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object was to be effected. The Hon. and Learned Gentle man (Mr. Burge) had . thrown out a personal charge against him (Lord Howick) in the course of the debate, which he felt it necessary to answer more at lengtb. That Hon. Member had stated plainly it was the universal opinion of _the solonistathatilis e (Lord HA) speech of last year ;vase the direct exciting cause of all the calamities which bade trice visited the_West India Islands in thesbape of discon-1 tent, atid open hasorrection e e-( . llear).--and the Han. Member had, gone on Ao.declige t.liat the, moment that speech reached. Jamaica ; itltecapee necessary for the Governor to issue Preelernaguti,in undeceive the Negro with respect to the extent....of freedom tse . he conferred on him, and to ea..' tisfy him ;that the e syetem tof slavery ,was not at an end.' Z.oisr, he (Lord Heyeacl;) did net deny that his speech might have,fieen tar iatemperate. e -(Hear.) He had no hostility threWeet•lndians, hut an experience, not of Itillikgrgwth,ind gathered too on the benches oloppo sitiren., hod ,prObably given him the language of a disputant, and )i,4 him to the use of expressions too violent for the otteallOu.. Afe,denied, however, that the speech produced ~the efie,et Attributed to it by the Hon. and Learned Mem :her ,fer i .Eye,. or that the Proclamation . had been issued in consequence of it, and for this reason, that the Proclama tion was actually issued at the instance of the Learned Gent. himself and the agent for St. Vincent's, in cense queepe of some transactions in the island of Antigua. T4e Noble Lord here read portioas of the dispatches of the F.erl of Belroore, with a view of proving that the procla mation was not issued in consequence of the violent and _inflammatory character of his speech, but that on the contrary the commotions and the insurrection must be at tributed to the inflammatory resolutions of the planters themselves, which Lord Belmore observed was, in his ap prehension, more calculated to disturb the minds of the slaves than anything which ha d_ been done at home. One great object of the Government . was to effect a gradual and easy transition from the state, of slavery to that of the complete enjoyment of liberty, and he hoped that the lesson received from the losses of one island, and the n irrow escape of three others, would not be lost on the planters. He hoped that they would- from those mis fortunes, see the necessity of meeting, in a better spirit, iris desires of the Government. He admitted that. the discussions on this subject were .full of clanger.—( Hear.) That they were standing on the brink of a frightful preci pice could not be denied.—(Hear, from the Opposition.) He was one of the last who would _adopt any violent - measures, but he thoUght ia.shoeld,mat beehisteight . of by the,colonists, that among those who were not disposed .to adopt the violent Measures of, the .Member for Wey "Mouth (Buxton), and he (Lord Howick) repeated he was not one of them; the portion of the moderate eman cipators merely tolerated the temporary continuance of slavery, because they wished to.get rid of a great evil with the silent:et possible amount of suffering. The dangers they had to contend against were, however, of a different character from _whit Alley hid been. A new race of people had grown tip within the last 23 years— a race Partly eduCated and instructed in the principles of the Christian religion, and strongly impreesed with a sense of their de.a.adation. To add to this, the slave was fre quently foueid living in the immediate neigbbourhood of a brother who had . larobably_ become free, while the Press of Jamaica was dilly sending forth. the most violent arti cles in favinir of immediate unqualified emancipation. Matters were in a different state now from what they had been. At one time the Press of Jamaica was all on one side; hut now there Were two parties contending, unre strained, with equal violence, and adding most materially to the dangers of the situation of the colonies, and to the necessity of a speedy settlement of the question at issue. The only Way to avoid this danger was, as he believed, by a steady and temperate, but at the same time, .resolute enfiiicement of the resolutione of 182 3 . . . Mr. ROBERT GORDON was happy to say . that the Noble Lord who introduced _this . question to the Muse (Lord Althorp) had not uttered a single word to . which the most sensitive on this most. sensitive subject could object ; and he earnestly IsOped that the language of the - Noble Lord was more the evidence of the Noble Lord's acknowledged kindness of heart than of the general feelings of his Majesty'S Government. (Hear.) His Noble Friend (Lord Howick) had expr,ssed his sorrow for ha ving given offence to the colonists on .a former occasion ; but it seemed to be one Of the misfortunes connected with this most unfortunate question; that no one could enter on it without using expressions' in some degree calculated to prOduce excitement ; and the Noble Lord had not, on the present occasion, steered clear of that influence, or been quite so guarded in his langtiagi as his friends could have wished.—(Hear, bear.) ` - He trusted', however, tbet . .the Noble Lord (Althorp) intended the announcement of that evening as a favour to the colonists, and he hoped the co lonists would receive it in that way,. and take it as a pledge of a desire to consider their state of suffering under a More favourable light:- . . - -(Hear.) • Under that impres sion he hoped also that the Noble Lord would see the pro pri.-ty of reconsider in the Fi?cal regulations., Mr. HUME obierved, that the principle of attempting to govern the colonies in Downing-street had been pro ductive 'of an ever-varying System, pregnant with the greatest evils. The clinstant change of Administration?, and the consequent change of policy of the Colonial De partment, had led to a succession of changes in the mode of governing our colonies. How could the colonies be satisfied or prosperous under such circumstances ? The consequence of such a system was, that whether at the Cape of Good Hope, 1L Canada, or in the West 'ln lips, there was nothing hut' disenntent. He did not impute to any of the successive Administrations of this country a disposition to do any thing injurious to the colonies; but sae result of the system to which he had alluded was, that orders hail gone out to . the Colonial Governments, which orders hid beep subsequently revoked, and then again en forced. In that view it was" that he regretted that the Government of this country had not many years ago taken the whole colonial system into Consideration, in order to Silitertain whether the colonies were not fit to manage their own affairs, instead of being kePt •- in leading string, and subjected to the fluctuating management of Downing-street. He repeated that he did not attribute the 'evils which existed in the colonies to any inten tion on the part of the Government of this country, but to the mistaken system which had been pursued: He re gretteal, therefore, that hii Majesty's present Ministers, on coming into office, had not made an attempt to frame some g aneral system of a more satisfactory nature. . He also regretted that every Administration in this country few a lung period of time had shewn a great distrust of all our colonies. He would proceed to.make a few remarks seri what had fallen from the Noble Lard. The Noble Lord hd, with great propriety, commenced his observa tions by g reference to the resolutions of the 15th of May, 1 6 43, and had stated that be and hiS colleagues were anxious to carry those resolutions into 'effect. No man who possessed the common feelings of htiminity could re fuse his assent to those resolutions. But what were they ? The Noble Lord bad made a great mistak.. T - T __e supposed thew resolutions to contain` what they did not contain ; and; in" consequence