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- i+. .utticipat Id other of ates° ;istratil .and he is . right, Of elec. y bey& subject . thatrhis ropoo hd to as ment node of is is the !think, N' °big burghs thou;1 1 jection daimed IVI011! i to Le system etiotl s which in this e unat. y . tar v thew g :Par" . vening T. it efused 7 Sir COCIrt effect• order it Mr. m. for Nlr , of his been affida• ,o 010 7harbi• efying nd up and-I 4 esideo The shire, local gene , IVI r• or ma• bene' they Dr} - Z1 at o,f det e Y ider;' dres -5 , inillg 1000 °plc, hand this ) ject , - Itbji Kay -6 frQlO i Mr. su p ~b~~~ ~ this PTe - 7, he With pt tO the • be WO!. very le nts 3res- IS ill ;tneral. - tier'Te - 4 . llti'4A act establishes a supplemental sisteni, of pupishment coer. cites far 'PeriOdical works in particular.. None are'fr6nt henceforth to be set on fopt without the sanction of Goirernment, and great facilities are "given' for the extinction of which. already • • exist. For certain offences, not very_ clearly de fined, a power is vested in the Judges of sup_ ,pressing the Journals without the intervention of _a Jury, and their decision is to be pronounced,., not upon the palpable indecency or violence of a siogle article, but ppon 4 critical estimata of the uslities prevailitq, in a whole series. The pa pers at present, in existence may in this manner be suppressed one by one; and after they .have beep thus called the Government holds in its own hands the liberty of re-issuing them in a new form ' and ifit sanction their re-appearance, may of course restrict and circumscribe the licence . by any coniliOons it thinks proper io nn ;pose. Stich is the ". twQ-Imuded engine" that now menaces the, peccant press of France. Nor ''Htrtr>eirttfis - Strcurity;in addition to that which was furnished bytheprevious law, been deemed sufficient. The Censorship itself is to be - re established, if,. rhily . ,Jtie Chambers are not sit- hug, grave circumstAnce (" -des, circonstances graves") sitot,ll4 arise to ••re . uder the revival De r cessary. The observation with which this arti cle of the law was,-introduced when reported from the Committee is , not a little remarkable: it INas noticed late , in the discussion by an Oppo sition Member— , -but.in a Parliament as well in. structed as our's in the principles of free Govern rueut, it Avould have superseded all other subjects of debate. ,".The King," said the Reporter," has reserved to hirasel f,hy the 14th .article of the Cha r the power of making- all ordinances .that are necessary for the safety of the state. Government tight, therefgre, in. the_grave circumstances -COIL,' te,mplated by the clause, and in the interval be tween, the Sessions, Ilave taken s of itself, the mea swes whick.it proposes jo you to authorize. It however, thought it right, with regard to possible and foreseen cases, to proceed not by Way of exception but-according to general rules, and it, therefore demands of you an enabling pro vision to meet these particular cases."-*----If we are to understand by this declaration that the Kido. of France claims, by the article referred to, ;3 }'offer of reviving laws that have expired, (which is the same, five conceive, as making new "es) by, his own ordozzriance, it must be Con fessed either that the constitution of France is as yet very imperfectly understood, or that the matchless and inviolable charter of 1814, to dis turb which, even in its slightest provision, is deemed by some persons a crime against liberty, has secured to Lows XVI[I. the most despotic . Privilege conceded -by -the servility of Parliament to our HENRY VIII. that of issuing Royal Pro clamations equivalent to legislative acts. .. I AcLAN.n..--.I3aronIII‘CLELLAND, in opening' the, Special_ Commission at Cork, delivered an eloquent - :address to the Grand . Jury, in. which he 'characterised the 'existing conspiracy as ex., c eedingly:dingerous and alarming.. There were ¶1 the. calepdar 306: personS„ of whom nearly trio h undred were charged with .Whileboyisna!—Tjke accounts thiS morning consist, as usual, of the details of various outrages in several counties; a.. 11 (1 amongst them, an attack by the insurgents 0 1 the barracks of Listowell, in which a small Party o f t h e military was. stationed. The rebels were gallantly repulsed, with great less. A de tachment of ten soldiers, who were within hear tug of the firing, hastened to the . assistance of. their cOmpanions ; but in attempting to cross a t t '‘'er, three of the party were drowned.--There been another_murder, and numerous atroci ties of the customary description.—MAGUlttE,H t2epersOn who was in company with 111r..RAxnE,' "IN - at the time that Unfortunate Gentleman was . f alsehood ma d e affidavit that " it• is a gross ~ Isehood th a t he-,or .Mr. BRERET ON w ere q U es • . ti onecl about their. religion,, or asked to bless • thetnselVes.'''' C the ' to lls oaa.