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Company will take place at the London Tavern, at Twelve o'clock for One precisely, on FRIDAY the 6th of April, to receive a Report from the Provisional Committee, with the Answer from his Majesty's Govern ment respecting the Terms on which they are willing to dispose of the Crown Land in Lower Canada, as well as in the other North American Provinces, and the Provi t sions of the Act of Parliament and Royal Charter that will be granted to limit the responsibility of the Share holders to the amount of their respective subscriptions. JOHN GALT, Hon. Secretary. Freeman's -court, Corrihill, March 28, 1832. N.B. Tickets of Admission will be delivered at this Office, to those who have ma, e application for Shares, after TUESDAY. ./// o. 12,34-1.) k.ONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL .5, 1832. (PRICE 7I) ) This day was published, price Is. 6d. the Second Edition of IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 4. EDINBURGH STEAM SHIP. THE UNITED KINGDOM, of 1,000 tons burthen, and 200 horse-power, D. TURNER, Commander, will start from the STEAM NAVIGA TION WHARF, BLACKWALL, for EDINBURGH, on SUNDAY, the 15th inst., at ELEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, and on WEDNESDAY, the 25th, at NINE, calling off Scarborough, weather per mitting. Passengers by this Vessel are embarked and disem barked at the above-mentioned Wl):irf, without the use of boats, and by starting in the morning will be on board only two instead of three nights, as is usual by starting at night. Berths may be taken, a plan of the Cabins seen, and every further information obtained by application to H. Under wood, 56, 11,yinarket ; the Spread Eagle Office, Regent circus, Piccadilly; or George Bell, Agent, 157, Fen church-street. N.B. This vessel being now completely decked over, her chief and fore cabin accommodation, and also her rnachi- Lwry, are very much improved. DEBATE ON THE REFORM BILL IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. THE MARK LANE EXPRESS, Agricultural and Trading Newspaper, of the largest eke, price only Sevenpence (published every Monday evening, in time for the Post), will give on MONDAY, the 16th instant, (without additional charge), a SHEET DOUBLE the SIZE of the TIMES, containing a full Account of the Debate in the House of Lords on the Se cond Reading of the REFORM BILL. In it will be fotirpl—The fullest particulars of MON DAY'S MARKET at MARK. 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TO BE SOLI) BY AUCTION, By Mr. REID, Son-in-Law and Successor to the late Mr. JOHN ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) At Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, on THURSDAY, the 17th of May. at Twelve o'Clock, Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, - 11 - comprising a principal part of Forest Hill, in the Parish of Camberwell, County of Surrey ; a beautiful and romantic situation, with considerable frontage, very eligi ble for the erection of Villas of the first class, embracing extensive scenery over a Picturesque Country, with a fine pure air. THE LANDS ABOUND WITH BRICK EARTH. and contain upwards of FORTY-SEVEN ACRES, of Superior Rich Meadow, and Furze Ground. The Estate affords an eligible opportunity to any Capi talist, Gentleman, or Builder, and with judicious manage ment, may be the means of realizing a handsome remu neration ; the contiguity to the Metropolis and the rsepec tability of the neighbourhood render it ALETTER to the LONDON BOARD of HEALTH, offering a new, concise, and intd ligible view of the nature, and leading Phenomena of the present pestilential Cholera ; by which a rational, simple. and successful mode of treatment (being quite different from that of the profession in general) is attained. By THOMAS BROWN, Senior Medical Practitioner, &c. &c. Mussleburgli. Printed for T. Cadell, Strand ; and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh. New Burlington•street, April 2, 1832. T HE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, For APRIL, Edited by E. L. BULWER, Esq. Comprises, among other articles by distinguished writers :- 1. The Splendid Village, a Poem of great beauty, by the Au thor of " Corn-Law Rhymes." 2. A Few Plain Words to Lord Grey on a great Question. 3. On the Spirit of Criticism, in which the injurious systems adopted by certain Reviewers are fully exposed. 4. A Continuation of " Asmodeus at Large," containing the Devil's Account of the Opera, and of Mr. Monck Mason's Ma nagement, &c. &c. 5. On the Wilful Mis-statements of the Quarterly Review. 6. New Memoirs of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 7. The True Character of George Canning. S. Letter of Schlegel to Sir James Mackintosh. 9. Interesting Narrative of a Settler in Canada. 10. What e,ery-body says must be true : a Tale. 11. Monthly Commentary on Men and Things. 12. The Lion's Mouth. la Varieties, in Art, Science, Criticism, Biography, &c. Published by Colhurn and Bentley ; and sold by Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; John Cumming, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. A HIGHLY VALUABLE INVESTMENT. Immediate possession may be had, under a proper ar. rangement. . Slay be view,d by applying to Mr. Ashdown, at the Boarding School-house, Forest-hill, of whom particulars may : be had ; at the Bull, Peckham ; Golden Lion, Sy denham ; Red Lion, Lewisham and Camberwell ; Green Alan, Blackheath ; Nag's Head, Borough ; of John Platt, Esq., Solicitor, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street ; of Messrs. Currie, Horne, and Woodgate, Solicitors, Lin coln's-inn ;at Garraway's ; and of Mr. Reid, No. 170, Regent -street, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. NAVY-OFFICE, APRIL 4, 1832. /TM E RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MA- JESTY'S TREASURY, having appointed Money for the PAYMENT OF HALF-PAY TO SEA OF FICERS, from the let of January to the 31st of March, 1832, according to his Majesty's Establishment in that :behalf : These ate to give Notice that the several Payments hill begin to he made at the Pay-Office, by the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning