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Svt7etly Ttione, Esq. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen,. . Your most humble servants, c Thomas Reid,. - - John Itiglis, - 'James Pattison, Hugh Lindsay, - ,-- Josias Du Pre Alexankter, John Lctch, Johnßebb, '' William Tavlor Money, Jacob Bosanquet, .' - John Morris, Robert Campbell,- •• • - - Edward Parry, :. . William Stanley Clarke, ' Rich. Chicheley Plowden, ~ Joseph 'tatt o o, • • • George Raikes, r ' Jmncs Daniell, • . . ... J.Guldshorough Rarenshaw, • • ..., Neil Benj. Edmonstona, Geo. Abercrombie Robinson, Wm. Fullarton Elpbiustone, John Thornhill, _ .._•,kohn Hudteston; William Wigranu; • Xast India House, '27th Match, 1842. ---........_ To THE PROPRIETORS Ok EAST INDIA STOCK. lILADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A VING the honour of being recommended to you by the. Directors of the •East India CoMpany, as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION to be Lhosen this , We take the liberty of requesting the favour of your ',Me on the day of 'Election, WEDNESDAY, the 10th 41 1 4 i1 next. •. . We are; Ladies and Gentlemen, Your . most obedient and. most humble servants, Williain Astell; ' . Charles Elton Prescott, • Charles Granf, :i ' George Smith, Fast Campbell l‘lrjoribanks,. Swenv Toone. India Hotise, - nth March, 182 V. • _ l',11) TRAVELLING TO DOVER, DEAL, RAMS GATE 'CANTERBURY. "Mt-INSIDE MARGATE COACHES, AND AND KEEP GOOD TIME, ‘IOE _ N' S.- A. OUNTAIN . and Co. .• S HEAD M INN, SKINNER STREET, SNOW HILL, LONDON. . lIE following POST.COACIIES, MAIL. • „ COACHES, Ike. set out from the above Inn : . t"relegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ittainsgate, Margate, : n terbury, Feversham, atilt Sandwich, i*w Post-Coach— ' '"Y Morning at a quarter past 7 o'Clock, 7 4n consequence Q . the d ec id e d pre f erence g i ven t o th e above Coach, the Pro ' Prieturs are determined no expenee shall be spared to render •• "'the first conveyance on•the Kent road. .., si .IIROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, • (ti ngbititrne, and itainham, every Morning at aßuarter past and Afternoon. - FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, •Bodmin, Prn qns Ashburton, Totncss, Weymouth, DoritheSter, Dart- T, 6 utti, and Salisbury, every morningthrough toniton, Axminster, Bridpurt, Blandford, Stockbridge, Ba 3,i_rtgstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and Bagshot. The " Union," SOUTFLANIPTON, Lyruington,-Winches ' 1 ", Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and •Bagslipt, „1 / 4 , ew Four Inside Coach, every Morning at Eight; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by . Five.—This is a rust delightful Conveyance to the Isle of \\Tight, 3crsev, Quertis6 , , St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, Cherburgh, The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to receive a con tinuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of the " Union."--No racing , with ether Coaches. _ _ BATHand BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip- Penham, Caine, Marthorough, NeWburband Reading, every Afternoon atone; arrive.at Mr. May's, OeGreyhopntilith, iNath, • arid .the London Tavern, T h oln as-street, and Swan, 'Bristol, next Morning.—Coachei 'to Wells, Bridgewater, 1:14, ,,,,ut0n . , and Plymouth. ,„ I he UMPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one A "ght on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at 11 `1 1 e i arrives at Liverpool 'text afternoon at Seven, through 14 ". 0 burr t , Lathbury, Northampton, Welton!, Lutterworth, '' ` Ain eklev Atherstone, Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knots ' ford - ' Warrington,' and-Preston. S HREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shitfnal, Post-Coach, • ery Afternoon:—Guarded. , The UNION, WEYMOUTH,Dorcheiter, Blandford , Salis • c u r e , Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black : 4, 4 ter, and Bagshot, new Post Coach, every Afternoon. — ,ue W e y mout h Packets to Guernsey; Jersey, Cherbourg, Maloe's,•&c. BA RNSTAPLE and SOuthmolton Post Coach, every • Mon- Wednesday, and Friday Mornings at Seven o'Clock. t he " Rockingham," LEEDS light Post CoaCh, acts out :i' e rY Afternoon at Four ; and passes through Baldock, Big ' F i , e 'yvade, Eaton Siltun, Greetham, Grantham, Bawtry, I,:artiford, ith ' im Moor, Newark, Retford, Doncaster, and 1 e h r rYbridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next Afternoon.— ' ;Kg age and Packages only 2d per lb.