--The great 'case respecting ''aimed by the Corplaration.of this . City was dis- Posed of on Monday ,the l.th instant, by an um ;"110u2 decision of the Court of King's Bench,. ablin, in the- cause of Mulern-c, in replevin, l a g a in s tbhrlTll, and TITOINAS POPE, Esq. Cham vriain o f C or k, in f avour o f the Corporation:— „e are h a p py .to -.lwable - to state, that 'the great ank o f L ESLIE an d Co. will resume their r i ankin g b us i ness in the course of next week, to ( "e great satisfaction of ttieir friends, and the adv antage of the Piubli& • s A pri v at e letter' from . Cork says, th a t 14 l as t j unda Yr.tfternoon, at four o'clock, the H o n o ur a bl e Gene ral, NOORE, accompanied by the Attorney, ," e beral, M r . P LUNKETT, an d attended by the 'itY and County Sheriffs, and a large cavalcade Nobility and Gentry, arrived in that city. Judge was escorted from the entrance of the !ity liberties, by one of the largest and most re have seen. " 'Pectabl e assemb l y of citizens we ever remember to .setters from Savannah, of the 22d January, Piave been received this morning, but no Papers. Letters from Batavi a , o f th e 9th Nov.,' men tion that t4e sugar crops have entirely failed. • Accotinti from Falmouth, received .this porn- Ing, state,' that a vessel is arrived . from Batavia in 104 days :- , —the Master =lies , dead in the itibin three men have- died on the passage, and have been thrown overboard ; the remainder, of the, crew are very sickly. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis Camden, from . thelVilderness ' Kent ; the Earl of Ashburnham, from Ashburnham Pl ace , Battle, Sussex ; Lord F.. Gower, from Staffordshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Ebritigton,' in Audley-street ; Viscount and Viscountess Mid dleton, in Park-street ; Lady Mary Petre, in Grosvendr-square ; the Earl of Harborough, in Charles-stre e t ; Vi scoun t Dudley and Ward, in Park-lane, from Nimbly Hall, Staffordshire ; the Duke of St. Albans, from Gatton, Surrey ; General Sir .R. S. Dunkin, at Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle -street, frith the Cape of Good Hope ; Robert Markham, Esq. at ditto, from ditto ; Sir Alex. Don, at the Pulteney Hotel ; Sir Claudius Hunter and Miss Hunter, in Queen-street; Count Mandelsloh, thar g e de Affaires from the Court of Wirtemberg, in Princes street, Hanover-square ; Lord Redesdale, in Harley-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Simpson, .Alhemarle-street ; Lady .Ray leigh, in Cumberland-place ; Colonel and Miss Strutt, in Great Cumberland-place. DEPARTURES.—The Marquis 4of Chandos, for Stowe, Bucks ; the Marquis Graham,. for Melton Mowbray, Leices tershire, to join the Hunt ; Themas F. Best; Esq. from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Barliain 'Lodge ; .Captain Story. 15th Hussars, from ditto, - for Winitsbr';' Captain Phillips, fld Life Guards, from ditto, for Windsor. :~:-- . , " The Dake - of Yoik entertained a diStinguishecl party to. din.; ner.yesterday at York lipase.- Yesterday Earl Bathurst give a Cabinet dinner at his. house in great Stanhope-street, Park-lane,. which was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers, . . Sir. William Duff Gordon, Bart. gave his first grand dinner, On Monday Tait, at his house in Stanhope-street. Mr. JOhn brununoktl gave an elegant dinner, on Tuesday last, at his house in grosyciloi-placc. The COuntess of H arrington had a select party yesterday evening, at her house, Stable-yard, St. James's. The Marquis of Chohnondeley gaye a grand dinner, yester day, at Cholniondeley 4,00 e. Sir George Gunning, Bart. .gave an elegant dinner, yester day, at hi; !louse in Saiille-rbw. Mrs. Gosling entertained a small party, last night, at her se sidence in Portland-place. Mr. Newman Collingl,vood entertained a party, yesterday, at his house at Hyde Park Cornet. The fashionable Mrs. Weddel entertained a small party last evening, in Upper Brook-street. • DUBLIN, FEB. 18.—thr Thursday last Sir C. Vernon en.. i tertained the following distinguished personages at dinner, st his apartments, Dublin Castle :—The Chancellor and Lady Manners, the Earl and Countess of Errol, Viscountess Powers court, Lord and Lady Aylmer, L a dy Rossmore, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cane, 'Viscount Franklin, Lord James Hay, the Hon. Captain Needham, and Colonel D'Arcy. P 0 E -T It Y. - - • YOUTH AND AGM OH ! .could we but keep unsuißeeting Our hearts as they beat in our youthl The viees of 1i undetecting, :And pure as the birthday oftruth ; 'Twould be worth all the books of the sages; Who sought hninan nature within ; And sullied their souls and their pages, With records of sorrow and sin. Tor what do we learn but the story That man will our confidence blight ? And the longer we study, the more he Displays his dark soul to the sight. Till grieved at thE sad repetition Of crimes that our feelings have crust ; In. age we are cursed with suspicion, -- . And childhood's warm heart is quite lost. When thus disappointment shall rive it The love which it felt was in vain ; 'Twas wounded too deep to survive it, 'Tis too cold to enkindle again. No rays of affection can fire.it, • But vacant and lifeless it lies ; Till a soul eves' youthful inspire it, And a world without guilt shall arise. BRIGHTON, FEB. 19.