on the following Days, viz. On the 16th, 17th, and 18th of April, to Admirals, Captains, and their Attornies. LOn the 19th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th of Apt il, to ieutenant s and Chaplains, and their Attornies. On the 27th and 30th of April, to Masters, Surgeons, and Pursers and their Attornies. After which, the Lists will be recalled the first and third Wednesday in every Month, that all Persons may then, and there, attend to receive what may become payable to them ; and bring with them an Affidavit as required by Order in Council of 30th July, 1819, the Forms of which were published in an Advertisement from this Office, dated 16th September, 1819, and may be procured at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy ; and in case any of the said Officers should uotite able to attend them selves, hut employ Attornies for that purpose, the said Attornies are to produce similar affidavits from the per sow: they are employed by. Where Officers are Abroad on leave, their Agents are to produce attested Copies of such Leave, before the Ilalf pay can be paid. " And as by Act of Parliament passed in the 35th year of his late Majesty's Reign, entituled, " An Act for esta blishing a more easy and expeditious method for the Pay ment of Officers belonging to his Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by the 20th clause of the said Act, " That if any Commissioned or Warrant Naval Officer, who shall be en titled to receive Half-pay, and shall be desirous to receive and be paid the same, at or near the Place of his Resi dence, be may apply Li the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy in London, to have such Half- pay paid at or near the Place of his Residence, &c., in the manner pointed out by the said Act." And by a further Act nassed in the 56th year of his late Majesty's reign, entituled, " An Act for enabling the Officer, in his Majesty's Navy and their Representativ es to draw for and reef ive their Half-pay," it is enacted by the Ist and 3d Clauses of the said Act, " That if any Offi. - ier in his Majesty's Navy, who shall be entitled to receive any -urn of money for or on account of his Half-pay, shall be desirous of drawing a Bill of Exchange for the sante, upon the Commissioners of his Al..jt sty's Navy, instead of receiving the same by Remittance Bi:1, he shall signify such desire, by Letter to the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy ; and that if any Officer in his Majesty's Navy who shah be entitled to receive any sum of Money f•?!. or on account of Half pay, shall be desirous of having hi dear-pi s s i;,:(1 to him by E xtract, at any of his Ala Jesty's Dock Ytirtl;, Where - ciets for :he payment of Wages for the Navy shall reeide, instead Of reiTiving the sam e by Remittance Bill or Bill of Exchanke, he is , o ap ply either to the proper Clerk at the Navy Pay-cffice nt London, or at th e Pay Office at such Dock Yard, signifying such his desire." N, tice is hereby further given, that th e Half-pay end i ng the 31st of March, will commence an paying on the 16th of April, and all Persons desirous of dr;it for, or of h av i ng their Half- ig pay remitted to them, may apply as above directed. G. SMITH, MM.-Bali of Exchange drawn under or by v i r t ue o f the Act shove recited, are not liable to the Stamp Duty. No persons residing out of his Majesty's Dominions are entitled to the privileges of this Act, THE QUESTION OF NEGRO SLAVERY CONSIDERED. (From the Liverpool Albion.) In our present article we purpose to give some statistical information relative to the slave co lonies, their population, and the various classes of which that population is composed. The colonies, twenty in all, are of two descrip tions, the Grown colonies and the Chartered colonies. The former, six in number, viz., Beibice, the Cape of Good Hope, Demerara, Mauritius, St. Lucia and Trinidad, are directly subject to the British crown, and receive their orders from the King in council, through the medium of the local authorities appointed by him. The case of Honduras is anomalous. The chartered colonies, thirteen in number, hate each a legislature of its own, consisting of a go vernor and council, appointed by the King, and an assembly chosen by the white proprietors. These legislatures have the power of making laws, which are in force when approved by the governor, though not established, permanently, till they receive the assent of the King of Great Britain.• The latter colonies are Antigua, Ba hama, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica, Granada, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher's, St. Vin cent's, Tobago, and Tortola. The whole population of all the colonies amounts to upwards of one million, consisting of about 108,000 whites, 144,000 free blacks and persons of colour, and 813,000 slaves. - The following table will give at one view the proportions of the three classes in each of the colonies respectively : CROWN COLONIES. Slaves. Free Blacks. Whites. Total. Cape of Good 1 - lope 35,500 29,1100 43,000 107,500 St. Lucia 13 5OO 4,000 1,100 18,600 Demerara 70,000 6,000 3,000 79,000 Berbice 0 1 OOO 1,000 COO 5:2,600 Trinidad 23,000 16,100 3,500 42,500 Mauritius 76,000 15,100 8,000 99,118) Honduras 241 ,450 '74,900 59,500 375,8.50 CHARTERED COLONIES. Slaves. Free Blacks, &c. Whites. Total. Jamaica `331,1'00 40,000 15,000 386,001 Grenada 24,500 3,700 80) 29,000 Bermuda Bahamas Tortola 5,400 600 800 6,800 St. Christopher's 19,500 2,500 1,81 , 0 23,800 Antigua 30,0010 4,500 2,000 36,500 Montserrat 6,000 700 500 7,200 Dominica 14,500 3,600 800 18,900 Ilarhado's Bl,OOO 5,000 15,000 10!,001 St. Vincent's 21,500 2,000 1,300 26,800 Tobago 12,700 1,000 350 14,250 Nevis 571,25 U 68,900 48,650 688,800 The proportion between the several classes in this numerical statement may have been, in a trifling degree, altered by the recent enactment already alluded to, by which the crown slaves in the several colonies have been at once enfran- cldsed. It may not be uninteresting to add, although not strictly connected with our subject, the num ber of free blacks and persons of colour in some other countries. The number in