—Notwithstanding the • 1 , ''egotinon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be the ‘ u tt agreeable and complete Public Conveyance on the "urth [toad, being unequalled by any other. A c t iARROWGATE and Ripon new Light Post Coach, every ',,trnoun at• Four. - • ' ll G LASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, ;,! * <'wnliill, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Canmoek, Kingswell, "d all Parts Of Scotland, a Post Coach daily. I OR4, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New ' t'tie, and Edinburgh, New Post Coach, with a Guard ; •.10 ) ,tIghOut ;' sets out every Morning, by way of Newark, N'"urd, Doncaster, Ferrybridge, Tatlcaster, Darlington, th'lthalleiton,.Durimm, Mot peth, and Berwick. Passengers ti t ',":ng themselves fatigued on the journey, may rest what p.me e They please, and then proceed without any additional " I ATILBOROUGH and Swindon, new four- inside Coach, ptough Aldboarre, Reading, Lambourn, Purton, Lydington, eW seY, Wootton Basset, ltaresbury, Hungerford, Newbury, 4,, , Maidenhead ; every Morning. o kIDGRNORTH, Walsal, ShrewSbury, Salop, and Holy e4 llFour Inside Coach, every Afternoon. aosToN, Spalding, Peterborough, Stilton, and Hunting -0,1 Royal Mail Coach, every Evening, to Spilsby, Louth, ontsby, and Hull, Afternoon at a Quarter before Six. • s v i e ,,ARLISLE, Penrith, and Whitehaven Post Coach, goes 11,,`" Four Horses, and a Guard all the way, passes through t ,; (41 7,h, Appleby, Greta-beidge, Richmond, Catterick, Bo buiThisrulgei- Woitherby, Aberford, Fsrryb ridge, Newark, ,-s t ?,"easter, Grantham, Stamford, Bawny, Greetham, and v i ,`t°n. Sets out every Morning, and perfonus the journey 1,`,11 the greatest facility. Passengers detained on the Road ousiness or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their .eats helm; secured in the next Coach. •11..ecootirley, 01 K ENDAL, Lancaster,' Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, n ' tslurky and Garstang Post Coaches, every After h LI VERPOOL, Warrington, Knntsfordi Stone, Stafford, ZI Litchfield now light Four Inside Post Coach, (only One 4t ght on t he Road ), every Afternoon at Thrce o'Clock ; arrive! the Saracen's. Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, next WA ~,,K EFIELD Post-Coach, every Morning. W i' en PESTER, Newport, Whitechurch, Tarporley, Nampt " n oo , . Nun/midi, and Middlewich Post-Coach, every After tiSijiNDERLAND, Stockton, and l'arrn Coach, every r"ing, to the George Inn, Sunderland. ,nalAuN CIIF.STER, Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, Weisel, t„„.„ "olverliatupton .new Pour Inside Post- C oach, every Al -s"„"11, —Only One Night on the Road.- , "R.FFIELD and Rotherham Post-Coach, called the "Nel • _ o ~ every Morning. 1,4-"RMINGHANI Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at -Iv t ee o'Clock, carrying FoUr Inside only; and passes through ta 4 rwick, Leamington, Sontham, and Daventry, to the Se. ei c , t ,',"'s Head, Bull-street, Birmingham, next Morning at 7 11 -past Seven. HULL, Lincoln, Northeave, Howden, and Doncaster, Post ' 3 ,a,eh, every Morning, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull. % ._. - xliirrpoitt), Ware, Hoddesdon, and Cheshunt Coach, '77 Nlorning.. ii.4:OI"FENHAM and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Eleven, , elf-past Two, Five, and Eight. be i d * Luggage and Packages to Leeds, Doncaster, and Ferry at only .2d per pound. $. l . A. MONTAIN and Co. espetflly acuaint eir 'ends a n d t he Public, that they r will e riot n be acco q untable th for , s. a rty Parcels, Pa ssenger ' s L uggage , W r i t i ngs. Plate, &c. of j:1 1 !r *than Fi ve P ounds Value, i f lost; stolen, or damaged , un- Jt tered as su c h, and the lusurance paid for accordipgty, "( . Head Inn, SnoW-hill,Lundon. • five the raires lever ry on ney. Vynn igher esteci chick blow ke !nt of pre ,oool. that public ,0001. ies of I. It , r ex- Tease sions, world ots at .efore those were, : Vi- thou- Corn- T the brig, fish- I ptain nkers THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1822. land, and Scotland, after having submitted it to Mr. LUshington. The letter was to the follow ing effect : lam commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to call your at tention to my letter of the 11th, and the enclosed order, and to urge the necessity of your trans mitting the required return with all possible dispatch to the Treasury, with an explanation of the reasons which have hitherto retarded it." .No answer was received to this letter until this morning, when. the returns were sent by the Commissioners of Excise to Mr. Lushington: The letter which accompanied the returns gave no explanation of the delay. It merely said, that in consequence of the letters received by the Commissioners from theSreasury, they had the honour to forward the returns relative to the breakfast powder. The letter was dated March. 26th. He had now the original returns in his hand, but would present copies to their Lord ships.—The witness was desired to withdraw. The Marquis of LANSDOWN observed, that there was no neglect of duty either on the part of the officers of their Lordships' house, or at the Treasury. It appeared that the neglect lay with the Excise. He thought, therdore, that their Lordships were bound to follow up the present proceeding by making an order for calling one of the COMmissioners of Excise to the bar. Here some conversation took place between the Earl of LIVERPOOL and Earl GREY, in the course of whichrthe former observed that the Com missioners of the Board of Excise usually corre sponded through their Secretary. Though the correspondence was in the- name of the Commis sioners, they might not be present. It would therefore. be proper to examine the Secretary first, in order to see what explanation he could give. , _ _ _ This suggestion appedeedlo be approved ; and on the motion of the Marquis of .LANSDOWN. it was ordered=" That the Secretary of the Board of Excise do attend this House on Monday next at five o'clock." Mr. Adrian again appeared" at the bar, and presented returns from the Commissioners of Excise for England, Ireland, and Scotland, of instructions given for the seizure of roasted wheat, or other substances sold under the name of " breakfast-powder;" and for proceedings against persons selling the same.. hi answer to questions, from' the Earl of LI VERPOOL, ll r. Adrian stated'that the name of the messenger whom he sent with the letters he had written to the Commissioners of Excise was Tho mas Woodyer. He had not ascertained from that messenger the fact that he had delivered them without delay. - • - It was then ordered, on the motion of the LORD CifANCELLOR, that Thomas Woodyer do attend the House on Monday next, at five o'clock.