of similar errors, the whole of the disputes and calatnities in the' colonies bad resulted. ,In aft;y, as in all other agreem e nt s , there were two parties. in this, in fact, there were three. One party was the goose of Commons, wbo were bound to discharge the du rielprescribed to theM by humanity ; another party was the proprietori of slaves in the colonies, who were justi fied in asserting their just rights, to which rights the greatest attention eugbt to be paid; and the third party was the slaves, to whoM we were bound to afford every protec tion compatible with the undeniable rights of the planters. This country seemed' to have been led away by feelings of humanity (which no man was less. disposed to blame tbao himself), and,•by - a - wish to remove the blot of our present colonial system, to forget that that h'ot was not the creation of the . present period, and that it was not created by - the - present piciprietOis in the 'West ludies. • To do justice we should not visit on indiViduals acts which were not theirs, but the acts of their fathers, to whom they hadsticceeded. • That seemed to he forgotten by many parsons. The Hon. Member for Weymouth was one of ~;lose' mistaken persons Whti seemed to have entirely for gotten that those acts were not the acts of the present pro prietors, but the acts of* their predecessors. What cv.as the first of the Resolutions agreed to by the House of Com mons on the 15th -of May, 182:3?::—'! That it is expe dient to adopt effectual and decisive tneasures for amelio rating the condition of the slave population in his Majes ty's colonies." Had the proprietors in the West Indies ever denied thi s e ip e di enc YT H e h a d never me t with a single man who did so. On the contrary, they all con curred in assenting to it. What was the second Resolu tion ?—" Thst through a determined and persevering, hut, at the same time; judicious' and temperate enforcement of suet measure:, this House lOoks forward to a pro gressire improvement in the character of the slave popu lation, such as may prepare them for a participation ill those civil rights and Privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his Majeity's subjects."' Did any one differ from the opini on expresse d i n t hi s Resolution ? No one that he was aware of. The only differenee of opinion respected the rate of - proceeding. The Hon: Member for Weymouth would have immediate imancipation. He (Mr. flume) would not. Fot what Must be the cousequence of immediate emancipation, unprepared as the'slives were for the sudden enjoyment of the blessings of freedem. Let the slave be first put in such a condition to enjoy the bles sings-of freedom before freedom wds conferred upon him. - TheNoble Lord might think as he (Mr. Flume) did, that more mlght:td be done; but it was not fair in the Npble Lord to state, or at leuatio leave it to be understOnd, that no progress whatever had been made by the planters to ' effect that which the House of Commons in this Resolu tion intended to eff-ct. Now what was the third Reso lution ?—., That this House is anxious for the accomplish ment of this purpose, at the earliest period that shall be compatible with the avell,being et .the alatres,tbemselves,. with Ehe safety of the colonies, and with a- fair and equita ble consideration of the interests of private property." He asked the Nitble. Lord whether the last condition mentioned in this Resolution had ever been attended to? Had any Administration, in proposing emancipation, proposed it in such a manner as would have respected the interests of private property ? If not, was it surprising that the colo nies - sliould have opposed propositions which did not include that attention to the tnterests of pti vete property which the Resolution of the House of Commons had declared ought to be inseparable from such propositions.,---(Hear, hear.) It would he only manly were the House now at once to come forward and state in what precise relation the master and the slave were to consider themselves. At present, the colonies, believing that it was intended by . the Government of this country in the proposition which they had made, to refuse all that fair and equitable consideration of their right of property in their , slaves which the resolution of the House of Com mons prescribed, rejected the principles laid down in that proposition. If his Majesty's Ministers were desirous of carrying into effectohat -complete emancipation which was undoubtedly so desirable, they must hold out the fulfilment of this resolution; and while, on the one hand, they pro posed emancipation —on the, other hand, they must show how, in effecting that emancipation, the rights of property possessed by the planter would he respected. He would venture to say, that the moment Government held out to the West India proprietors any hope, or showed them the means by which their property would be protected, so as to give them a fair consideration and compensation for the loss of the labour of their slaves, they would findahem ready to meet their wishes. The Noble Lord said we were on a frightful precipice. He (Mr. Hume) ad mitted it. Were Government prepared with measures to avert the impending calamity ? Were they prepared with measures consistent with the conditions prescribed in the third resolution passed by the House of Commons in 1823 ? Protests against the Order in Council of October last had been made by Trinidad, St. Lucia,,Demerara, and almost every other West India. colony. It was not surprising th it that order, interpreted as the colonies naturally inter preted it, should lead to the rancour which had been mani fested. He hoped, therefore, that Government would distinctly state to what extent they intended to afford pro. tection to property in the colonies; and be was quite sure that the people of this country were not so unjust as to wish.ta destroy that property which the colonists bad de rived from their , fathers, without granting them that con sideration and compensation_to which_they were entitled. Mr. F. BUXTON observed, what had been the acts of the planters ? What wasr - the last point discussed in the . _ House of Assembly at Jamaica before the late events in that' island ? Whether women should be flogged in public. ,no.) He repeated that that was the ..point dis - - cussed in. the Colonial Assembly, that obedient Assembly, which, according to the /1012. Member for Middlesex, was so ready to canform to the wishes of Parliament. Twice, once by a majority ,of , thirty-five to two, had the House of Assembly rejected the point most insisted on by Mr. Canning in 1831—namely, the fiogaing of women in public. What single step had the Assembly taken to irn , prove the condition of the slaves, and thereby to lead to the extinction of , slavery ? If he had seen any disposi'ion on the part of the colonies to prepare the negroes for free dom by religious instruction, it would have been some satisfactien a . but, the whole aim of the Colonial Assem blies, throughout the colonies, bad been to suppress reli gious, education.. That was the distinct charge which he made. Let the- House recollect Missionary Smith, at Demerara. As a - corollary to that transaction, a Resa lotion. bad been passed at Demerara to , banish the Mis sionaries, and a law had been passed to prevent their en trance into the colony in future. In Trinidad, at a meeting superintended by a public ~functionary, a reso lution had been agreed to, that any attempt to in still religious instruction into the minds of the slaves was incompatible with the continuance of slavery. Here the fact was plainly broached, that the two blessings of Christianity and , slavery were incompatible. In no colony had the spirit of persecution been more unequivocally rrat • nifested than in Jamaica. He referred to the Act of the Legislature of that island in 1826. That Act had been re jected by Mr. Huskisson, and the Government to which be-belonged—by ; the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, and_the ,Government to which, he belonged, and by the Noble Lord, and the Government, to vhi . ch he belonged. .By Mr. Bus kisson it had been rejected, " because it was . a violation of that toleration which was due to all his Majesty's sub j,cts." This Act, which in Jamaica had been considered as one of superfluous liberality, bad been rejected in this country as one of unbearable bigotry. To do that by legis lative means which bad been done by viol, lice at Barba does, and by murder at Demerara, the House of Assembly at Jamaica put down the echoule, shut up the meeting houses, and abolished religious instruction altogether. He would state one or two cases which had occurred at Jamaica of religious persecution in its worst form, The first was of a respectable negro, of the name of Henry Williams, who had only one fault—he went to chapel several years; but it was with the concurrence of his -master. _ His mister dying, a new manager was appointed, of the name of Betty, who threatened , if ever Williams went to chapel to send him, to Rodney Hall Works. This man, Betty, caused a young woman, who had sighed at s. eing her brother punished, to be stretched on the ground and flogged before all the slaves. Williams, for not bringing up his gang, was sent to Rodney Hall Works, flogged repeatedly, loaded with chains, and sent to the hospital, where he was obliged to lie continually on his stomach, his back being one mass of corruption. This might be only one act of brutal tyranny, and he did not charge such conduct on the colonists generally. But the most appalling fact was, that such conduct was strictly legal, as was proved by a reference of the case to the Law Amin:nide', both in the island and at home. Suppose that the riot which had lately occurred. at Jamaica— (Henr, hear)—it might have been more—it might have been, an insurrectionalthough, if so, he could show:who were the insurgents, and that it was the planters by whom it had been caused—suppose that riot had occurred on the occasion which he had alluded to, who could have lamented it ? If the miscreant who had committed the atrocity had bennput to death, who could , have lamented it? Another case was that of a negro named George Andrews, who hail been detected in theact of prayer, and nothing more. Of that crime he was convicted, and sentenced , to six months' imprisonment--(0h, oh.) Mr.Nibbs-- _ . . Mr. BURGE rose, but was called to order, having al- ready spoken. Mr. F. BUXTON proceeds—Mr. Nibbs, a Dissenting clergyman, bad a congregation which met for prayer. The only thing proved against the negro was the monstrous act of praying.—(oh, oh.) He did not wonder at, the astonishment of the Hon. Gentlemen.' If the Noble Lord said he deviated ever so little from the truth, or the Gentle Men opposite that he misrepresented the occurrence, he would sit down, but not before. The negro was tried fur praying, and convicted. It was alleged that there was no Act against praying,,but on the other side it was con tended, that there was an Act against preaching, and that praying and preaching were the, sine thing,- so he was sentenced to hard labour, and to,be flogged. after men tioning another case of a similar, nature, the lion. Mem ber proceeded to contend that the disturbances which had taken place arose from the conduct of the planters them selves. For a period of six . Months the planters had held meetings, and adopted every mode of agitation. In proof of this, he read several extracts from resolutions proposed at parish meetings in Jamaica, and alluded to the threat set forth of the colonists joining America, and doing all the mighty things they professed. He observed that it was utterly ludicrous,, since the white population. did not, including all men from sixteen to sixty, amount to more than 4,000. Mr. GOULBURN thought the Noble Lord, when he proposed a continuation of the sugar duties for six months, should have declared the principle on which he intended to found his Bill ; because great embarrassment was created by the uncertainty, as well to the consumer as to the im porter. He thanked the Noble Lord fur the relief which hid been granted to the sufferers in Jamaica, and declared it to be a wise act. ...„ Lord SANDON observed, that the question concerning slaves generally, and the difficulties of managing them, were very areal ; and he wished to know from the Nolee Lord what was the course he intended to pursue respecting the recent Order in Council ? Lord ALTHORP replied, that the Government pro posed to act upon the principles set forth in that Order in Council, but that upon practical details connected with the management of slaves, this Government was willing to re ceive suggestion., and if they seemed good, to carry them into effect. After a few words in explanation , from Mr. Goutsuall and Lord ALTRORP, the House resolved itself into a Com mittee of the whole House. On the Motion that the Bill be read paragraph by para graPht Mr. K. DOUGLAS proposed, as an Amendmen►, that the duty on sugar should be taken by weight upon leaving the warehouse, and not upon entering it, so as to save the importer the coat of weight. Lord ALTHORP stated, that no diminution in the price of sugar bad taken place in consequence of the re newel of the duties for six months. Indeed the price had increased. An How. MEMBER observed, the price had increased is consevence of the troubles in Jamaica. Lord ALTHORP would oppose the Amendment, be cause it would occasion to the Government a lois of be) tweet: 90 and 100,0001., while it would only grant a Raving of 201 b. in the hogshead. He remarked, that the irregular disenision alluded to had not arisen at his side of the House. Mr. P. THOMSON obseeved, that if the principle were to be established with respect to sugars, there was no reason why it should not be applied to other articles. Mr. WARBURTON intimated, that be had an inten tion, at a future period, of proposing that the duty should be fixed in proportion to the quality of the sugars. The Amendment was then negatived without a division. The CHAIRMAN reported, and the Report was or to be taken into consideration on Monday next. REFORM. BILL.. On the Motion of- Lord Aizromte, the House re sumed the-proceedings on the Third -Reading of the Re-; form Bill. - _ Some verhal amendments were introduced on the mo tion of Lord ALTHORP, but in in the Gallery it was im possible to ascertain to what extent or in what particulars they affected the measure. - Colonel SIBTHORP rose to bring forward the amend ment of which lie had . g i ven notice.- 'He said that be . - should persevere in pressing it on theattention of the Hanse, :notwithstanding any apparent indisposition to listen to his - arguments,—(Cheers and some confusion.) - .tie, however, Contended - that the. Bill before the House would not protect the prerogatives of the Crown, nor preserve the rights-of the people, but ultimately destroy both, and-re peated his assertion - of last night, that the Right Hon. Secretartfor'lreland was the Magnus Apollo of -the Treasury:Binch, who was put forward on every occasion to standtbecbrunt of the battle.z.' , Tlint s Magnus Apollo - had declared !eat night that Ministers were ready to bear the whole responsibility of the Measure; if he (Col. S.) were not mistalten, the burden would be much too heavy for their weak , shoulders.—(Cheers.) - --Tile-Budget bad proved their,incapacity,,, - Iledidnotimpute to them want of honesty, but want of but-imbeci aity.—(Much cheering , - and.laughter.) The :Hon. - Secretary 'had last night" quoted the authorities of dinar now.mi-mora=" - indiVidtialsi- Sir- Richard Steele and Sir - RObert Walpole, - but he (Co!.. S,) contended" that, Many Other Stich - names could not "justify or even excthse: the course Ministers had taken.