Cuba amou►►ts to 150,000 ; in Guadaloupe 71,000, besides 94,000 slaves and 12,000 wh;tes ; the free blacks of Sierra Leone are about 25,000, while the black population of' Hayti amount to about one million. Brazil has 600,000 free blacks, and the United States 233,000. The number of slaves in the latter is estimated at 1,538,000 The total number of free blacks and persons of colour, in our own colonies and the places just mentioned, will be 2,157,800. The free blacks, in our colonies, are such as had their freedom either bequeathed or given to them by humane proprietors, or who have found means to purchase it, or who are the descendants of those who had obtained their freedom in some of these ways. We have already stated, that the free black population in the Crown Colonies have, by recent enactments of the British legisla ture, been raised, as to civil rights, to a par with the whites. In the Chartered Colonies, however, they are still subjected to many disabilities ; many invidious and galling distinctions, between their condition and that of the whites, still exist. They are still debarred, for instance, from sitting on juries, or from filling the lowest civil or military office. To convey to our readers some general idea of the character and condition of this interest ing portion of our colonial population, we will just glance at the state of things in a few of the colonies respectively. Among the 40,000 free blacks who are found in Jamaica, and who out number the whites by three to one, no disturb ance has ever arisen. They are peaceable and ' loyal, and are daily irwreasing in number, in wealth, and in respectability. They have been armed and drilled for military service, and form the efficient militia force of the colony. Tha they have never abused such privilege s is mani fest from the public admission of a Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Jamaica, 1824, who stated, that " their conduct evinced a warm interest in the welfare of the colony, and every way identified them with those who are the most zealous promoters of its internal security." In Trinidad, also, they constitute the main force of the local militia. The official reports from that colony assert, that no funds have been there raised for the support of the poor, or, in oth er words, th a t n o p au p er ism exists in Trinidad. Half the property in the colony is estimated to be in the hands of the free blacks. In Grenada a resolution was adopted by its assembly, in 1823, that the free coloured inhabitants are a respectable, well-behaved class of the commu nity, were possessed of considerable property, old were entitled to have their claims to an equal participation of civil rights viewed with favour. We adduce these facts as specimens of what may, we believe, with equal correctness, be pre dicated respecting the free coloured population in all our colonies. While on this point, and which, as being decisive as to the good conduct of negroes in a liberated state, we consider of rlo small importance, as bearing upon the question of emancipation generally, we may be excused if we cite one or two instances to the same ef fect, in countries not our own. Dr. Walsh, in describing the 600,000 enfranchised persons, Africans, or their descendants in Brazil, states, that they are generally industrious and well con ducted, and that they compose, indiscriminately, different orders of the community, such as mer chants, farmers, doctors, lawyers, priests, and officers of different ranks. Every town in the interior, he adds, has regiments composed of them. Their. services to the community have been such as to have disposed the whites tc: en tertain the idea of making free their whole negro population. In Mexico, Mr. Ward, its envoy, in making a report to the English Government states, that its extensive plantations of sugar and coffee are worked by gangs of emancipated negroes, and who have been voluntarily enfranchised by their owners. They are hired chiefly by the piece in carrying on cultivation, and particularly that of sugar. Mr. Ward observes, " the most remark able circumstances in this case are, the total abolition of slavery (in September, 1829) in a district where such a mass of colonial fruits is produced, and the success with which the intro duction of free labour (as a substitute) has been attended." Other foreign countries might be appealed to for similar evidence ; but we think we have said enough on this head to convince our readers, that the free black population of our colonies and elsewhere are among the most orderly and useful members of their respective cornmunities Two points connected with this subject are espe cially worthy of notice. First, that it does not appear that in a single instance, where any given number of slaves has been at once enfranchised, any evil consequences—any disorderly conduct on their part, has resulted from such emancipation. Secondly, that when made free, they experience no difficulty in subsisting creditably by the pro ceeds of their own exertions. The following curious fact illustrates and confirms this latter position. From a return made to Parliament, in 1826, relative to pauperism in Jamaica, it appeared, that, in the white population of 15,000, there were 300 paupers, while among the free black and coloured classes, amounting to 40,000, only 150 paupers were found, being in the proportion, according to their respective numbers, of only one rnanumized to six white paupers ! We leave the reader to draw his own inferences from a circumstance so singular. The slaves may be divided into two classes 1. The domestic slave, who is employed about his master's house or person, at what time and with what remuneration and food he pleases to grant, and who, generally speaking, is punish able at his will. Those who have trade, pay their owners a stipulated sum per week, month, or otherwise, and have the surplus earnings, but which, as to its amount, depends entirely on the will of the master. 