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MR. HUNT. Sir F. BURDETT said, that several of his friendi in the House had had no- opportunity of examining the Report of the Committee on" Ilchester Gaol, and he should, therefore, with draw for the present the notice he had given for an address to the Crown to remit the -remainder of the sentence on Mr. Hunt. The Hon. Baronet, in a subsequent part of the even ing, gave notice that he should bring the motion forward on Tuesday next. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a Petition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land who attended Hertford Fair, complain ing of agricultural distress. The Petitioners, the Honourable Member stated, had not hitherto been in the habit of meddling with politics, but they:now prayed that the House would with draw its confidence from Ministers, as they had licit afforded any substantial relief to the agricultural interest.—(A laugh.) The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LENNARD said, that the notice he had given for yes terday of his intention to move for repealing the Seditious Meetings Bill, had dropped in consequence of there being no House. Ile therefore gave notice that be should make the motion on the Bth of May. Sir R. IVII4SON wished to call the attention of the Hon. Secretary opposite to a letter he (Sir R.) had received from a person who was in confinement under a conviction for selling vegetable powder, which sale had been considered a violation of the provisions of the Act of Parliament, for regulating the duty on coffee. He thought it very extraordinary that any conviction should have taken place under that Act ; but at all events, this individual stated, that he had been induced to withdraw his plea, and suffer judgment against him, on an as surance that mercy would be extended to him. It appeared, from his letter, that on the expiration of his imprisonment un der another conviction—(for he was one of those who were tried with Major Cartwright)—a Detainer had been lodged against him for the penalties under this Excise conviction. Under this Detainer he was now suffering imprisonment, and was likely to suffer it for life, unless the House interfered or the Crown ex tended mercy to him. He (Sir R.) trusted the Treasury Would remove the Detainer. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, the general question as to this vegetable powder had beeh referred to the consideration of the Commissioners of Excise, and they were of opinion that the in terest of the Revenue was considerably involved in it. Of the particular case alluded to by the Hon. Member he knew no thing ; but it appeared that he had suffered judgment to pass against him, and the question was therefore merely whether he was a fit object of mercy. The general principle was most important, for it applied to tea and many other exciseable articles. Mr. ABERCROMBY said, the interests of the public were • to be attended to its well as those of the Revenue. If he under stood the nature of the construction put upon the Act of Parlia ment in question, it appeared that if any :*.ie discovered a most wholesome substitute for coffee, he would not be at li berty sell it, lest his doing so should affect the Revenue. If this was a right construction of the Act, he trusted it would be altered, for it was a fraudulent Act , and concluded in the most equivocal terms. Sir R. WILSON thanked the Hon. Secretary for his answer, and trusted that the case of the unfortunate individual would be taken into consideration. • CRIMINAL LAW. _ _ Sir J. MACKINTOSH gave notice, that on the first of May he should submit a motion to the House respecting the Crimi nal Law. AGRICULTURAL DISTRRSS. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from Richmond, in York shire, complaining of Agricultural Distress. It was sinned, the Hon. Member said, by nearly 1000 individuals of hi re spectability, owners and occupiers of land at Richmond and in its vicinity. That part of the country was distinguished for its fertility and the industry . of its inhabitants, so that it was evident there could be no foundation for the idea which had been thrown out that the North was generally free from that devastation which was sweeping away the agriculturists. The petitioners would have entrusted their petition to the Noble Member for Yorkshire, had be not been confined by illness ; and they would not entrust it to the Hon. Member (Mr. Wort ley) because they did not approve of his politics, and conceived that he was not attached to their interests. They had autho rized him (Mr. Sykes) to say that they did not join the Hon. Member in his approbation of the