-.4,Laatgb ter. ) He then - alluded to ti } e expression of britUinfutriten which had been used dur ing aformer debate, and asked- whether .compunction of conscience was thit_brutupt- fulmen ? .If it. :were. Mini stets would perhaps, ere long, find it penetrate verydeeply. —(Cheers and-laughter.) - He contended that distress was general, -and that it had been created by - the Reform Bill. He prayed to God they might be out of office before that day month. :•.t Mr. KEARSLEY rise to second the motion, and ad verted to a variety of topics in a manner that excited Much snerriment ; but such was-the noise which prevailed in the:House, that the greater part of what fell from the Hon. Member was • riot audible in thegallery. He de seribed.a Right - Holt. Gentleman at the opposite side of the House as having -- spoken of the law officers of the Crown being now at a discount ; he was sure that if_ they went on 'Change thir would not be esteemed " good men"—( Alangh)—he complained, likewise, - that 'Hon. Members at the same side of the House with himreceived no attention at House would not-listen to*theM= they " would not listen to the voice Of the Chariner, charm he ever so wisely."—( Renewed laughter.) They had now arrived at the last stage of that damnable Bill.— (Loud laughter.) - The SPEAKER called the Hon.' Gentleman's atten tion to the faet, that he rose for the purpose of seconding a particular amendMent, end he submitted to him whether he would persevere in talking so vaguely. . Mr. KEARSLEY resumed, expressing his thatikful nesti to'the Chair for that indulgent notice, and he cer tainly should conform himself to the recommendation which it conveyed; but - he could not refrain from saying, before he sat down; that.hOwever varied the complexion of the Bill, though black, .hroWn, dark, dingy—he in vain looked for fair—nothing fair could be found in that in fernal " Bill.-'-(Laughtei,, and Cries of 6 ' Order, order, Question, question.") It was aniniquitous, unjust, and - pickpocket and cheeriog.) - The question was then put, upon the motion of the Gallant Colonel, which was as follows :—" That all free holders, whose freehOlds in the county of . the city of Lin coln are situated on the northern side of the river Witham, shall vote in future for the Representatives in Parliament for the division of Lindsey, in the:county of . Lincoln; and all freeholders whose freeholds are situated on the southern side of the aforesaid river, in the same city, including the four parishes annexed by charter to the said county of the city, shall vote for Representatives in Parliament for the divisions of Kesteven and Holland." After a few words from Mr. Wits in support of the motiod, and from Mr. Gonusuits in opposition to it, Mr. HENEAGE said, that the inhabitants of Lincoln and the parties really interested were content with the. Hill as it stood. The House then divided— For Colonel Sibthorp's mptinn ..... ...... 27 Against it Majority • On our re-admiration we found the House engaged with further amendments, several of which' were disposed of without a rernask. Mr. FRESHFIELD moved an amendment in clause 31, in order more effectually to secure the right of persons entitled as burgesses or freemen in respect of birth. His object was, to save voters the necessity of doing more than proving the right of the person from whom they imme diately derived. Lord ALTHORP, after the best reflection, could not agree to any alteration in that clause. The grounds upon which it had been introduced into the Bill had been well considered, and he confessed there did appear to him no sufficient reason for any alteration. • Amendment negatived without a division. After some verbal amendments were disposed of, Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to move that " The Bill do pass.".. His Lordshipshortly and and energetically ex pressed his thanks to the majority who had supported the Ministers in. carrying this Bill to a conclusion. That Majority, he would say, wee composed of more indepen dent men, he believed, than ever composed a Majority of that House. By their support it had been carried through; little chanced, and not at all impaired; and they were about to send it to the other House . in its .full efficiency. He thought it necessary to say thus much, because he was sure that. that support was given to the -cause,`and not the individual Ministers. Of the- Bill-he would only say that it was based on - the Constitution, adapted to•the cumstance_s of the day, and -calculated to gratify the desire of the people. It became the House of Commons "to pass it, and it was such a Bill as ought to become on Act of Parliament. • He was satisfied that the improved repre• sentation of the House would tend to the better government of the country. His anticipations might be sanguine and unjust, but they were anticipations which he alone did not feel. They were shared by the whole country ; and when a country had a desire for a pure and good Government, it allowed itself worthy of having that good Government conferred on it. He trusted that he had said nothing cal • culated to excite debate and provoke irritation. He be, lieved that those who had opposed the measure had done so from a conviction that the present system of Govern ment, whatever faults it might have in detail, was, on the whole, worthy of being permanently retained. He gave them full credit for the sincerity of their conviction ; but.being impressed himself with a conviction of the ne cessity of. Reform, he busted the same credit for sincerity would be given .to him. There was, he admitted, so much in politics to be considered matter of expediency, that he would. not venture to pronounce whether he or his opponents were in error, He would only say, that the present Government, in proposing this measure, thought, as he said a year ago, that it was necessary, if they wished to step in between abuse and convulsion. If they were to leave them to settles the question between those who wished for no Reform, and those who wanted universal•suffrage, he certainly thought a serious collision would ensue, and the Constitution would be destroyed in the conflict, The Noble Lord concluded by moving " that the Bill do pass." Mr. GOULBURN compliMented the steadiness of his friends, and the ass city they had displayed in opposing tile Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman eulogized his party at considerable length, for performing their duty in attend ing to the details of the Bill, -and fighting it again and again after repeated discomfitures. The Right Honour able Gentleman disclaimed any wish to provoke hostility, or excite irritation. In conclusion, the Right Hon. Gen tleman said that he disapproved of the Bill, and he looked only for the salvation of the country to the hope he en tertaine;l, that it would not pass into a law.—(Loud calls of ' 6 Queston.") The Question was then put " that this Bill do pass." —(Several voices called out loudly " Aye," and a few it N o .”) Oa the SPEAKER putting the question that this be the title of the Bill, loud cheers resounded from all the Members on th e Ministerial Benches. The Question was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be carried to the Hou - .9 of Lords by Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell. SCOTCH REFORM BILL. On the question that the Second Reading of the Scotch Reform Bill be postponed, Mr. HUM forihecciniinienci - oriffi'llouse, asked. what business was onday ? Sir J. GRA HAM said it was his intention to give no tice that he would proceed with the remaining Navy Esti mates on Monday. Mr. HUME hoped they would proceed as quickly as possible with the Scotch Bill, for it was plain tbst no public business could be satisfactorily dispoged ,o( till_ they got rid of Reform.--(A laugh.) 0: MI:1Z Lord ALTHORP said it was his Wish to get on with Supply for the present, and afterwards to take the . Scotch and Irish Reform Bills, He proposed, therefore, to post 4 pone the second reading of the Scotch Bill till Monday se'nnight. _ _ _ The Bill was postponed accordingly ; and after dispos ing of the other orders, the House adjourned at Two o'clock till this day. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 23. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Mr. GREENE anti-others, from the Commons, brought up the Clarence Itsilviay The Earl of MALMESIIURY presenter' a petition from the principal Innkeepers in the Isle of Wight, pray ing that they might be relieved from their present respon sibility for goods lost in their houses, hut not immediately under their care. Lord TENTERDEN presented a petition from Henry Boucher Wray, praying that a clause may be inserted in the Plurality of Ben,fices Bill, to except from the opera tion of that measure livings enjoyed under a will. The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions fro m places in England against the new system of education i Ireland. Lord KING presented a petition from Dewshury,York shire, in favour of the-new plan of education in Ireland, and one from another place in Yorkshire, playing that the Church Establishment might speedily be reformed. The Noble Lord said many cases had come to his knowledge where clergymen _in England were acting very oppres sively in exacting their tithes. He would warn- them to take care in time, - for it - was only because the minds of the people were filled with Reform that the people of England had not made as great a cry on this question as Ireland had. - The Earl of HARROWBY presented two petitions against the new plan of edueati..n is Ireland. PLURALITIES BILL. The Archbishop-of CANTERBURY in moving that the House do resolve itself into a Committee on this Bill felt himself compelled to say a few words upon its prin ciples. He was in great hopes that he would have been spared that trouble, in , consequence of the Bill - having been 'fully discussed last session, - and it having passed the House with but very few alterations. Under such circumstances, he had not thought it necessary to enter into any'of its details in moving its second read ing ; but as a Noble Lord (Suffield) had stated his intention of proposing -amendments which would mate rially affect the principles of the Bill, he felt himself called on, in vindication of his own character, and the principles of the measure, to make a few statements to their Lordships. -In doing so he considered it necessary to go as far back as the reign of Henry VIII., at which time the whole es tablishment of the Church was placed under the Canon Law, which prohibited the holding of Pluralities. His Grace then stated at some length the - provisions of the statute law, as at present existing, for the prevention of pluralities, which had been enacted from time to time in aid of the canon law, which prohibited them still more strictly, but which was inefficient, and in a great degree inoperative in the-present day. The statute and canon law both referred to the King's Book as a criterion of the value of livings, which- was fallacious. The present Bill proceeded upon the actual value of benaficee at the pre retat-time. The •Bill did not deprive the dignitaries of Cathedral and Collegiate churches from- holding a pa rochial charge, because it was known that in many cases, unless such a dignity could be held in conjunction with a living, the value of both would be lost. But the present measure was an improvement of the existing law, inas- . much as it- would prevent the same person from holding more than two preferments in the Church. The Noble Baron, who intended to= introduce amendments of such a nature that they amounted to a new Bill, in effect said that the- present measure did nothing to prevent a Bishop from holding a deanery and a rectory together with his see. Ac cording to the present law, however, this was impossible, and they d:d not legislate to prevent impossibilities.- The King, it was true, enjoyed the power of giving dignitaries and bene ficeq 1* Bishops in cornmendam, and with that power the pre sent Bill did not interfere. To t larger bishoprics no com mendams were in fact ever given, although this depended entirely upon the pleasure of the King. The practice was to bestow them only upon the poorer class of bishoprics, which in many cases required them. They were given in compassion to the wants and the necessities of the poorer Bishops. The Noble Lord proposed to limit the commendams, so that no-Bishop ho!ding another dignity or benefice by this means should enjoy an income exceeding 4,500/. a year, and .to enact that all the income of such Bishops beyond this prescribed amount sh old be paid over to the- Governors of -Queen Anne's Beutty. This - was a restriction_ which he thought rather narrow. It might be said that 5,000/. a year was considered a good salary for a Judge but the Judges were in a different situation fiorn the Bishops, having previously to their ap pointment followed a lucrative profession, from which they had generally realised a fortune, and obtained the meats of living in dignity and comfort. No wise man would place himself in the situation of a Bishop if it was neces sary that he should pay daily attention to minute economy ; and he thought no liberal man would contend that Bishops ought to be deprived of the opportunity of making some adequate provision for their families. The whole business of commendams might become the subject of a separate measure; but he should regret to see them entirely abolished, for he had known several instances, and parti cularly one in this metropolis, in which the parish had derived great advantages from having a Bishop for its rector. For his own part be was desirous to have the strictest inquiry, and he was sure that the result of in quiry into the value of Church livings and of the incomes of Bishops would counteract the gross misrepresentation which had gone abroad on the subject. In fact the grossest misrepresentation had been circulated as to the value of Church property; and he would take it upon himself to say- that when returns were made, the public would be surprised at the deceptions which had been practised upon them by those who exaggerated the incomes of the clergy. The Must Rev. Prelate then moved that the House resolve into Committee on the Bill. Lord SUFFIELD in objecting to some portions of this Bill, wished to be understood as not wishing for the spo liation, but the equalization, of Church property. It was, he thought, a strange anomaly, that the Church should be disgraced by having at the same time livings too small for the subsistence of a clergyman, and others of enormous value. lie objected to the discretion given by this Bill to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who would be authorized to allow the holding in commendani of livings situated thirty miles asunder. What he wished was, that the in come of the clergy should he more equally divided. The Noble Lord then went into a minute discussion of the Bill, but his objections were generally founded upon the above points. The Bishop of BRISTOL said, that the - evils of plura lities so much complained of, were' in a great' degree rt inedied by this Bill. ' Lord WYNFORD objected to the Bill as an invasion upon private property. It was perfectly immaterial whe ther livings held in commendatn were thirty or three hun dred miles apart, for in neither case could' flee rector attend personally to the duties of both ; and when advow sons at a distacce from each other were purchased or owned - by the same individual, it would be a great hard ship to deprive him of his right of presentation, which was what this Bill contemplated. At all events, he hoped the Most Rev. Prelate,. for whom he had always enter tained unfeigned respect, would postpone the further con sideration of this Bill until the expected returns and neces sary information were before their Lordships. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Bill had been already so long before the public, and had been so anxiously expected by many to become the law of - the land, that he could not further delay its progress. ' Lord WYNFORD then proceeded to state his objec tions, which consisted chiefly in the Bill being, as he felt, an injustice to private individuals, with whom the Legis lature had no right to interfere, at least without giving compensation. He al,o contended that several of the pro visions were unnecessary, inasmuch as they only enacted what was already law. The only new features in the B 11 were three, namely, that which related to the chap lains and sots of Peers ; secondly, that which related to pluralities • and -the other, that Whi c h en f orc ed r e s id ence . The Bishop of LONDON had not intended to' have said a word, but he felt called upon to make one observation in reply to his Noble and Learned Friend, who had com plained of the Bill as an infringement of private property. It ought to be recollected that, if there were interference at all, it would only be for• the moment, and not for a permanency. He could not - see how the ownet of an ad vowsou would be injured by being prevented from holding or presenting it in common with another living. Norling cold he easier than to dispose of it at any time; lie felt as much as any man the advantage , . of having persons of rank connected with the Church. As an humble in. dividual he could the more suitahly bear testimony to the worth and purity of such of the Nubility as had high sta tions in the Church. At the same time be must say he did not value thif ,acirgiNet of rank .5 :highly sacri-' fice to it the - eccleat.444.tv., aril it wig - therefore that he !upported the Bill; .mote 'particularly that=rlause of it which made it necessar y for sons. (when tint ':otherwise qualified to 11( , Id livings) tiobtaindispensatinns.;_ • , _ _ Lord TENTERDEN - ojrcted.to the Bill, as be thought it would be impossible fait -the Archbishop of Cantiibury, in regulating pluralities, to ascertain the value of the se veral livings. -- He took the liberty of suggesting - to the m os trfiev. Prelate the advantage of poStpditing the Com mittee, as-it was then too la' e' in the day to-go iniodetails. Lord'`KlN9: , complained 'that as many as fifteen and sixteen:liviiigs were held by some of the Right Rev. Ben,th, and he also thought their incomes too high. He did not , not agree with the Most Rev. Prelate that 4,000/. a year was. too little fur. a. Prelate. The Archbishop of CANTERBITRY - Vrivited to explain. He had on the occasion -referred to merely 'Minded to •the average incomes of the - Right Rev. Bench. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply to what bad fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend respecting pri vate property, fully agreed in the doctrine laid down; but in ecclesiastical matters they bad a right to fee - the requisite duties performed. The Bishop of BANGOR said that he was - one of those Bishops who held livings, most of them small ones, but then they were such us had been always attached to the See, as pirt of its property. In all these parishes there were the requisite number of curates, and the duties were performed efficiently, and in an exemplary manner: After a few words from the Bishop of CHICSTER. in support of the Bill, their Lordships divided— For-the Motion Against it Majority The Ho, use then resolved itself into Committee pro forma; and iTame verbal amendments haviog been made, their Lordships resumed, and the-Bill was ordered to be reconsidered on Tuesday. Adjourned at a Quarter past Nine to _ :tomorrow (this day) at Half past Three o'clock. FROM THE GAZILTTS_OF LAST NIGHT. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Mallen 22. This day Martin Van Buren, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, had audience of leave itif his Majesty, cm- his recap- ST- JAMES'S PALACE, Man - cu 2 The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon GenCrafMartin Hunter, Military Grind Cross of the Royal Hanoverialf Guelphic Order. WAR-OFFICE, Msncu92, 111010kusnnsf-4.-Hls Majesty has Amen. : graciously pleased to Pqn"Pit .itte - .250 Regiinent.,.:of Foot;-,or. •" • The King's; Own Borderers,"which, suits foundatiop.in the year 1689, was called " The.Kdinburgnaegiment". (it having. been raised in the short space otafew hours, for the purpose of guarding the city of:Edin burgh), to bear on_its colours and appointments- the arms of Edinburgh„with_the motto, ," Nisi Dominus. (rostra ;" also to retain the motto," irritate religionis confido,7- Which • waS authorised by.: his late Majesty King George. the Third, in refe rcuee to -the badge and mi.tto'above specified.__Th is motto to be Placed und.er the. crown,-,sur.mounted by a lion, in ,4rro-cotners.af the regimental colour. - • 7, 0 T - e' - )7 4ar- °zee; Witt Mareh, 1831 - - Ist 'kegWent - of' Life-guards, Cornet , and Subi4.;icittenant Thomas Heron Viscount Ranelagh- to . be Lieutenant, by pur chase,. vice Bayntim, who retiree. T. B. Turnor, Gent. to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant; by purchase, vice-Lord Rauelagh, 2d. Regiment of Dragoons, —Lieut .- Col. Lord'. -Arthur-W. M. Hill, from half-pay Unattacedito-be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. Grey, who exchangesireeelyinKthe difference, 23d of March. 2d Regiment_ of Foot--;.1 LightOn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice March W. , 14th Toot--Lieut T. Shore, from, the 84th Foot, to be Lieu: tenant, vice - Dormer, appointed to,.the 24th Foot, March 22. Lieutenant - IL - K. Storks, from:-half-pay unattadhed,: to be Lieutenant„ — vice W. Maxwell' who exchanges,. receiving the difference, March W. • - Lieutenant T,:Shore to be Adjutant, vice Ortrolby t who resigns the Adjutancy only. March 23. 15th Foot—Staff-SurgeOu . W... Wallace td goon; vice Caldivelli who has accepted a Commii oti,, March 23. 20th - Font Janvrin, Gent, to be Ensign4W - purchase, vice - Wyndham, - whose appOintrrient has not 'taken" place. March 23. = - - • - • 24ttfroptL—lieut C. - Dormer, from the 14th Foot,, to be terianto , le - e - L. Ileyland; who retires upon half-pay 10Ist Toot, March 22. 26th Foot—Captain R. Price, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice W.'H. Sitwell, 'who exchanges, receiving the dif. dlWerence, March 23. . _ aO 27th-Foot—Captain R:-Fulton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain; vice F. Shea: - ' Who exchang e s, receiving the differ ence. March 23. -- 28th Foot—Lieut. C. B..Carrothers. to be Captain, without purchase, vice Trant,-deceased, March 23; -Ensign F. Adams to be Lieutenant, vice Carrothers _March 23; G. T. C. Napier, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Adams , March - 23. 38th Foot, Lieut. J. J. Lowth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mackay, who retires, March 23. ' Ensign W. C' Symonds to be Lieutenant, hy purchase, vice Lowth, March 23. Gentleman Cadet W. Ironside, from the Royal Military Col. lege, to be Ensmn, by purchase, vice Symonds, March 23," 41st F00t , ..F. 0. Darvall, Gent. to be Ensign, by. purchaSe„ vice Darvall,.who retires, March 23: 79th Foot, Major it. Ferguson, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, Barwick who exchanges, receiving the dif. ference. - -23d'March. 84th F oot, Lieut. R. J. Hanley, frornhalf-pay 101st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Shore, appointed to the 14th Foot- March 22. it. NV: Lacy. Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice'J. Lacy who resigns, March 23. 96th Foot—Lieut. R Bush ) . to be Captain, by purchase. vice Waller, promoted, March 23: -; Ensign J. Clyde to be Lieutenant, by Purchase, vice Bush, March 23. , 97th Foot—Ensign 0. Keating to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barton, who retires. March 23.—T. Greene, Gent. 'to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keating. March 23. 99th Foot—Lieut.-C. F. Kerr, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vicel. H. Greetham, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 23d , Mareh. _ . 