2. The predial or field slaves, who are em ployed in the various kinds of field labour, after wards to be described. These constitute about four-fifths of the whole number of slaves in our colonies, and their situation is attended with privations and hardships of a much more formidable kind than those experienced by the other class. To this difference of treatment it . _ is owing that superficial observers of slavery, whose information has seldom extended beyond the precincts of the towns on the coasts of the various colonies, where domestic slavery only is witnessed, have so often concurred in represent ing the system as one of comparative happiness, as a state rather to be envied than pitied. It was our intention, in the present article, to have touched on the subject of the gradual di minution of population among the slaves in our colonies, We are prepared to show, that, while that of the free blacks, as well as of the slaves participating in good treatment, has invariably increased, the population of the slaves has de creased in a ratio corresponding with the hard ships to which they are subjected. This topic, however, on acco int of the length to which these remarks have extended, must, for the present, be deferred. Enough has been advanced to prove, that, at least, the condition of the free population is decidedly preferable to one of ab ject, hopeless slavery ; and that in the case of the negroes and their descendants, as in that of every other class of mankind, the stimulus of personal profit and individual acquisition is found sufficient to excite them to the exertion of that degree of industry and effort requisite to support themselves and their families respectably, and to contribute their quota to the general advantage of the common weal, R. J. STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE THAMES. — The Bill (as amended by the Committee) to regulate the naviga tion of steam vessels on the Thames, enacts that no steam vessel is to be employed in the Thames unless licensed by the officer of the Customs, previous to which the vessels are to be surveyed. The number of passengers to be not more than two for every ton registered burden, if intended to go to sea; but if not, not more than three for each ton. The licence to be in force for three years. Vessels not licensed to be forfeited. The name of captain, and the numbers of crew, passengers, and boats, and speed at full power, to be painted on the deck, and an index to be provided for showing the actual speed. A penalty is bad on taking a greater number of passengers than allowed. Boats are to be provided on board steam vessels. The speed to be restrained between London-bridge and Cuckold's Point. Lights to be shown from steam-boats during night time. If damage be done to any boat or craft by any steam.vessel, the owner to pay the amount of such damage. Power is vested in the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Justices, to summon and ap prebend offenders, examine witnesses on oath, and punish by fine or imprisonmeut. The penalty for going beyond the re gulated speed is to be enforced only at the discretion of the magistrate. Justices rriy, however, allow five passengers for every hundred tens over licensed number. Persons aggrieved may appeal to the quarter sessions. This Act to be a public Act. The " Memoirs of Sir Jamei Campbell" (the father of Mrs. Thomas Sheridan) which have just issued from the press, may, for variety of subject, and singularity of adventure, v ie with any of the numerous personal Memoirs which have amused the public curiosity during the last few years. His record of a lOng and eventful life, besides abound ing in the " hair breadth 'scapes and imminent perils," so peculiarly incidental to the soldier's career, is rich in convivial stories, anecdotes of the original clubs of London, histoirettes relative to our own and several foreign courts, travelling adventures, and other such piquant materials as contribute to render works of this character so generally entertaining. Mr. BERNAL, and others from the Commons, brought up the Malt Duty Drawback- Bill, and two private Bills. Lord SIDMOUT FT presented a petition from certain freholders in the northern and southern parts of Corn wall against Reform. The Noble Lord said, that the pe titioners returned their thanks to their Lordships for stop • ping the progress of the last Reform Bill at its second reading, and they hoped that they would act in the same manner with the present one. The Committee on the Sentence of Death Bill was postponed, on the motion of Lord WYNFORD. On the motion of Lord TENTERDEN, the Uniformity of Process Bill went through a Committee, and was reported without amendment The Colonial Revenue Audit Bill also went through a Committee, and was reported to the House. The Scotch Cholera Amendment Bill, and the Ordnance Department Bill were read a second time. Their lArdships waited upwards oF half an hour for the Mutiny Bill, which was brought up by Mr. SPRING RICE and others, and read a first time. The second reading was fixed for to-morrow. The House then adj , wurned till to-morrow at Ten o'clock, HO USE OF COIIIMONS, Arita 4. The Sheriffs of London (Messrs. Pirie and Cowan) ap peared at the bar with a retition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council. On the motion of Mr. Alderman WOOD, the petition was read ; it prayed for the abolition of slavery in the West India colonies, and expressed a hope that the Orders in Council which had some time ago issued would be enforced, in order to effect a gradual amelioration in the condition of the slaves. Mr. HUME was sorry that the Corporation of London did not act consistent with their previously avowed prin ciples, and he was surprised that so respectable a body should approve of Orders in Council which tended very much to injure commerce. It was with great regret that he saw them come to such a conclusion as they bad ex pressed in their petition. Mr. Alderman HUGHES supported the prayer of the petition, and said the Orders in Council were such, that he should wish to see them regulate the conduct of all par ties to which they referred. Mr. Alderman WOOD said the Corporation of London had always professed liberal principles ; their great object was to do away with the system of slavery, to effect which they were of opinion the Orders in Council would greatly