expo:6 of the Noble. Mar quis, and they did not think that the reduction of a shilling per bushel on malt was all the relief that the agriculturists had a right to expect ; and they had particularly ranarked that the Hon. Member had given no one vote this Session in favour of retrenchment. He (Mr. Sykes) merely statel the opinion of the petitioners on this subject without giving his own : his principal object being to give the Honourable Member an opportunity of answering the complaints of some of his con stituents. _ _ The petitioti was then brought up. and read. It complained generally of distress, and prayed for relief, by the passing of some measure which should enable the petitioners to obtain a fair price for their produce. Mr. STUART WORTLEY thanked the Linn. Member for giving him the opportunity he had mentioned. Ile had paid attention to the Petition on its being. tead, but he did not hear that his votes or any votes were the subject of complaint. All that the Petitioners wanted appeared to be high prices, and high prices he should be happy to find for them if he could. The Hon. Member should in fairness have stated that in this respect his Noble Colleague was as indisposed as himself to forward the views-of the Petitioners. He (Mr. S. Wortley) would, he repeated, be happy to give them the means of ob taining high prices, but he was determined net to do so at the expense of the outer classes of the community.—(Hear, hear I) —His opinion was, that the first security of the country was in the maintenance of its public credit ; and ft was because he did not wish to touch this security that he had objected to take off taxes. He thought the Petitioners had been grossly misled, and if their doctrines and those df Mr. Webb Hall were adopt ed, a dangerous convulsion would follow. With respect to his approbation of the plans of the Noble Marquis, he could only say that he still thought it was most satisfactory to find there was a surplus Revenue of five millions. He did not mean to assert that his opinions were infallible any more than those of other people, but such as they were he. gave them. Had he not voted according to his conscience, he should most sensibly feel any reproof from his 'respectable Constituents; but whe ther his opinions were right or wrong he had voted upon them. Those opinions were altogether unchanged ; and had he to give every vote over again, each vote would be the same as the formes.—(Hear, hear, hear!) Mr. N. CALVERT said, he really should like to hear how farmers were to live, in the present state of things, without high prices. He for one must say, that if he were relieved a little from those grievous burthens, taxes, poor-rates, and tithes ; if in short, the English were placed -on an equality. with the French grower, he would have no objection to all the ports being thrown open ; for, with fair play, he was sure the English farmer, could- compete -with all the world. He only *anted a living profit. : The Petiticin wag then ordered to lie on the table. A Message from the Lords here announced their Lordships' assent to several Bills. _ _ _ - • . Mr. HOME DRUMMOND presented a Petition from an individual at Glasgow, complaining that the restriction upOn Scotch Distillation was unfair in its operation, and gave an undue advantage to Ireland. After a few words from Mr. -H. BLAIR, we believe in favour of Petition, Mr: S. WORTLEY said, he certainly thought considerable relierwould be offered to agriculture by the bonding of barley.. Mr.. LUSHINGTON said.a.few words (which were quite inaudible), in.answer to Mr. S.- Wortley, and the Petition was then referred to the Agricultural Committee: PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Mr. MABERLY moved that the orders of the House last year, from several returhs of particulars relating to the public accounts, should be renewed.—Ordered. Mr. MABERLY then said, that he trusted the= Returns would be made by . Wednesday next, as he had been compelled to postpone a motion which_ he conOdered of considerable im portance for want of them. His object was to see wliether a saving could not be effected in this branch of the pui!lic expenditure._ .He begged tq observe, that the RetUrns should not be produced by the day he hadllentioned, he should feel it to be his duty to move that the offfeers-whose business it was to produce the Returns sitbuld attend at the Bar of the House., Mr. LUSIIINOTON siiotieefeWwords which we-cottld not. hear, and the conversation then dropped. Mr. TIERNEY presented a Petition from certain Inhabi tants of Knaresborough against the BillforproViding a sum mary method of recovering Small Debts..-,Ordered to lie on the table. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL trills GALLERY,• for the EXHIBITION _R. and SALE of the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS, is OPEN daily from Ten in the Morning untiltri*re" in the Errol Errni ng. Admission • s.—Catalogue Is. Order, • JOHN YOUNG, keener. COMPOSITION FOR ASSESSED TAXES. NOTICE is hereby given, that Persons de sirous of COMPOUNDING for their ASSESSED. FAXES, or of RENEWING their former COMPOSITIONS under the provisions of the Act of the first and second George li/..cap. l is, may, on application to the Assessors er Collectors of the Parish in which they reside, or to the Surveyor of the District, receive the forms of notice applica hte to their cases; which forms must he returned by them, with the de:larations therein required, properly filled up, as prescribed by the. Act, on or. before the sth day of April, )84 - 2. 