—The KING to-day took an airing in an open carriage on the Lewes Road, followed by nume'rous equipages of ton, and joyously and affectionately greeted by all ranks and descriptions of people. His MAJESTY, after an absence of between two and three hours, re turned to the Palace about four o'clock. A Mediterranean packet. yesterday brough ,etters . ,of„the 6th inst. from Gibraltar. One o them explains" the recent misunderstanding be tween the Swedish Consul and the Government at Tangier, by observing that it arose from some inadvertent expression in a letter which was probably misunderstood by the person who ren dered it - into Arabic. The translator had been thrown ihto prison to answer for his conduct. It is added, tht the Emperor of MOROCCO enter tains no hostility to the Swedish nation ; the flag continues to be •hoisted at the house of the Con sulate, and the interpreter has leave, till his re turn, to act. In consequence of a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Hertford, to the Magistrates, siiresenting the bad quality-Of the beer sold in that town, the latter have -given notice to the publicans, that if they are not,in future supplied by their landlords, the brewers, with good whole '4)rne beet', according to the present price of malt and- hops, such as their customers approve of, they (the Magistrates) 'will grant' the innkeepers' licences to free houses in kuy part of the town *here they can get the same. 00RONER'S INQUEST. --AR Inquisition was taken yesterday before J. W.l.lNwiN, Esq., Co roner, at the &lack Horse, High-street, Poplar, on the bodies of. Mrs. Rose,,,Ellison and h er son Thomas, a fine boy, six,years old. The de ceased was• wife to the • mate , . of the Lord Melville, now lying y at Gravesend, having lately returned from. India. On Saturday night, she, accompanied by her son (deceased), her brother-in-law, and the Captain of the aforesaid ship, set out in a waterman's boat from Black wall Stairs to meet the Wellington Graves end packet boat, by which she meant to go to her husband on board the Lord Melville, she not having seen him for some years. The night eras very dark, and on the boat getting down the , River opposite the Gun Tavern it was overtaken Or the Wellington packet, which suddenly ran itidown, and the water Man and all the passen gol were plunged into the River. They all how ever escaped by clinging to the dead eyes of the rigging of .the paget, with the exception of the two deceased, who, after, struggling for some minutes, sunk to rise no snore. . They were dragged 'for neat day (Sunday), and both pulled up together, the - boy entwined in his mother's arms.---Verdict,—Accidental Death - , with a deo dand of 51. on the Wellington packet. . WALKING. STEWART. The Gentleman,,generally known by this de- Signation, died, Yesterday, at his apartments, in NorthUmberiatid-Street, Strand. Ile wasbriginally educated at the.: Charter House, 'and afterwards went to India as a writer in the service of the Ho nourable East India CoMpany. Soon after he ar rived there he found so 'many practices, which . he deemed abuses, that hc, thought it his duty to ad dress them on the subject. But not finding that attention to his suggestions which he expected, he addressed them again, .intimating that if no re- . form took place he should leave the service. His advice, from whatever motives, being still disre garded, he abandoned his situation, and pro ceeded with an intention to join some of the Native Powers in am ity' with this country,, to procure employment. A guard, however, was sent after him, and he received a severe wound on making some resistance. Ile was broughtl back, but-again quitted the 'British territories for the Same purpose. Was taken bi,,HI7DER ALI, who ordered him to join his army as a Sol dier, or threatened to treat him as a spy. He was, therefore, obliged to fight against Some of the. Native Powers with w•hOtn RYDER was at war, and received several waunds in different engage ments. Ile was afterwarai employed as Secretary to the Nabob. of 'Alibox, , and, ,expended a large sum in giving ofliical entertainments, by `order of his master. At. ; length having ac quired moderate means, of iubsistence, after travels through every. part, of the world except China, he returned to this country and during the French, revolution vested 'his nioney in . the French,runds. The vast depre ciation in those funds, and the uncertainty of payment, reduced him to great distress, but he was kindly relieved by the husband of .his de parted sister. He then went to A mer i ca and supported himself some time, by delivering lec tures on Moral Philosophy. The peculiarity of his tenets, however, and the latitude of his opi nions on religious subjects, procured him few audi top, and he returned to this country, deriving his resources chiefly from 1001. a year from France, which was regularly paid to him, through Mr. COUTTS, as he had agreed to take that annual sum instead of an annuity of 3001., for which he had pH= ginally subscribed. From an apprehension that the revolutionary principles of France were gain ing ground ,in thiS country, and would produce commotions, if not