tend. Mr, Alderman COPELAND questioned the prudence of the Corporation in coining to that conclusion. Those of the citizens of London who were connected with the colonies received the Orders in Council referred to with great alarm, and as tending to injure the colonies and the shipping trade. Whenever the great question of the slave trade came before the House, he would he prepared to offer a few observations upon it. No man deplored more than himself the existence of the slave trade ; but he much questioned whether the Orders in Council were calculated to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. He regretted that he could not give the p tition his support. Mr. Ahlerman WAITHMAN could not see how the Orders in Council injured the West India colonies, and consequently he gave his support to the prayer of the petition. Mr. DIXON slid, that notwithstanding the eulogy that had been b, stowed on the Orders in Council, even the Noble Lord, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had ex pressed his intention o' acc.ding to any proposed modifica tion of them. He hart nothing to do with the colonies ; but he had received a letter from a person interested, in which those orders were characterized as unconstitutional, oppressive, and unjust. He regretted that the Common Council of London had petiti nrd the House upon a sub ject, which—and he said it with all due deference—they had not duly considered. Mr. WARBURTON thought the Corporation of Lon don had done themselves great credit.—(Hear,; The very existence of the colonies would be at stake if the state of alas ery were continued. The petition was ordered to be printed. Lord ACHESON presented three petitions from a parish in Antrim against the new plan of national educa. tion, from Galway relative to the Galway franchise, and from a parish in the county of Armagh against the present tithe system. The latter was signed wholly by Pro testants and Dissenters. Alr. HOLMES presented a petition from a number of per sons who were subscribers to the Birmingham and London rail-road to the amount of 85,0001. against the Bill for mak in,2 that road; the petitionersp-rayed that their names might be er ised from the list of suriscribers, arid that they might be heard by Counsel against the insertion of their names in the Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT postponed his motion relative to the Irish Ecclesiastical Courts until the 3d of May. Mr. EWART presented a petition from certain mer chants, hankers, &e. against a Bill now before the House, relative to a Committee now sitting to inquire into the mode of facilitating the Post-office communication be tween England and Ireland ; and stated that very great injury would arise from interrupting in any way the present mode of communication between Liver pool and Dublin. The Honourable Member supported the prayer of the petition, and hoped that no interruption, such as that which the petitioners apprehended, would take place. When the House considered the extent of the trade between the two countries—when it appeared that in the last year there were imported from Ireland 9,000 head of cattle, 130,000 sheep, and 150,000 pigs, it would be seen that it was of the greatest importance that th e communication should not be interrupted. On the motion that the petition ho rate; red to the Com mittee, Colonel CONOLLY hoped that it was nit the intention of his Majesty's Government to interrupt the navi gation between Dublin and Liverpool. The facilities to the exportation and importation of commodities between those pl ices bad increased so rapidly as to supersede all modes of ccinumnication between any other two places. The inconvenience arising from any interruption of that trade would raise the voice of the people of Ireland against it. He could hardly imagine any such thine was in con templation ; but if it was, it must have arisen from a very partial and inconsiderate attention to the suhject. Mr. S. ItICE said Honourable Members must know more of the subject than be did, if the proposed arrange ments would create any difficulty in the communication between the two countries. His Majesty's Government were quite alive to the necessity of keeping up the inter caurse, and indeed of increasing it, if possible. No eco nomy would be more preposterous than any which would interrupt the communication between the two countries; but if it could be shown, as he was of opinion the,t it could, that that communication could he c.izzied on at a much cheaper rate, then it woula be admitted to be of considerable importance.—(Hear.) Mr. J. GRATTAN recommended gentlemen not to be led away by any delusive discussions. Sir JOHN NEWPORT believed th,e apprehension of many Hon. Aiembers total Y unfounded. to Atilire packet,,.Sl- SHAW thought silitld be if any y o c i hange were made r e l at i ve Holyhead to Liver pool. Mr. SPRING RICE observed, that the only reasons that could be given for even a supposition that it was the intention of Government to remove thc.„ Liverpool packets, was the appointment of a Committee fur the purpose of seeing if greater facilities could not be afforded. Lord SANDON felt grateful at the announcement made by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Spring Rice) though Ministers never had had the. slightest intention of withdrawing the Liverpool packets. Lord WILLIAM LENNON thought the Hon. Member for Liverpool need not be under the slightest apprehension that any such alterations were contemplated at the Post office as had been suggested. After some observations from Mr. EwART, the petition was orelered to be referred to the Committee. Mr. EWART presented a petition trot foe innk e epers of Liverpool, praying for the alteration Of the law nhieli rendered them liable to make good property lost in their houses. Sir EDWARD lIAYES presented a petition from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Diocese of Rdphoe dgainst the new system of eductnion in Ireldnd. The Hon. Member bad hoped, in consequence of the de cided opposition that this measure had met with from all ranks o f I reland, that Ministers ere this would have withdrawn the measure. Colonel COZIOLLY was sorry that Government still tppeared determined to persist in upholding a plan which ad occasioned so much dissatisfaction. Sir FRANCIS VINCENT presented a petition from St. Alban's, against Colonial Slavery. Captain GORDON presented a petition from Ban lon, in the county of Cork, signed by the provost, 13 lergytnen, 38 magistrates, and upwards of 900 persons, eeeinst the new system of education in Ireland. The Hon. Member also presented two similar petitions from ether parts of Ireland. The Hon. Member also gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday next, to move for t•ertain returns relative to the established schools in Ireland. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from four persons who were confined in Lancaster Gaol for debt, complaining that the gaoler was "as large," and did not reside in the eaol ; that he had appointed his son as his deputy, a manufacturer and cotton-spinner in the town of Lancaster. They represented this as a great grievance, and stated, that one of the prisoners being indebted to the deputy gaoler, he had endeavoured to enter into a negotiation with him, on condition of his paying his whole debt after his release, not to oppose his discharge. The prisoner, how ever, had not consented to this illegal act, and consequently he was opposed upon coming up to receive his discharge under the Insolvent Act. The prisoner stated before the Commissioners the reason why the deputy gaoler had op posed him, when the prisoner was immediately dis charged, and the goaler reprimanded. These things, he submitted, could not have gone on without the attention of the visiting magistrates having been called to them. It was a gross dereliction of public duty for the gaoler not to reside in the gaol, and the petitioners sub mitted that the Act which prevented a gaoler from being concerned in business, applied also to his substitute. They also complained that when, on a former occa sion, they had made these representations, they had been treated in the most barbarous and brutal manner, having been placed in a cell, with nothing but straw and a blanket to cover them. This petition was put into his hand by a respectable solicitor, who had been down at Lancaster, had made every inquiry into the facts, and was prepared to prove them, whenever he should be called upon. The Hon. Member submitted that the case, if the allegations were true, and he had no doubt but they could be fully substantiated, well deserved the attention of his Majesty's Government. Mr. GREENE said that Parliament had no right to interfere in this case ; the petitioners bad not stated that they had complained either to the visiting Magistrate's, or the Secretary of State, to whose jurisdiction legitimately the matter entirely belonged ; had they failed in their duty to the petitioners, they might have prayed for the interference of the House. The petition simply stated a variety of charges against the gaoler, which it was im possible, eireumet tnced as he was, properly to enter into. The only charge to which he could refer s , was the non residence of the gaoler. Au investigation had taken place, and it was found that the gaoler was now residing within the walls of the prison. The only other question, as to the competency of the deputy, he being a trader, was a mere point of law, and the House could not explain Acts of Parliament. Mr. HUNT moved the printing of the petition. Mr. GREENE opposed the motion, in consequence of the yagueneaa of the charges. Mr. WARBURTON said it was clear that there had been a period when the gaoler was not resident within the walls of the prison, and that non..v.,idon ee must have come distinctly under the cognieence of the visiting Magistrates. The object of printing a petition was to bring public °pi llion to bear on any neglect of duty, either in the gaoler or visiting Magistrates. On that ground, and n other, the petition should be printed. Mr. LAMB said the elleeation in the petition being that the gaoler does not now reside within the walls of the prises, and it being ascertained that at present he did reside there, he did not see much good to be gained by the printing of the petition. Having personal knowledge of the gaol of Lancaster, he believed there was no one better regulated in the kingdom, and he should enter into any inquiry that might be called for, with the geeauset confidence. He would not, howeree, oppose the printing of the petition. The petition was then ordered to be printed. On tme motion of Mr. Semen RICE, the Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from Broadhurst, Ashmore, Gilchrist, and Curran, who are confined in Lancaster Castle, complaining of heed treatment—they were not allowed to see or vouverse with their friends, ex cepting through a felun'e grating; neither could they receive any letters, Ant even from their professional adviser, with tet beine liable to he opened by the gaoler. Mr. GREENE said the gaoler was perfectly authorised by the Act of Parliament in all that he did. The order of the day for the second reading of the Bak ine, Trade (Ireland) Bill was then read. The LORD ADVOCATE moved the order of the day for the further consideration of the report on the Ex chequer Court (Scotland) Bill. The Rill was ordered to be re-committed to-morrow, Lord ALTHORP moved she Order of the Day for the House to resolve into committee on the Supply to be granted. to his M jesty. TAX ON GLASS., Mr. DIXON said, that he whit extremely anxious to ask a question of the Nok.:e Lord opposite relative to his reported intention of taking off the duty on glass. F e had on a former occasion asked the tia GIB question, but he wished now to know whe ther the Noble Lord had made up his mind on the subject ? If it was the intention of Government to take off this tax, it should not be done suddenly, or it would occ,sion an initnense loss to the manufacturers concerned in the trade. Various rumours were afloat, which were represented to have c me from the Node Lord himself, of his intention at an early period to take off the tax. He (Mr. Dixon) d that twelve months' previous notice at I. ast should be given. Lord ALTHORP assured the Hon. Gentleman, that he had