'By order of the Board, MATTHEW WINTER, Sec. Office for Taxes . , Somerset House, Landon, March 1, 1842. - THE DISSOLUTION of the :NORWICH UNION SOCIETY for mutual Insurance, occasioning a number of Persons to look around for an establishment, to whiCh they may commit their protection, without fear of liti g►ation_asul dissrppointment—the tindersivied recommend the plan and character of the COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE to their notice and inquiry. A large original Capital, in addition to the Funds drawn from Insuranc:.., afford the amplest means of indemnity to sufferers. The disposition of the Managers has kept pace with their means, Sixty-Four Thousand Per- Sobs have sought protection in . the County Office, and have 'found it. - Claims. :have been paid. to .One Thousand Three Mildred and Fitly Claimants, and not a single Litigation has occurred with any Claimant. Exempt from the Expences of Lawsuits, and also from the sacrifices to which sortie Offices submit to procure business, great accumulations have been made. In these, persons who now Insure \participate equally With the original . Members:-Returns of 25 and 20 per cent. in consequence, have been invariably paid to all persons who have continued Insured seven years, upon Annual as well as upon Siptennial Policies.-36,0001.' hate been returned in this way io . abotil 40,006 persoris Insuret4 'within the last eight vear4—an imptirtant advantage which no other Insurance 'Office Words. Acting-on these p rinciples so many years, in 'uninterrupted harmony and unrivalled success, it is not sur prising that the business of the County Fire-Office should augment in a degree alto g ether unprecedented—an enlighten ed public naturally pref erring approtred conduct and solid advantages to endless delusions, lawsuits, and disappoint- . meats. Thomas Webb Agent. at 'Brentford . Purcell & Nicholls : '— Brixton George Lever Camden-Town William Greig ....... City Road John Johnson Newington-Butts Joseph Rawlins Pentonville Thosias Single -- Stepney THE QUARTERLY. REVIEW, No. LII. will be published on SATURDAY NEXT. CONTENTS. 1. DOBRIZHOFFER—Account of the ABIPONES.—; 11. Bishop of St. David's Vindication •of 1 John, v. 7." 111, KOTZEBUE, Voyage of Discovery.—lV. Memoirs of a Life passed in Pennsylvania.—V. 'BUCKINGHAM'S Travels in Palestine.—Vl. Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.- - VII. Memoires du Due de Lauzun.—Vlll. WESTERN CA LEDONIA.--IX. State of WEIGHTS and MEASURES. — X. Memoirs of the KIT-CAT CLUB.—XI. KER PORTER— . Travels in Georgia, Persia, Bee.-XII. The PIRATE. by the Author of DUGALD STEWARrS Second Dissertation.— XIV. MALTE4MUN'S Spurious Voyages.—XV. COLONIAL POLICY. Printed for ioltNl MURRAY, Alhemarle-street, London. STII.ICTUREs CURED. BY a new Method the above troublesome Co:nplaint is entirely eradicated (without the use of Bougie or Caustic), whether of long or shot t standinz, ex cept constitutional, as well as all weaknesses generally ac companying it, and in a short time the whole system is re established, being one of the greatest discoveries ever made. By JOHN LYNCH, 44, Duke-street, St. James's. . Respectable references will be given if required.—All Let ters to be post-paid. • Just published, price 51. 6d. !Pio.' A PRACTICAL TREATISE on NERVOUS, BILIOUS, and INFLAMMATORY AFFECTIONS; with a new Me thod of Curing . Strictures without tbd use of Bougii or Caustic. With an Appendix on the Diseases of Wonsan and Children.' Printed for the Author, John Lynch, 44, Duke-street, St. James's. PARLIAIVIENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27. The Earl of SII.4TTESBURY laid on the table certain papers relative to Ilchester-gaol, ordered by his Majesty in consequence of an address of the House.--Sundry accounts, pursuant to Act of Parliament, were . presented, and also returns under the Act of the 57th of the late King, for regulating public offices, were presented from the Treasury.—Several private Bills were brought up from the Commons and read a first time. Lord MELVILLE moved for a copy of the Com mission for executing the office of Lord High Admiral. He also gave notice, that he should to=morrow present a Bill for amending the Act relative to the Board of Admiralty. That Act provided, that. not less than three Lords should form a Board to execute the duties of the office of Lord High Admiral, but the Bill he meant to introduce would propose 'that two should form a Board. ORDERS OF THE HOUSE. Sir THOMAS TYRWIIITT, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, stated that Mr. Adrian, of the Treasury, was in attendance. Mr. Adrian having appeared at the bar, stated, in answer to questions from the Marquis of Lans down, that he received an order of their Lord ships' House, dated the . 