a, subversion of the Govern ment, he went again to America, but finding that the wise measures and. vigorous firmness 'of Mr. PITT had secured Great Ilritain from the political contagion, he returned to.this country, where he remained. On the projected arrangementof the Na bob of ARCOT'S affairs he : put in his claims, and, after references to the competent authorities in the East Indies, there was an award in his .favour to the amount of many thousand pounds. He pre cipitately dispw:A of a considerable part of that property, securing himself an annuity of six hundred pounds, on which be lived sparingly himself, but with liberality to his friends, giving pe riodical dinners, and latterly concerts every even-. lug te his friends,and all whom they thought proper to intreduce to him. His doctrines were founded wholly on MATERIALISM, but he always incul-, cated philanthropy and moral duty. He entitled the first work that he published in this country, " Travels to Discover the Polarity of Moral Truth." lie compared truth to the operation of the mariner's compass, which always inclines to wards the north, but never settles to a fixed point. He therefore went to various countries, in order to ascertain whether,,in their several piaci... 7 ples of morality, he could discover a precise Stand ard of Moral Truth. He subsequently published innumerable tracts on , the same subject. His language was sopeculiar y so many scientific terms were applied to, moral .purposes, and his style was altogether of so original a cast, that feW took the pains to understand him, and many. considered his tenets as wholly unintelligible. The main. point of his doctrine was to induce mankind to conduct themselves with tenderness - to all sentient beings who came within their province, not from mere motives of humanity, but on the grounds of self-interest, as the matter which formed man kind would, after death, form parts of other animals ; and therefore,. by mitigating their sufferings, we might lessen our own - when we became parts of them. . lie was aiu enemy to . the infliction of pain of every kind, and a zealous friend to.. universal benevolence. When he first returned to this country, he ap peared in Armenian attire,. and attracted notice by. a long, beard; and whenletassumed the Euro= pean dress he affected singularity, not from va= iiity, but to excite.attenti4,4o,..his person, as it might lead to an inquiry ititoC his doctrines, which he considered as of the iftmpitiMportance to sen sitive matter in ths.humanlhape, or-in any other (prin.. He gained very.femccunveits, us his views were 'deemed wild, visionary ) , and impracticable. In his person he was t talkWell-forined,and hand .soine;but had latterly inuchdeclitied in his appear ' mice. - He had obtained by itilection an entire com mand of his temper, a'nd' Ali kind and liberal to all ,who required his assistance.. He was:gene rally considered as an Atheist hut, if "fact, that was the'ct, he' concealed 'Opinions of late. years, and,, de-voting his Sunday evening concerts wholly, to .SA CRtD MUSIC, it - was evident that h e did n ot wi:s'n to shock the.feelingS of those who differed from him in religious principles. We have been in duced to give this account of him as he was a very extraordinary'. Man, and was universally known in all parts of the civilized world, which he had visited in turn, always in . Walking, never entering a carriage except in case of absolute - necessity. His.journies would have been highly interesting. if he had published an account 'of them, but he disdained the usual pursuits of travellers, con stantly( -answering . inquiries as to the .manners, customs,. 4c. of the various ,Countries which he visited, by stating _that his Were TRAVELS . Ok . TiIE' MILD in order to ascertain . and develope the Po- LARITY of MonAltnciTu. Yesterday afternoon their ) Highnesses Prince and Princess ESTERHAZY arrived at Chandos House, from the Royal Pavilion ot Brighton, where they have beet* on a visit to lib MAJESTY. ,• : . . - -.' - '741 4) . - • . •. ... ....- , .., *..44 , r .„4. , , .• 4.... ..„ - .., . '4 ".--- - ' . - ' - , t-.: , .• ~..-.‘' 0' ' 1 . .. ' Y •, ' , -0-.1. - ' .-,..---,', 4„) , ,' : , . ' .q. -- ~,Zil , .. , : ~ -. = u. 41je,.. ~ • Mr. PARLIAMENT, .HOUSE OF . COMMONS Mr: PAnKuousr brought . 6p-the 'lBth Report .of Carnatic Cornolissionersl. • " CREEVEY said ) that in consequen c e' of there.being no House oyest - erday,lis Motion upon -the: Ministerial Pension Act of 1817 had dropped. He therefore begged leave . to give notice of .The same motion for this day se'nnight.- Whilst on his legs he would also give 'notice of a motion ott the subject of the Offices under the Board of Control, for this day fortnight. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. LOCKHART presented Petitions from Scarsdale t a place the name of which we could not learn, praying relief from.Agrieultutal DiStress. Mr. JONES expressed his opinion that the plan adopted, by 'Ministers would afford no relief. The reduction of a shilling a quarter upon malt would only give a very partial relief to , the barley counties, He contended that the duty on - salt being renwved would afford more general and effective relief. — The 'removal of that tax, and some regulation of the tax on leather, would be a ll th at w a s ' necessar y : At present the. duty was so much per.pound,. and the poor - man -bein g obilitd , to have thicker soles th an tbelladie.s,sousequentlk he paid a much higher tax Upon his - shoes. Mme further reductions ought to be inatle in the expenditurei and he • thought the Civil List was the sluarter from whence they ought to commence. He believed that .Ministers had i tlossesmd and.deserved the cola. dence of the c ountr y, and ' he hoped that they would continue to do so by attending. to tie, general moke expressed at aIL the county meetings without dissent, unless where reform was. e -mbed up with . %hex. .topics::v•lle recommended that there liould be an aboliti9n,of Lotteries, for, it was absolutely unjust' to - auffer the poor man to p a y a - t ax upon gaming, whilst the rich squandered their fortunes with&ut. - contributing any thing for their play to the expences of the Government. Either the Lottery should be abolished, or .the gaming houses should be exposed to a tax. The Petitions were. ordered 1 41W''be'''printed. '- ' • Mr. DAVENPORT presented, a Petition . : from certain Owners and occ u pi ers o f l an d in the county of Cheshire, praying relief from agricultutal distress.....odered to be priated. ORPHANS' FUND. Sir W. CURTIS presentoa certain papers, with afr account of sums paid into the. Chamberlain's Office on account of the Orphans Fund.—Cird'ered to be printed. MR. H 1.1 ) 11 T Mr.-HUME presented a Petition; signed by 4 or 5000 inha• bitants of Preston and its vicinity, .praying that p a rt of th e sentence of Mr. Hunt might be renamed: The Hon. Member stated that lie had written to Mr. Hunt to ascertain the truth o f the contests of the Petiti on , and that he had enmfinned it.. The Petition contained the same complaints as'that presented to• the House a few nights ago, as to Mr. Hunt being denied to see his surgeon and.solicnor, and submitted•to solitary confine ment. The Honourable Member then stated that he .was quite convinced by the arguments of the Honourable and Learned Member for Nottingham (Mr. Denman), -that the Manchester Meeting was a legal Meeting, and that Mr. Hunt was unjustly punished. Ile believed that no Judges, since the days ofJudge Jefferies, had pronounced sentences of' such se verity as those which had been passed within the last two or three years. The Honourable Member then proceeded to de-, scribe the sentence of Hunt as being tyrannical, 'and Cal culated to bring the laws into contempt. Seeing the lion. and. Learned Solicitor:General in his place, he wished to ask him if Magistrates had the power by law to .change simple confinement to - solitary confinement against the express decla ration of the Judge. lf so, they had the power to , bang, a man who had been sentenced to imprisonment. Ile knew he should be told, as upon former occasions, that the Magistrates of the County of Somerset were honourable and humane men. He would deny, the fact. It was' wither huniane nor just to act towards a man as they had acted .towards Alr. Hunt. It was acting regardless of public Justice and the -liberties of the peo ple. The Hon. Member then read parts of the Petition, in one of which the Nlagistrates were charged with malicious and ca pricious motives in their treatment of Mr. Hunt. He concur red in all the views of' the Petitions. Sir_ THOMAS LETHBRIDGE did not rise to'opposc the reception of the Petition, but to protest against the.imputation of malicious or capricious motives to the Magistracy of the County of Somerset. It was quite impossible that men of their character could act from such motive* ; and he did think it ex. ceedingly hard that they should be exposed to such charges.. - - It would be well for the House set its face.a.gainst such pe-' titions as the 'present, and although he did not object to its being brow ht tip, he hoped that some mark of the disapprobation of the Muse would be manifested. He would tell the Honour able .Member for Aberdeen that there had been no malice-en tertained towards the prisoner, and that lie never had been in solitary confinement. When he wes first there, indulgences were granted to him which no prisoner in his situation ever ros sessed : and that had been the cause of all the complaints and abuse now directed aeainst the Magistrates. It was peculiarly bard that they should be subjected to such attacks for the per formance of a painful duty, in enforcing rules and regulations which had been sanctioned and ordered by the highest authority. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL certainly felt it necessary, in consequence of what had just passed, to address a few words to the: house. It was a reniafkabletircurnstarice that the Hon. Member for Aberdeen had chosen to , repeat to the House an attack .upon - the Magistrates of the Cbunty - of Somerset, which was made some days ago. He .(the Solicitor-General) a t t h a t ,timestatecl, that an appliCkion had been made to the Court of King's Bench, and that inquiries ,were - .7•aetuallY being made.