not uttered a single word upon the subject to any one since the Hon. Member had asked the same question before in that House. Lord G. SOMERSET inquired whether Commis sioners had been appointed to inquire iota the Poor Laws ? Lord ALTHORP stated that they had been appointed. COMMUTATION OF PENSIONS. Sir J. C. 11013 HOUSE said he had been anxious to obtain information t,) lay before the House upon the sub. j•-et to which the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Sir H. Hardinge) had on a former evening drawn tneir attention. Since then be had inquired into the facts, and he was justified in saying, that when all examination had been made into the commutation of penaicus, he found there were circumstances with whi,th the country ought to be ac. (painted, and which, when detailed, would relieve the War-office of whatever share of blame had been at tached to it. But the suhiect was of such im portance, and it would be necessary to go so much into detail, that it would be far better to have a specific day appointed for taking it into consi deration than to discuss it upon an incidental vote of the estimates. Although he was perfectly ready at the present time to make the statement, yet if it met the views of the Right Honourable Gentleman, he would propose tl,tat another opportunity should he taken to disease it, when the country would be informed of that which it had certainly a right to be informed of, namely, that the intereeta of the old soldiers were well att-nded to, and that the country had not tried to rid it•elf of the burden. Indeed, while he remained in of. lice, he never would agree to carry economy to that ex. tent.—(fiear, hoar.) He therefore, would propose that the vote should be taken this evening in the usual form. Sir H. HARDINGE said it was gratifying to him to hear the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet, that he would not consent, for the cake of an economical reform, to sacrifice the interests of the old soldiers. That point was, in, fact, the one which he wished to im press tivon the House. He was anxiens to show th at Vea t misapprehension existed, s that a great deal of abuse existed in the mode of carrying the commuta- • tions into execution. He imputed no intentional blame to the War-efilee. He merely stated what he tit n and even now considered to he facts ; and he would take an opportunity of moving fur returns by which the accu racy or inaccuracy of the statements that had been aside to him, ;:onld, be proved. Wen the House were in, possession of these returns, he would then state the period at which he would bring forward the discussion, anxious only to see the old moldier protected after many years' service. It might be add that his language on a former evening was strong, but be felt deeply for the in forms of the soldier, particularly when a regulation was made by himself while he was in office, and which . he was in'Ormed bad been much abueed. The House then proceeded with the estimates, when the following votes were agreed to :- 117,271/. 193. 10d. for defraying the charges of t::e Geaeral Staff Officers, and the Officers •f Hospitals in • Great Rritain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, India excepted. 1 03,011/. 15,. 7d. for allowances to the Officers of the principal public departments in Great Britain and Ireland. 12,000/. for medicine, Lc , for the land forces, and for c ntingenciee. ! 33,670/. 161.2 d. for the garrisons at home and abroad. MILITARY COLLEGE. On the motion that - 2,6361. Ile. ld. be granted for the Royal Military College, Sir H. HARDINGE said, when the House recollected that the Military College of France cost 50,000/. a-year, and the sons of officer, and other persons were ethic ited is it at the public exoense,—when they recollec , e4l t h an iu the United States4oo cae'ete wereedueated at an expense to the state of 30,000/. a-year, and that the present eeti f mate was only 2,000/., he thought that to deprive the orphan class of education at the expense of the , oublic was very ill-judged economy. He thought that department was of the greatest value to the army. If he we n t i nto detail he could show that from 200 to 300 officers of the Bri tish army were educated at that Colleg e ; and he thought that to make the parents of the children pay every far thing of the expense of education was very bad economy There was a large building cipehle of holding 500 ;stu dents, but there were at present only 170 students there, and indeed in time of peace the building could net be wholly occupied. There was also a !age gum rity of land attached to it.—(Hear.) Now he thought it very unfair that the narrate of the students 'should he compelled to keep that establishment in repair. He contended that at least a certain pertinn of the expense of the education should be borne by the public. Lord ALTHORP explained the object of the vote, and justified the present system ; after all, he was of opinion, that the education at the Military College was cheaper than at any other place. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE explained. Sir H. HARDINGE replied. And, After some observation, from Captain Beldero, Sir John Burke, and Mr. Warburton, the vote wan agreed to. The sum of 22,885/. was granted for defraying the charge of the Royal Military Asylum and llibernan Mili tary School: as was also The sum of 99,680/. I2e. 4d. for the Volunteer Corps. 17,500/. for Exchequer Fees. 125 0001. for the pay of General Officers not being Generale. 90,000/. for full-pay and retired Officers. 