11th inst., and addressed to the Commissioners of Excise. He received it from a messenger of the House on the following day at twelve o'clock. He immediately wrote a letter, and transmitted the order to the . Com missioners of Excise for England. He also trans mitted a copy of the order and the letter to the Excise in Scotland and Ireland. The letter was in the usual form. It was signed by Mr. Lush ington, and stated that the. Order of the House of Lords was transmitted to the. Excise, in pur suance of the command of the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury, and requested that the returns should be made out as speedily as possible. The letter to the Commissioners of Excise for England was sent by one of the Treasury mes sengers. The witness was then examined relative to the order of the House, dated the 22d, directing the production of the returns forthwith. lie recol lected receiving it from Mr. Wagner, the door keeper, on the 23d. He immediately wrote an other letter, which he transmitted as before to the-Commissioners of Excise for England, Ire• CARLTLE'S SHOPMAN. Dr. LUSlllNiiiir•fsaia,thattii; Petition to which he was about to call the attention of the House, was from a person in humble circumstances, only 17 years of age, suffering under the sentence of the law ; and suffering as the Petitioner com plained unjustly. He complained that the Jury who tried him had previously passed an opinion on his case, by convicting another person for publishing the same paper for publishing which he was himself indicted, a circumstance which the Peti tioner submitted, disqualified the Jury from trying him. He (the Dr.) considered it most important to the administration of justice, that the Trial by Jury, the proudest boast of our ancestors, the best monument of their wisdom, should be pre served in its original . purity. This was particularly necessary where the imputed crime was of a deep complexion, for the mind was too apt to receive a sort of prejudice against a per son who was charged with any offence of great enormity. The name of the Petitioner was George Barkley, and it appeared that he was one of the victims of the Society usurping to itself the name of Constitutional. The trial took place on the 4th of the present month before the Common Serjeant of the city of London ; and at the commencement of the trial the Peti tioner's Counsel objecfedlo the proposed Jury, on the ground of their having three days before tried and convicted one John Aramplew, for publishing the, same libel as that which was mentioned in the indictment against the Petitioner.— The Common Serjeant was of opinion that the objection was not well founded, and the trial was allowed to proceed. Now, he (the Doctor) was clearly of opinion that the Jury by their former verdict had prejudged the Petitioner's case; and, according to Lord Coke, such a Jury were disqua lified. That great lawyer laid down, that a jury who had previously decided The substantial matter in issue, even though it were between other 'parties ' were disqualified. He (the Doctor) conceived that the substantial issue was, whether the paper set forth in the indictment was or was not a libel, and that the Jury had decided on the former trial. Indeed, it was impossible to suppose that the Jury could come to the question with minds perfectly unbiassed. One of the principal sup porters of the liberty of the press was Mr. Fox's celebrated Bill, which'gave to the Jury the power of deciding upon the whole matter in issue, the law as well as the fact ; a right which had been usurped by preceding Jud,ges. The advan tage of this Bill had been taken away from the petitioner ; for the Jury having previously decided upon the question of libel,' had only to dispose of that as to the publication. The facts he spoke of were attested by the Foreman of the Jury, and se veral by-standers of respectability. The Counsel for the pro seciition, in his address to the Jury, referred them to the argu ments of his speech on the former trial: The petitioner's Counsel had not'been present at that trial ; and how then was it possible that he could reply to those arguments ? But this was not all ; for the conduct of the Judge himself, the Com nion Serjeant, was not just and impartial. In his ;charge to the Jury instead of exerting all his abilities to-induce the Jury to divest their minds of all that had passed on the former trial, he actually referred to that trial, and said he could not understand how the Jury could posSibly come to an opinion different froth-their former one. He had thus urged them to consistency. He (the Doctor) trusted' that his Hon. and Learned Friends opposite would have candour enough to admit that this was misconduct. He would ask them whether, if they had to prosecute several indictments for the same libel, and one of the prisoners had been acquitted, whether they would have the Jury try the remaining indictments ? Whether his Learned Friends would say to that Jury, " You have al ready come to a decision, on your oaths, upon the matter in question, and we now ask you to come to a different deci sion ?" He was sure his Hon. and Learned Friends would not be guilty of such absurdity ; and, a fortiori, ought the Judge to have summed up against the prisoner as he had done in this case. This poor boy, who had fallen into the fangs of this As-' sociation, could get no list of the Jury against him ; but the usual course had been taken by his Counsel ; and it was most remarkable that the Jury deliberated thirty-rive minutes before they returned a verdict, although they had already convicted upon the same publication. No one could say that new doubts