see that some of the abuses have been. corrected which had prevailed in the conduct of the Courts of mixed jurisdiction - at- Sierra Leone, but that experience has proved the necessity.of altering that provision, which renders it necessary for the slaves to have been actually on ship bOrti to justify the, condemnation of the vessel, and of allowing-due weight to be given to that decisive proof of the object of the voyage, widen is afforded by the peculiar mode of fitting and equipping slave vessels. 'That it is some alleviation of the. pain produced by. the almost' uniform tenour of these distressing accounts, to learn that the Cortes of Spain has subjected all who should be found concerned in Slave Trading, to a severe and infamous puniO3- meat ; and that.with this evidence of a just estimate of the'gnilt of the crime, we cannot but hope that they will not rest satisfied with is legal prohibition, but that they will provide me requisite means for carrying their law into execution. '" That we lend with concern that the vessels of Portugal, 'so far from gradually retiring from the trade, have been carrying it On with increased activity, more especially on that very part of the coast which is to the North of the Line, in direct viola tion of the Treaty by which the had stipulated to confine her trade to the South of it. " That we cannot but cherish the hope that the.new• (T'oi vernment of .Portugal will manifest a wanner zeal , for.erf forcing a. Treaty which every law, divine-or human, trintli her to observe ;- that 'we have' observed with no little. plea.; sure the zeal for the abolition of the Slave Trade, • that has been manifested by . the Commanders of the Ships .of war of the United. State of .America employed on the Coast of Africa 7 and the disposition they have-shewn to co-oper a t e w i t h the officers of his 'Majesty's Navy for their common object; . but that we are concerned to hay,: perceived in the American Government no disposition to give up the objectionait formerly urged against the estatliAnnerit of a mutual right of examin ing. cacti . other's ships on the coast of Africa.—That we had hoped thatthe powerful argiunents used by a Committee of. the Houk of Reftresentatives in favour of this arrangement, would have their just. weight, more especially that which points out the difference, or rather contrariety, between this conventional and qualified system and the right of searching neutral vesselS, without any previous treaty, as claimed and practised in war. Above all, that the consideration, so strongly enforced, that it is only by the establishment of some such system that the Trade can ever be effectually abolished, would have induced the Arlie rican GoVerninent to consent to it, when the object in question involves thOightS and happiness of so large a portion of cot fellow creatures. " That with the deepest concern we find, as in the - last year, vessels under the French flag trading for slaves along the whole extent of the coast of Africa, at hOme and abroad. Proposals are circulated for slave trading voyages, lavitiag the srnalleNt capitals, and tempting adventurers by the hopes of enorrnoi!.s profits, that the few ships of war of that country itationed.iri Africa offer no material obstruction to the trade, nor do the Governors of her Colonies appear to be more active. .And 'all. this while the French Government reprobates thetraSe.isi.th