2d West -India . ite3iment—W. R • Penny, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brittlebank, promoted. 23d March, UNATTACHED..—Capt. J.- W. S. Waller, from the 96th Foot, to be Major of Infantry, by purchase; March 23. Hospital Staft—Assistant-Surgeon J.- T. Hurst, M. D. from half-pay 37th Foot,- to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward Holier, who exchanges. March 23. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex B. Botch; jun.. F.sq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; W. G. Stir. ling, Esq , to be ditto, March 17. Commission by the Lord Lientenant of the County of Dnrham. J. Bowes, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 12 Commissions by the. Lord Lieutenant of the County.of Essex. E. Disney, Esq., to be Deputy .Lieutenant; J. M. Wilson, Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester; T. France, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; W. T. Buchanan, Esq., to be ditto ; H.. 8. Trelawny, Esq., to be ditto, March 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Mid. Lothian. J. J. H. Vere, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 5. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.' JOSEPH GLADWELL, Barking, Essex, shipwright BANKRUPTS. THOMAS MORGAN, St; Peter's-alley, Comhill, wholesale ironmonger, to surrender April 3and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. , Smith, Kin g ' s. Arrns,yard, Coleman-street. GEORGE LEWIS, Vere-street,thcford-street, broker, April 5, at twelve, and May 4, at eleven, of the Court of Bankruptcy. Henderson, King's Arms-yard. , JOSEPH JENKINS, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, cabinet-maker, April 11, at two, and , May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turnley, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. JOHN LAZ A RUS, Dicke-street, Manchester-square,jewener, April- 11, at eleven, and May 4, at ten, at the Court of Bank.. ruptcy. Maitland, King-square, Goswell-street-road. • JOHN HEAD and HENRY. MARSHALL, Lawrence- Pouitney-Place, white lead merchants, March 31, at one, and May 4, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dimes and. Owth- Waite, Princess-street, Bank, Sir GEORGE DUCK Err, Bart., Sir FRANCIS BARNARD MORLAND,-Bart., and THOMAS TYRINGHAM BER. NARD, Pall-mall, bankers, April .5 and , May 4, at eleven, .at the Court of Bankruptcv.,Briggs, Lincoln's-inn-fields. THOMAS SM I TH, Colcman-street, wine -merchant, April 3, at one, and May 4, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wise, Harpur.street, Red Lion-square. DIVIDEIsMS. . . J. Scott, Bre a d-s t reet, Cheapside, shawl-warehousernan, April 6, at twelve, at the, Court of Commissioners—C. Scott, St. An. drew's, New Brunswick, merchant, April 30, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Horsley, Iliiliter-square, ship-owner April 17, a 4 two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. T. Webb, Swan-yard, Bermondsey-street, currier, April 16, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Horsley, Billiter-square, merchant, April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. Pickwood, Cloak-lane, wine-merchant, April 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Parrish, Kingswinford, Stafford shire, glass-cutter, April 14 at one, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Bewdley, Worcestershire—ll. Weatherald and T. Weatherald, Micklay .Mill, Kirby . Malzeard, Yorkshire, flax-spinners, April 14, at teu, at the Golden Lion Inn, Northallertan,..R. 'Wngley, Rochdale, Lancashire, corn-dealer, April 21, at nine, at the Yo:k Hotel, Manchester. - CERTIFICATES, APRIL -13. H._ and J. Cazenove, .Broad-street buildings, City, merchants— T. tf, Rideout. Rochdale, Lancashire, linen-draper—G, Rostock, Old Cavendish-street, tailor—D. Baines, St. Martin's-lane, vic tualler—J. B. Fleischmann,"•Birmingl am, merchant.l. Bar disty; Hereforth; Yorkshire; money-scrivener—R. Birch, Gle.et Longstone, Derbyshire, cotton-spinner —J. Christie, South -Sea Chambers, Ilreadneadle-street, coal-merchants—Thos. Geary, Manchester, woollen-draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. ' T. and J. Naish; jun., Bristol, tanners:--W. Strange and Co., Bi shopsgate-street Without, wholesale cheesemongers—W. Crocker and Goodridge, High-strect, Shadwell, tea.dealers—J. Foulston and G. Wightwick, Plymouth, architects—T. Kay and T. Onniston, Sheffield, Yorkshire, coachakers—J. Jones and W. Maddock, Liverpool, blacksmiths- m C. Gear and H. Morris!), Bath, inn-keepers,-T. Oxleyiand Co. Pontefract, Yorkshire, nur. serymen—T. Willoughby and F. Willoughby, Partney, Lincoln shire, beast-salesmen—J. Tunier and Co., Birmingham, gold plate manufacturers—W..Rawer and F. Fawcett, Brough, West moreland, brewers.-T. Heydon and tMorrie,. Warwick, attor neys-7J. Craig and W. Lewis, Manchester,, importe.e of Irish linens—F. Marriott and Co., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, seed crushers—R- and W:D. T.iliingtau, Worcester, hatters—L. W. Watford and Co.- Coleman-street•buildings, merchants—S. Maw - bey and J.,. Kerry, Paul-street, Finsbury-square, brewers —G. Rowney and R. Forster, Rathbone-place,, Oxford-street, sta. tieners—B,, W., and J. Middlemore, Birmingharri, saddlers. • Gas made from bones gives-a most beautiful flame, and without being expensive, as the bones from which it is made, when burnt-to carbon, in a close vessel, are excel. lent in cleansing all vegetable substances from impurities, par ticularly oils, which are entirely deprived of rancidity by mix. ture of the powder from burnt bones• In a small experiment, two pounds weight of beef bones -emitted a gas which burned with a fine flame, equal to - the light of six candles, for two hum's. —,EditiOure Leeniva LONDON MARKETS. .` COFFEE—Again have we to announce a further rise in nearly all descriptions of Coffee. British Plantation is 2s. and Foreign Is. per cwt. dearer than on Tuesday. Coloury St. Do mingo is at 57s ; good and - fitterardi - trary Brazil, 545. to 58s; for fine ordinary, 625. 6d ; fine Sargaring fetches 50s. to 53s ; snd yellow Batavia, 533, per cvit - . - 1.,0w and middling Jamaicas now obtain 88s. to Rem.' 6d: - ;'09? middling Berbice 655. 6d ; and Triage , B2s. 6d, Per=ivit, 71-7 T hanced the value of low -4itiialcas too !duel]; and BRAND:lngthe late active denilind has en notßUsoMbrAi;:.D Leewards rai.e quoted at ls, 7d. per Brandy is in good demand, the accounts from the French mar kets bringing higher prices from thence. EAST INDIA COTTON SALE —This morning the Com pany's tale of Madras and Surat Cotton took place, and tbejil creased business doing in the market at Liverpool, caused the sale to go off at very full prices, , The declaration consisted of about SOP biles. A few - bales of Surats, from particular seeds. sold from 4 to 5 %di per lb., and . the Madras obtained prices equally high.. Subsequently other sales took-Trace, consisting of I 050 bales 6f Mack - is; mostly the whole of which obtained full prices. - - ' - IRISH PR1W1510145.,-The news of the breaking out of the cholera.motbut at Belfast has occasioned an active market for Irish Provisions, but the prices cannot be quoted higher. INDIGO.—The purchases continue to be made at the hut sale prices. •• 1 SALTPETRE.—The East India Company's declaration is out for May ; at present about 170 tons are announced. About 2,701 bags are for sale this afternoon. Rough is quoted at 355. 6d. to36s. per cwt. SPICES.—The East India Company have dechwed2,ooo bags for sale. The Spice Market continues firm. FURS.—The Fur sales have concluded, and have obtained very full prices. The total quantity sold is exceedingly great. BALTIC PRODUCE.