656,500/. for half-pay and military allowances of re duced and retired Officers. Sir H HARDINGE rose for the pnrpene. not of op posing this vote, but merely to state ?owe few farts re lative to the persons in whom- favour the vote was made. Sir H. HARDINGE, adverting to an observation which he understood bad been made en a late evening by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, namely—that the principle of inducing half-pay and reduced officers to commute their half-pay and allowances, might be carried much further with great advantage to the public--remark , d, that Wiltii he had the honour to bold the situation of Secretary at War, he had, by inducing a number of officers to com mute, saved the country 30,000/. a year. There was a line, however, to be drawn ; and although nn one side of that line the principle of commutation was just and bene &id; on the other it was unjust and cruel. This was a consideration which he begged leave respectfully to press on the Hon. Baronet's attention. Sir J. HOBHOUSE observed, that what he had stated the other evening was, that if the principle of com mutation were pressed with duc vigour, much public be nefit might be derived from it. All that he meant was, that where there was a fair case, advantage ought to be token of it. Mr. HUME, adverting to first commissions, observed, that in the present state of the half-pay list, no more first cummisaions ought to be given. Sir J. HOBHOUSE said, that it was impossible in all cases where ensigns and cornets were required to have recourse to the half-pay list for them. After years of absence from service, officer. found themselves as little et home in a modern mess as he should in the South Sea Islands. Mr. HUME contended that at least first commissions ought to be sold, not given away. Sir H. HARDINGE corroborated the statement of the Right Hon. Secretary at War, and added, that first coal missions must be given away in various cases; to the cadets of the Military College, for instance. Where also an old officer had claims for services, what better mode could there be of meeting those claims than lay giving his son a com mission? The resolution was agreed to. Grants to the following amount were then agreed to ;- 88,900/. for the charge of half-pay and reduced allow ances to Officers of disbanded Forergu Corps, of pensions to wound d Foreign Officers, and of allowances to the widows and children of dec. ased Foreign Officers, from Ist A: ril, 1832, to Slat March, 1833. 26,334/. 15s. for the charge for reduced Local Militia Adjutants, retired Officers of the Militia, and reduced Ad jut,,nts and Serjeant-Majors of Yeomanry, from Ist April, 1832, to 31st March, 1833. On the resolution for granting 147.423/. for the charge of pensions to be paid to widows of Officers of the Laud Forces, from Ist April, 1832, to 31st March, 1833, Sir ADOLPHUS DALRYMPLE i , quired what was the amount of other means which disque'lfied widows from receiving pensions; and adverted to a cas- in which the widow of a General Officer had been refused a pen sion because she was in possession of 400/. a year. Sir J. HORHOUSE said that that w s a matter which must be regulated by circumstance.. Whoever had any control over the public purse was bound to !mita tin a just economy. There were variousconsiderations, ho.,ver, arising out of their positions in society and other circum stances, which must influence the amount of the pensions granted to widowa. With respect to the particular case adverted to by the Hon. M •mber, the more he inqu.reri into it the more he was satisfied of the propriety t,f the decision. Sir H. HARDINGE confirmed what h been st ited by the Right Hon. Secretary at War. The amount of other means possessed by a widow ought not to I.e the sole cri terion of her right to a pension. Ir would he very bard that a widow should be visited with puwahiricip because her husbsnd had been a careful man, and hail saved a tittle money for the education of his children. Such a regulation would be an encouragement to profligate expen.ii . ure. The resolution was then agreed to ; us was aka one for granting 175,041/. for the cliarg, of allowances on the Compassionate List, of allowances as of his Als . i.-sty's Royal Bounty, and of pensions, gratuities, •tncl dlowances to Othvers for wounds, from April 1, 1832, to 111 arch 31, 1833. The next item was 1,350,5031. 6s. Bd. to defray the charges of Chelsea and Kihnaiiiham Hospitals; of the in pensioners of these establ;shtnenrs ; and of the out-pen sioners of Chelsea Hospital, from the lst April, 1532, to 31st March, 1833.--Yore agreed to. The nest item was b 0,7501. 16s. 1011. for the charge Of al!nwances, cotnpen,ations, and etnelninews, in the nature of superannuation or retired allowances to persons formerly belonging to the several public departments in the United Kingdom of Great Bri , aiu and In land, fr,im the Ist April, 1832, to the 31st March, 1533.—V0te agreed to. The next item w•as 14,500/. for the charge of Exche quer Fees in Great Britain upon issues to be made f.r non-effective army services, from the lit April, 1832, to the 31st March, 1833.—Vote agreed to. The House resumed ; and the Cnaii man having re— ported progrebs, obi tined leave to sit again on Frith) , next. BANK CHARTER. Lord ALTHOItP gave notice that he should, on Tute. day, the 17th April, move for a Committee on the Ralik Charter Bill. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Hal-past Eight. MAIDSTONE, APRIL 2.— Thursday, a young man, named Lewis, aged 19, died after a few hours' illness. He was visited by some medical gentlemen, who supposed his ease an attack of cholera. The cause of his death, however, was this :—He had been for some time engaged by Mr. Thomas, barge owner, trading from Maidstone to London. Ile left his employ, went an board a Humber keel, and sailed to the North, where he was used contrary to his expectations. In return ing home he walked pennyless upwards of WO miles, and had nothing to eat for three days. When he arrived in London, lj u ' ] he went on board the Dr.:flame, in the employ of his old mas ter, Mr. Thomas; and having been so l ong w ithout rood, the Captain imprudently gave him what he required, and the con. sequence was, that he ate so voraciously that he died at Grave , . end as they were proceeding down the river.—Kentisii Gazette. a , pearance evening, the e 10t RO UND h of last month, ll' H E a i‘oli(o's°tNsin—gul°arlihalAlo lid o was seen round persons in the village of round the moon by Leven It was surprisingly' b ea utiful, and consisted Cl to ur c i rcles, the inmost one being gre y, the second Mimi, the thi r d green, and the outer one brown. It had, in some d eiree, the of a rainbow, with the exceptions that it was qute oir, i i cutar, anti ..,t dirfervni colours,---Hull fiveitrAgihron,