-- When that application was made to the Judges, whom the. Honourable Member for Aberdeeti had soicandalonsly —(Loud'eheers.)—the application came in an irregular manner, being , - without the aisuar affidavits. The Judges, however, immediately. met,, and gave the necessary orders for procuring. those affidavits,' and' for taking the regular steps in such cases. Notwithstanding this, however, Mr. Hunt had taken no steps whatever, and nothing more had . 'been heard of him. It re mained, therefore, for the House to. conclude' that hilt com plaints were at least exaggerated, and to suspend . its judgment until the proper investigation upon oath had taken place.— The Hon. Member for Aberdeen had been pleased to say, that Mr. Justice Best had authorised a stricter punishment upon the prisoner than 'the sentence warranted. He admitted that in substance what Mr. Justice Bayley was represented to have said Wait correct. But it' the Petition stated that Mr. Justice Best had in any way directed the infliction of arbitary confine ment upon the prisoner, he believed it to state that which was, entirely false. ..He had sent for .a copy of - the rules and .regulations signed •by Mr. Baron. Graham and Mr. Justice Best, and lie could answer ; that they- contained- nothing against the - law of the land, and nothing but what h a d - b een , sanctioned by the Ipredeuesiots'' of • those Learned judges ; —of men whose -character taienta were of the highest description, - 'and. who haul, as, mach • respect for - the 'law;: and for the rational liberties of the country,, as the Honour-. able Member for Aberdeen:-.4olVe k eis s ll-With' respect to the qust.ion of the legality of thi.....—,,mancholtei! Meeting of Mr.' , Hunt's conduct there, it had evant,ually Ccnric.before the twelve- . Judges, and after hearing it argnett befoie them in a most, able manner by those concerned for Mr. Hunt; with the greatest patience and attention, dye& c.'une 6uan :unanimous decision Was illegal:- When - lie/lad the honour to ad. dress the House upon 'OA .subject;. he :always - -predicted' that .such' would be the result if.t.lie.qiieationaeere sent to the Courts. of Law. But ihe Hon. Mt . triber for Aberdeen, doubtless, con. ; _ sidered himself better qualified I.B:dinitliistand thelatv and the . constitution than _those who bad:SPeitf,tbeir whole lives in study inglt. He had always understoethatnothing was more ne t cessarylban- for the characters' of the 'Judges of the land to stand unreproached.—(Hear ty--i;efliarsefore, if th6ie• was any' thing distinct to he.chargeilagainstilicme. let it be brought for ward regularly and'directly. Thjt let.npt. the /for... Member faa Aberdeen,. 7 undei-cever of a petition,'lnitluee and caluMniafe the Judges in a manner which, out of that House, he•ahould call scandalous. - I.ltZtavtTT had j'received: a letter from. Mr. Hunt thatimOrning... He was•not . in 'the - habit of corresponding with • him, and if he was, be should Polite ashamed for sodoing. lie had received the ruies.apd regulations,of • th e p r i son , and they were by means aPplicable to offencealike that for which Mr. Hunt suffered. They were intended for felons; and it was the first time.that a person confined for a.• political misdemeanor had been subjected to them. Ile then remarked upon wh a t h e considered to be the lofty tone assumed by the Honourable . and Learned Solicitor General upon- all occasions, as if lie was sit. Ling in the.chair of the pld.Bailey. If persons. had - peen ac cuStoined 'to' certain manners elsewhere,• they ought to change them when-they got into that douse, and endeavour to suit theni to the society they were in. Whew he charged his , /lon. , Friend with uttering scandalous libels, 1ie.,(41r:-B.) did not - know where the Ilon. - and• Learned Gentle Man. had pieked-111X., 'such language, not'did he care ; • but he wa s ciuite sure that- it was neitherit nor ; proper;to ne,iricitiri . that iouse.. .The•-1 - I&.r. , Member then stated ,that .11C.bAd. 04e ..iiighcst respect for Akr... , , justice Biiyl6;, but he must lirOttnir against . Ntendiers not having the liberty- of speaking. their satimeliti, if they-believed the Judges to .be -.acting improperly... A. , . 41,ember would less: faithfullydischarge . liiS f . fp,ty ailent than : by deli vering his - opinion. - • • - , Mr. LOCKHART aigeed that it - wiii.ilctbetin-iiiiwarrantable act to inflict the punishment of, .solitary, con4nement. .upon the pnsener. a As the lion. Baronet, howe v er, had demid that Mr. Hunt had been placed in solitary confinement, he was bound to hgliew that that was the case. If any rules made by Magi. I strates and sanctioned by Judges could lead t) that punish ment, nothing could be more unconstitutional, the laws -upon tiampoint'ought.to b 4 rooked intO•Yati'd trest'oted to their original vigour. It was „his opinion that in prtnerple that of solitary confinement was recognized in our 14,p, , ,,t00k5. At all events, it was fit th a t the laws in question shotildl . e revised. fir Z. 14 - vhinurpoE The Petition -1g read, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL felt himself :calleinupoa to trouble the House, again, zparticularly_tor the laiprpose of .eXptaining the. nature of • the apPlitztitie thade by Mr. Hunt,,whieb-seemedv have been misurkleistood. Mr:l-luat Made an application by letter to Mr. Justice Raylvy * .:who- im - metliately communicated, it to the other .Lodges. The letter complained-that tlie•Surgebn and 'Solicitor bf the *Piiioner had been winded from seeing him. As the.Couneould . gitie ro judgment upon a letter without first hearing the , other part? andhaving the necessary a ff i d av it s , they immediately ae.ut an "order for the admissiolf - of the Solicitor to Mr. Hunt, ikiorder that he. Aright advise with him, and take:the roquisite•pirticeed ings. This was the position in which the case stood with ,rega:-.2 to the Court of King's Bench.' The Hon. Member fok Arews bUry had thought proper to charge him with haVing used ita becoming language ; not to himself, b u t to another Honotirable Member of that ' House. It would be remernbered.tbat that Hon. lllember had thought proper to state that'll° judgment since the time of Judge Jeffenes was- noire infamous than that passed upon 4 111 r. Hunt, Now he . would. ask whether it. was. unbecoming in him tO describe such language as being grossly libelloas ? •• If the llon. Slember for Shretralitaiy thought' that he was to form his nialme.ra or lsialangtrage to.sultina View ot a case, he was never more miataken„ lie begged } the,lionour - Able Member -for Shrewsbury' to uhderstand"thit - hpneyer he had .occasidn to Speak , - ol• hitt Or. hl ifatk; be ready to justify his language there ot_in atarothervioaii. The SPEAKERt, rose to order. The, liouse,.R(NN'AZ-q., notwithstanding the mysterious larigitk',_reof ':he lfonoulsbie and. Learned Member, what was its • inVinded No thing could be more injurious to.the•freedom oNebakeinieees 'sary to the' proceedings Of Parlia:nieni.—(llear i hear trusted that the flonoutable'andLearnid Member would be the first•to--see The necessity of his 'mating ' that the word' he used were intended to convey:no. Other than their -literal meaning. - • f.; The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said, that in the. language he had used; he had no intention but &at of juStifying himself against the charge which had ban made:: . • - - Mr. HUME said, that the assertion of the Hon. Baronet, that Mr. Hunt had not been in,solitary confineMent, was not sufficient authority for the House to 'go UpOn, unless the i 40r, Bart. put it in possession of , the scurce of his : infor m ati on . Th e .11ohourable and . Learned 'Gentleman opposite (th e S o li c i to r_ General) had do ne that which he often did, he had' employed abuse instead of - argument. He would recommend him not to resort. to such means. Let not men clothed in brief authority assume that dictatorial style 'which so ill became, them. Let the Hon; and Learned: Gentleman 'Mat . suppcse, that by using abuse instead of argument, he could produce the effect he in tended, either iticre or out of doors. With regard .to the sub ject of the Petition, he should probably bring it before the House at an early period. Sir T. LETHBRlDGE . explained. 'His authority for stating that Mr. Hunt was not submitted to solitary confinement, was that of' a public officer connected with the jail. From what he understood to have fallen from the lion:. MeMber, the•subject would come before the Douse, and.'he "was satisfied that the charges against the Magistrates would be disproved. Ile would not believe that they had submitted a prisoner to solitary con finement, contrary to the order of a Jude, even. upon a written statement . signed Y. Henry Hunt.". ..If it were proved to be so, lie slibuld be amoogst the first to condeinn stich an act.—(llearl) - . -The Petition Was ordered to be printed' ' SLAVE -TitA Mr. BROUGHAM, scing aif Noble. Lord in his place, wiSh- ed to ask . hiin he had reccirc official d any ocial communication : ftym Spain;.upon the - gratifying irtolligcnee illieh had been tteeived through the foreign prints,. that the (bites had . abolished the Slave Trade. The . Marquis of LON riONThEliil.l* said that he 'as not in possession -of. any official doeunient Alen the subject. He understood , that the (.4nies had passed ..some laws for giving more effect to the laws previously in • force. The lion. and Learned Gentleman was doubtless aware that Spain had-al ready abolished the Slave Trade ; but • the laws now enact ed rendered the dealing in Slaves more penal.-(11ear„ hear!) ..-When in possession of the laws, he should be happy . -to give the Bon; and Learned Gentleman f ur th er i n f ormat i on . Mr. BROUGII.III said, that of course - he was aware that the - GoVernment of Spain had previously. abolished the home trade by law. What he wished to know was, whether the Cortes had not affixed the penalty of ten years' labour .in the galas for the importation of slaves to or any other part -defile dominions of Spain. ''The Maiicjiiis•of LONDONDaRY nii6rstood that.to lye . the nail* 'Of the laws , . . 