had not occurred to the minds of the Jury, or that it was not possible that their former opinion, and the Judge's reminding them of it, had some influence upoh their second decisitn ; es pecially as theyhad recommended the Petitioner to mercy. He was sentenced to -six months imprisonment ; and the sen tence upon one of the other prisoners, eorNicted for the same libel,was that he,' should be Imprisoned two 'years, acid give secu rity for his good behaviour for life. The 'Petitioner, however Pzact Shvt,z4Ptiict.' had been sent to the - Poultry Co' niPter, and pUt to herd labour ; a punishmant not inflicted,, he believed, fOr such an offence at any time within the preceding 25 _yearS. The offend it should be reeollected, was merely thapoblication of opinion-- of opinions which it might be kund were entertained 14 many then present, if it were possible to dive into their hearts. Hard labour formed no part of the Sentence passed upon this maxi. He (the Doator)underetood that when a person was sentenced to be imprisoned_ in the House of Correction, hard labour fol lowed as a matter of course, and he belieVed that in the Present case it had been interlined after the passing of the sentence.-- As for the general proceedings of this Society, he thought they had been productive of the greatest mischief, and that their ill judged, absurd proiecutions had been the means of disseinirrat ing the . very publicationi they were intended to suppress ; (Hear, hear, hear !)—and had converted the objects of them into martyrs and victinis.—(Cheers.)—He thought there should be snme highly responSible o ffi cer for conducting prosecutions of this description. 'When he recollected the consequence, of the proceedings of Sir Samuel Shepherd, as Attorney-General, against Mr. Hone ; when he remembered 4w learning,psit, wisdoni of that Hon. Gentleman, and that after all his proc ings_ had failed, lie had raised Mr. ilone from obscurity to com parative consequence, and had been the means of spreadinqis parodies all over the kingdom ;he really could not See w any man could be so absurd and wicked as-to support aSomety of this description, with neither discretion nor responsibility.at tached to it. The present Petitioner was an unfortunate indi vidual, but the circumstances of his case involved a most raae terial question respecting the Constitutional proceeding of Trip) by Jury a proceeding from the suppression of which he ob served recourse was had to every possible art. At thii peaCtice he looked with considerable jealousy ; particularly when a Journal avowedly supported by Ministers had stated that Juries - were no longer to be trusted, when military eanders were screened from public trial, and when hc heard it declared in that House that a standing army was necessary to protect our civil liberties. He thought that if, under all these cir cumstances, the House dil. not interfere, theie would be. an end, at least m practice, to the beitconstitutional establishments of the country. . • The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, he rose not to oppose the bringing up of the Petition, but in answer to the appeal which had been made to his candour by his Hon. and Learned Friend. Surely his Hon. and Learned. Friend could not have read the libel in question, for one more seditious and blasphe mous never issued from any press. Carlile was the author of it. lie had Oct the laWs at defiance for tWelve months, and had publicly declared that nothing -should prevent his going "on with his publications. He said that he would employ .the members of his family, who Were willing to ha Maityrs in the cause ; and upon their conviction, he would employ indi viduals at low salaries, to continue the Oak of 'the publica tions. He was quite as good as his word. He had put for ward his wife and his sister, who were both convicteti; and then, true to his promise, hehad hired persons in htunble si tuations, of whom the Petitioner was one, to continue: the business. Upon their apprehension, the tri ck was resorted to of selling pamphlets through an aperture in the Partition of the shop, so that the person of the publisher was effectuidly concealed ; and then, in open defiance, there had been a Pla card hi the shop window,, saying, " This is the mart -for blasPhemy and sedition." To put dowh such atrocious pro ceedings, it became a duty to prosecute their authors. 01.-the Society alluded to he knew, and he should say, nothing at all ; but to prosecute such offenders was a public duty in any one who could bring forward evidence sufficient to convict them.— The oajeCtion to the qualification of the Jury, which was the principal ground of complaint, might be answered in one. ien tence. It was very true that the objection had been takedby the Petitioner's Counsel, and that the Learned Judge who presided thought it was not a sound one. The Common Sre , leant invited te._ Petitioner's Cotinsel to put the obiectior, in the Shane of challenge 'to the individual Jurors, or the whole array, but the Counsel very prudentla declined doing so ;,fue the 'supposed objection was no ground:Of challenge at all, — (Hear, hear !)