—The Russian Tallow Market- is again heavy, at 425. fid. per cwt,r Hemp is steady. The ac. counts from St. Petersburgh state; that Tallow Was rather more firm there. __ -,-/-).Z1—v1:1,41-4 _an tg • PRiCE OF SUGAR. - The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from: the Returns made in the week ending the 20th day of March; 1832, is 30s. 6d. per Hundred Weight,- exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the hziportation thereof into Great Britain. , OF BREAD., The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is lat tot the 4'b. Loaf. There are others who sell from gd. to 1)4(1. below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.--Mareli Nevi English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 50s. One —s. 84.15. Old Ditto Ditto • —s. —s. fine —s. --0. New Foreign Ditto..... sos. 66s fine —B. 908. Old Ditto --s. —s. fine —B. ••••11. - New White Clover sos. 80s. fine —s. 901. Old Ditto Ditto. , —S. — l / 4 s. fines. —a. New...Tref - , oil —s. 4135; 501. - sfd Rib Giass Engish Carraway Foreign Ditto Coriander —s. —a. fine —s. fine 23i.:-26_is; St. Foin --...........(per Quarter)......... ~:...—s.:4Zlfine -4.' The. Rye Grass , -" —s. - - -- -ii. 7 6ew 20815198. . Pacey Ditto 408.:565: 5ia1v..;41,11:;41„ Linseed, for feeding : _ ..... -.-s.'4OS. fine .4: 444, Ditto, for crushing.. . ...... 3fis. 40s. .-fine..,-S =-8. Canary Seed; New-....., —s - . , 70s. 728 fine -.1, '`ittis - Did—,„ ....s. —s. —B. fine —.I. White' Mustard Seed—,.(per 8u5he1)......... ...s. 75.. Ss. fine ..41. BrOwn Ditto - , . _ —s. 10.3.178. tint -is. Turuip Seeds, Rounds , '—s. •41.- -- 88.. tine 12A. Green and lied• Ditto ......,....:.:.;.....-.,....-..... --s; —s; - : - Ss.. tine 12a. Tares, Old - - -- , ~ _ - ' '-' - -‘-e - 58. 6d. fine . 6s. Ditto' New... - ei.: -- - ts. -.9. fine .-4: • ...9. Ra?eSeed, Engliik - fine (per Last) 231. 27L..;,.;; Foreign 201. 244 ._,., - ICES.,OI HO PS.— March2.%J. - - -5/ 15g. • 61.1-041-te• - AI. bent Sussex Ditto 41 15s. 51. 10A.. to 51. 16s: Wries-Ditt.o lamb= Ditto, Fine 03. 121. Os. to 01 Os. Seconds- 01. Os. 71. Os to Os. 41. Os. 51..105.- to 61..125. SUSS2X Ditto- 4l. 4s. 5C.--05. to 51., Bs. Essex Ditto . 15s 51.-. Us. to 51..125. 4_ vaicE OF OIL. Os. Itetcred, Linseed Oil Linseed Oa Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton ••••••.••••••••••ftworwev.v.rov a 6 0 WH ITECH A PEI. HAY MARKET.—March 17. Hay 50s. Od. to SOS. Od. 65s Od. to 120 s. Od. 355. Od. to 40u. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.--March 23. 22. sL•to-21. 105. per t0n..., 01. Os. to 3/. Os. ditto. 21...55. to 21. 10s. ditto. Wan Kidtieys Scotch Reds . , RAW HIDES. I Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone: s . d. t o I . d. Best Heifers & Steers 2 0 2 6 Ordinary ................. I 6 18 midd1ing5....—..............1 9 2 0 Market ea1f......—..... 6 0 each. SHEEP SKINS: • ss. 0(14 ta7s-Od. 39. Od. to 49. 6d. Shearlings,........ Os. Od. tooll. Od. PRICE OF CANDLES. _ Tilt price of Store Candles ,, i the retail shop&, is as follows : c4l A ridchts, P.er dos. 79. M. to So. Oti. I Moulds.per. +wen Bd. Polled . Pit 01. TALLuY Town ~ 7 allow Yellow Ituasia...---....455.;Ckl - 441. 6d. Soap- Ditto 42i. 6d. Melted Stuff 345. 6d. Ditto Bough 245..0d. &c. pet 11SW. • Yellow 62x. Od. Mottled 68s. Od. White 72x. Od. Graves 14s. Oa . Good Graves ss. Od. PRICE OF RAW Price of tallow (as stated by I )AL MAR/. ' Per Ton Adair's 18s. Od. Beaumont, l6 6 Bensham Main 16 6 Bishop's 16 0 East rercy 16 Hebburn Main 18 3 18 0 Kenton West 17 0 Kithngworth 19' 6 Ord's Redhugh 15 6 Phtitop Wirnisor 17 6 St. Lawrence Main 19 0 , . 20 0 Townley l6 6 Willington l9 0 Walls End Bell & Co..— lg 0 Ditto Bell,Robson,&Co. 17 6 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 20 0 Walls End Brown's..—... 17 9 Ditto rlarke and Co. „. 17 6 Walls End Gosforth 20 0 Walls End Greenwell 15 0 Ships arrived since] 'AT, per atone.ol e Tallow ET.—March 23. • . - Per Ton. Walls End Heaton...—. 191:6d. Walls End Hilda 19 - 0 Walls End tiotspnr..... 16 - 6 Ditto Killitigworth 19 8 Waits End Newiliarcn— 19 9 Ditto Perkins and co.— 19 3 Walls End Riddell's—, 19 6 Walls End Walkez --- 20 0 Walls End Helton 21 0 Walls End Lyons 19 0 Walls End Lambton.... 21 • 6 Walls End Stewart's .. 21 • 6 Walls End Butter Knoll 21 0 Walls End Cleveland 'l7 0 W. E South Durham 16 9 Walls End Blyth " l- 6 Cowpett Hartley •' • 18 • 0 Silkatone Field and Co 'RI -8 . Tandeld'Frader..—...... 19 - 6 ' Ellison 'small l4 0 ast market-day, 197. - • COUNTRY CORN MARKEL'S DURING TIRE WELK. Wheat. , Barley. Per Quarter. Abingdon—. Andover Birmingham-- rtridport .rowooove.ons • Cirencester G uildford nenly HerefOrd Highworth Maidenhead Monmouth Reading Salishui - y...-----. Southampton Stroud --.—...—.. Tewitesbury Uxbridge Wantage Warminster 65 66 s. to 8. 26 39 33 37 40 44 32 39 26 36 36 40 23 32 30 33 44 48 32' 42 30 39 28 98 92 40 37 40 34 38 40 42 27 40 30 44 30 45 Oats. 8. to 19 28 2t 32 26 30 18 26 26 38 2 6 35 2 9 3 0 28 34 21 30 18 31 2u 0 28 32 22 32 30 38 23 32 20 23 20 21 22 31 32 Beahs. O. to I. 38 ' 45 - 44 - 52 - 54 36 41 46 - 43 - • 40 -• 52 - 56 36 44 34 46 36 48 - * 48 - 44 34 46 3$ 4 44 51 The equipage of the Earl of H arring t on is said to be the most splendid and best appointed of the opening season. The Earl and his trothers are frequ.ent visitors of the theatres, but her Ladyship is not often seen at those places of public resort. • Some years ago, ao Irish author.wrote a Tra;.• gedy, and, at the close, Turgesiets, the Danish invader, taunts Malachi, the Milesian King, whom he had captured and chained by the ancle. Malachi rushes at him with a dagger, but being brought up by his tether, exclaims, " Och, and but for this. boddering chain, see what a kick I wood give you." Saying which, he plunged the dagger in his own breast, and the iturtAin Was to drop. • In the church of Malahide, in Ireland, are the tomb and effigy of Lady Maud , Plunket, sister of the first 'Lord Dunsatiy, of whom it is recorded that " she was maid, wife, and widow, in one day." .Her first husband,- Hussy- Baron-of Galtrim, was called from the altar to head " a hosting against thg Arpthry," ,and was brought.back to the bridal panqueLii corpse on the shields of his follOweis. The lady afterwards nlarried• Richard Talbot, LOrd'or Malahide, about the middle of the 15th century. • - - • - - ARM.OUR.-411111C5.. I. is stated . to havo re- marked of armour, that it was an excellent invention, for it not only saved the life of the wearer, but hindered him from doing hurt to any one else;--Lardner's Lives of British Mili tary Commanders. BIRTHS. fee days since, Mrs. Pattenden, the wife of Mr. James Pat tendem of Burwash, Sussex, was put to bed of two fine children. a boy and a girl, which were named William and Adelaide. On the 22d inst., Mrs. It: M. Baxter, of Somerset-street, Portman-square, of a son. On the 22,1 inst., the Lady of W. Rothery, Esq.; jun ofJames street, Buckingham Palace, °fa son. 'MARRIED - '•• •' - On the 2-2 d inst„ at Croydol6;;Tl76Rev. H. Lindsay; Charles Coombe, Esq., late of the Coldstream Guards", to Miss Overend. On the '29th of December lait, at Bahia, at the residence of his Majesty's Consul, W. H. Riall, Esq. Lieut. of his Majesty's ship. Druid, to Elizabeth Fran ces Parkinson, eldest daughter of John Parkinson, Esq., his Majesty's Consul in that province. - - DIED. On the 31st of August, at Poonah, in the East Indies, Capt. 'A. D. Hogg, of his Majesty's 6th regiment, deeply regretted. On the l'Jth inst., at her residence, Duncroft-cottage, Staines, Middlesex Mrs. Finch, in the 76th year of her age. On the I.9th•inst., at Islington', in hisE69th year, Mr, E,Pugh„ On the 19th inst., of the s mall-pox.W, H. Say, Esq _ , of the firm of Barrett, Ridgway, and Say, solicitors, Manchester. On the 20th inst., John Nash, the only son of Alex, Simon, Esq., of Highbury-park. ' On the 20th inst., at Oakley-hall, Hants, W. Bramston, Esti, in the 79th year of his age. On the 21st inst., at Maryland Point, Stratford, EsseX, G. B. Higden, Esq. On the 21st - in st ., at West Ham, Essex, W. 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