'LAW' CHAR6ES. . . . Mr. DENISON gave notice of a motion for 7th of March, to revise the Acts of the Ist of Geo. I. or the 57t1i.0f Geo. 111., relative to the law charges. The Hon. I%len4;er stated,rhat.at :the last Spring Assizes at Kingston, the were 11 actions to ' recover the sum of 691. Is. 61, the law exPtnecs of Willett "amounted to 11061. 9s. 10d.; and that at the last Summer As sizes at Croydon, four actions for the recovery .of 71. Gs, 54., cost in law etpenees ' 5311. Gs. Id. • ' Mr. WODE 11 OUSE presented a Petition from • bertaiti owners'and occupiers of land in the eastern part of the Ikle. of Ely.-Ordered to be printed. . . lIH. BUTT. --- Mr. DENMAN presented a Petition from ;Ur. R. Gahonie Butt a person who had been imprisoned ; for..a,libel tyorl.klw Noble Marquis opposite. He'' then' - bidtight' actions against Mr. Conant, the MagistrAte - ' upon•whos&wiltrant he was 'flitted to prison, and Mr. Brown, the Feepe.r of-Newgath, ;for receiving him upon the warrant. 'For* expensesof ttiesc actions he had beeii cimitniffea • .where he bad been one- and :twenty- :The Petitioner stated his belief that the .Nl,agistrate.:anit'lCeeper.of -Newer:ate had not paid 'the costs o f the. adions, but had been indemniSati by the: Oovernrnent. - N6* iftbis•were cOrreet;' he should like to know from what purse ,the indemnification , had been:Me:de.? It was 'a matter that reqUired the grave consideration, of House. Ile should now move that the Petition do lie upon the table, and he hoped that it would. be rendered unnecessary to trouble the House further with the subject, - ..by: releasing. the Petitioner froth prison. . • 4... . The. SOLICITOR-GENERA!. thotif4ht it right to let the. Hems? know the situltion in 'which the Petitidner stilotl. Ile was'one of the party.in that fraud in which a : Alember of that. Honie was also concerned, and of which, they werc fo4ritt guilty :by a:- special jury of Merchants. • was thereupon sentenced to imprisonment by the Court . of E.iftWs-116neh, and it was for libels upon : Lord Ellenborough,then . ford Justice; in eonsequence of the sentence,' as well as mpork the Noble:Marqui&near him; that the w a rra n t o f 61ie :\lrtgiitratewas issued: These lihels wgre published , in the MOSt , Oktnilvt way; narnelY,leing posted. in -conspicuous placards all. over - the tow:- Had Mr,Butt's eibjecfbeen merely to try tte'fktieStion of right, he needed not,..ta have brought two "setibbsi' as :ilia • 'clues:3ol would be, and was,,.set ,at rent by the:dekiaicto ,nr, the ,aCtion"- ' against Sir N. COnant. Ai to the Indemnity allu.ded to by Hon. and Learned Friend,.and'ufam stress • been laid, if was but nate.ral.aiid jute thin':, an OffiViT,aphiCed: in the iiination.of. Sir N.. Conant, should lOplrc.td - thelip:vera-; • 'inert Wirintletiinity. If Air. Butt could pay the, cost e s in Wit., r 4 ' tion• there *' as ho reason that the'pubrie purse .• lbse than;. and if he could not ; ttire *4:127,0 sea on whys Jie should -, not •take.the'uitial course; and apply fbethe i4nefik. qf solvent Act. :17; 44:1 !' • . The Petition being broi!gilt -up,- MA I 41(1 oedcd - ‘l4lTie 'On the table,' - . Mr: DENMAN moved 41161 . 03 e that had not 4ppwn.that Mr..Bottivax'iti lh question,,though,...he 'had ; heard ; of. that .I.3entllApfle;c4nzillii , rtieu t - He trusted that the lreasury,,,woulthcajfe • .11u4Vilougsithpraontriefit into eiMSideriitiOn • and .The, Petktion - ,was-then,orkred to be printed. 11 , .nit I'l'l4ll 31 USEIJAL • • - • -• • . Mr: COI said,' that he .wished i t 6.44. a queatinW, the lion. for Cdrfe-castle, resfecting- proteeding which, ...was stated to have taken place 'in thti,'VicerChascblloPs Court. • Ile'hoped the trustees Would not, ecpend apy.,,atte stun o - f the tiublie Money without the falleSt'consitleration. A , ~unifirmn Molding, worthy ofthe purpostlor'*hieh re quired, and,olthe public, would be snore fitting than the re- pairing of the old 'building. .• •, Mr.*BANKES said, it had been ag i.i'y - the agents of the Duke of Bedford and the trustee*: thatthere.shotikl be anraiiti=• - cableleafing of:4 question before a court of there *wait' a delay ttr an indefinite time, and probably there. would' be -, An Issue directed to a court of laW. The ..buildrig was so_limitqcl. at present for collections, thatinconvenitinco alit • even dainage was occasioned. \Vhat would ba• done must 41:e‘4 . pen& oh'the result of the . inquiry. - The'place was as, fit. aseqy . . . found.• -• . The SO LIcITOIt-0 EN E tte teit, ifit cola be so called, was Conducted in the, most arnica* -way. '4'4 . 1. 1::) , 4 •Vice-Chanceltor:Was of opinion that a preliniinary 'iplestion of. kw must be tried. The conduct that was prolid,and ahoy's! .I`l4 l-: : 1 sae, was necessary to be pursued on.this , Mr. ABE R C 1tc13113 I hoped, that as, it wm Ottlolic property. :there would he an eitirnate of the' expense befoze 'any . should CIVIL LIST- .;,; ' • - 31r. LIINNAIi.Ei said, that as it might be kncollvenient to discuss his motion for the reduction of the Week; he postponed:4 \ u...1144e ORPHAN FUND. Sir W.M. CURTIS stated that it was desirable a FarFA. mentary inquiry should be made into the state of the Orphan