—The Judge had no right to postpone the tend without:- the acquiescence of the proseeutOrS, and such acquit:- cence was not given. He would read one single passage in the • ' libel All religion is a vice in society, and is the OiliTring of ignorance and credulity." Was it possible that twelve mtr. could entertain a doubt as to the character of such a publica tion ?a-(Heae, hear, hear ! s—With respect to the observations of his Honourable and Leareed Friend as to the hard labour imposed upon the Petitioner, that, he presumed, was riot matter of charge against the Learned Judge who tried the cause. As it was not included in the sentence, if the 'Peti tioner had been aggrieved by . any deviation from the sen tence; he had his remedy against the jailer in the Courts of Law, He (the Solicitor-General) however, understood, thee the Petitioner was not put to hard.labour ; and he believed there was some misunderetanding on the subject. By an Act of Parliament of his late Majesty, the jailer of the House of Correction had the poWer to compel such prisoners to work, as called for the prison allowance, in order that their sapport might not be a burthen to the public ; and it was that phibably which was done in the present case. A sentence to hard labhur for this species of offence was, however, by no means nev : arid it had been,followed up very often by calling on the prisoner to find security for his good behaviour during life. In the case alluded to by his Honourable•and LearnedPriend, the prisoner was sentenced not to find other security, but to give his own ; so that he waanot reduced to any very great difficulty by that part of the sentence. There were, he repeated, many legal au thorities for the sentence in cases similar to the, present. .Lerd Hale had paised such a sentence, and that, he believed, was an authority which would not be disputed by his Honourable and Learned Friend. Lord Kenyon and Lord Mansfield had also passed similar sentences. He trusted he had satisfied the House on the subject introduced by his Hop. and Learned Frierea ; though he had studiously avoided imitating his declamation.— He had risen, indeed principally to afford that explanation which he thought was due in . justice to the character of;the learned and highly-respectable Judge whose name had been men tionetl.—(H-ear ! ) Dr. - LUSHINGTON in raply . said, that the - flonourable and Learned Gentleman Opposite had not removed his charge that the individual whose petition he presenad had not had a fair trial. Neither could he admit, as had been stated, that Ole Learned Judge who presided.at that trial could not have sent it to a new Jury. • ' . The petition was read and ordered to be printed. GAOL DELIVERIES. -Sir ELIAB HARVEY presented a petition from the Gut - :a Jury of the County of Essex, the prayer of which was, that some means might be devised for an additional Jail *Delifery between the Summer and Lint Assizes. The -Hon. Bvtafatit observed, that there could be no question:of motioimpeirfasc, to the Administration of Justice throughout: the cOuntry,, th-Al that which was the subject of this petition. There cotrld - be,n, doubt that the period between the Summer and the Lent Ai sizes was too long for the country to be without any Jail Dell very, and the prisoners not to be brought to trial. At the end ,of this long term of imprisontnenn it frequently happened Ilia: many of the prisoners were discharged by Proclaination. the last Lent Assizes 22 were committed for trial, between'the beginning of Adgust preceding and•the 30th of Noiterriber.— Or these six were acquitted, and two discharged by 'Pio+ tnl.- tion, leaving the remaining number only for puniShitinst, and eight out of twenty-two only, who had sufferOd a 'mein:- prisonment unjustly. Not only must the intocent- sufresky such a system, but the law itself must be defrauded ; fat pro bably many committed were not afterwards prosicuted„frtm the inconvenience arising from the length of time which had elapsed previously to their trial. He moved that the Petition be brought up. Mr. WESTERN seconded the motion. He was aware that the subject of the petition was under the consideration of his Majesty's Governrrient,%and he hoped that it would not be imagined, in the few observations he should make, that he had any wish to 'interfere with the deliberations of persons iri high onicial situations. A Noble Lord opposite had said, some tisne back, that the matter would be taken into serious considerati'mn, and he assured the House that it was a subject mcst deeplyfelc out of doors. In consequence of an Act that was passed in the last Session of Parliament for building a new gaol in Essex, he had had opportunities of making himself acquainted •With the working of the present system, and he was satisfied of the great necessity there was for a more frequent gat' dolisfsy, in order to render more efficient the administratiehof justice. It was advisable on the secre of economy, as they , would-letsen by it the number of prisoners to be provided foc• also highly desirable, as afibreling the means of A irnof: (pan plete separation and classification of the prisoners ; arpiriligter ing the means of carrying into effect a more complete syitfem of -prison discipline. A circumstance bad lately .occurilled, which placed in a strong light 'the necessity of some%theifite in this part of the system. Ile alluded to what had lately , ttiken place at Maidstone, where from the number of prisonfitit; XT. Baron Utah= had been obliged to put ofF a number • . •