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he subject, because the English and Irish had been placed exactly on an equal footing, and both received the same salaries that former officers had received who had been en gaged in discharging the same duties. Mr. SPRING RICE could not conceive that there had been anything but justice, and the most perfect fairness, throughout the transaction. All that the Hon. Gentleman opposite seemed to desire was to have fair play as be tween the English and Irish, and there could be no doubt that the most even-handed justice had been dealt only. With respect to the removal of the Irish horn a cheap place to a place where the necessaries of life were much dearer, it was utt rly impossible in dealing with the Customs or Excise to make a scale of salary adapted for every different circumstance and every different situation. Mr. 0 CONNELL, in moving that the petition do lie on the table, observed that the justice in this case was the moat extraordinary justice that had been heard of. It might be called justice for the Irish, but such a course of proceeding could not be considered justice towards any other human beings under the sun ; and there was nothing that operated so much on the minds of the Irish people, as to observe this sort of partiality and justice. The petitioners from Ireland had had higher salaries--they now had lower ; they had been re moved from a cheap country to one where every thing was 150 per cent. dearer, and they now, forsooth, were to be told by the British Parliament that that was justice; a greater mistake could not be conceived ; and he' sin cerely trusted the subject would yet meet with something like humane consideration by the Legislature. Mr. HUNT said it appeared to him, from the Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman'. statement behind him, that in Ireland there had been certain officers who had been paid too high salaries--that there had been the same sort of officers in England at salaries too low— an,' that his Majesty's Government had now thought proper to equalize the condition of those officers. At all events, to his (Mr. Hunt's) ear this sounded like nothing but justice. If there was any injustice in it, the injustice was towards the English, and consisted in bringing over to this country (which he regretted as much as any man could do) the Irish people from their own dear country. Mr. SHAW said, the Hon. Member for Preston bad spoken in entire ignorance of the real facts. Persons in the higher class in Ireland had been removed from hence, and put into a lower situation; and it was a subject of almost universal complaint throughout Ireland, that all their public departments were filled with strangers. He could not help, when he heard the Secretary for the Treasury opposite boasting that the reductions which had taken place in Ireland were in the highest offices, recollect ing many cases within his own knowledge where the greatest injustice had been done to persons in the lower situations. This injustice occurred very frequently in the revenue. He had known it to occur particularly in the Post-office ; where all the lower situations were tilled with Scotch and Endi.h strangers who bad been sent there by some per sons or other, and since that packing had taken place, it was a❑ universal complaint that the letters and newspa pers there were never delivered so soon, or with such assi duity, as they hail previously been. Mr. LEADER also, in support of the petition, com plained of the Injustice which the petitioners represented t tey were experiencing. Mr. S. RICE could assure his Hon. Friends who had supported the petition, that the statements which had been made were very much exaggerated. On the part of the Board, under whose authority he acted, he might also state that attention should he paid to the subject, for the purpose of having fair play done to all parties. An Hon. Meml er had made allusion to the Irish Post-office, but be ought to bring the subject regularly before the House, and he should be prepared to defend the system that had been adopted in all its branches by his Noble Friend (the Postmaster-General), whereby an annual reduction in the establishment had been effected of 600,0001., a consideration which would undoubtedly have great weight with the House of Commons. 3lr. O'CONNELL said if the case of the present peti. tioners received consideration on its own merits, his object in bringing it forward would be accomplished. Mr. HUME felt great objection to the present system of paying public officers by means of fees, and wished to submit a motion upon the subject. It was not a new subject of complaint. In the times of Burke it was a crying evil. To have the officers paid by fixed salaries would be greatly promoting the despatch of business, and be more satisfactory to the public service. It appeared by a return, that in 1826 and 1827, the amount of fees regulated by Act of Parliament, and brought to the public account, amounted to 130,1271., whilst the amount of fees not so regulated, at the will and pleasure of the officer at the head of the department, but admitted to be received, was 165,0001. In order, therefore, to pre pare for a motion on the subject, he would move now for a return of the amount of all fees for the last ' two years collected in any of the public offices of the United Kingdom, regulated and not regulated by Act of Parliament. The motion was agreed to. Mr. HUME, adverting to the Bill which he bad brought in on the subject of the fees charged to individuals for the renewal of their offices and commissions on the death of his late Majesty, expressed his disappointment at the failure of the Bill to prevent the imposition against which it was directed. He complained that the late Government had misinterpreted the Act. In 1812, Mr. Ponsonby intro duced an Act, providing that, on the demise of George 111., no fees should be required from individuals on the renewal of any office or commission. The provisions of that Act had been strictly complied with. Previous to the demise of his late Majesty, be (Mr. Hume) had brought in a Bill of a similar nature, the passing of which, how ever, had been delayed until after the Royal demise. The Hon. Member here read two clauses of the Act in ques tion, the one prohibiting all fees on the renewal of offices or commissions, the other admitting that some allowance should be made for the expellee of parchment, paper, and other materials. The Treasury, without having the tables of the fees charged before them, directed, with reference to the latter clause, and by one sweeping recommendation, that half the amount of the fees should be taken as that allowance. In exemplification of the evils arising from the system of fees, the Hon. Member read extracts of a memorial on the subject to the Lords of the Treasury from the Yeomen of his Majesty's Guard. Every Yeoman of the Guard—and, be it remembered, his place had cost him :3471.—paid fees to the amount of 91. 19s. 6d., claimed for the renewal of his commission on the accession of William IV. It was high time that the sale of these and all other offices should be put an end to. The greater part of the 3471. to which he bad alluded went to the Captain of the Guard, who thereby obtained about 1,000/. a year; fur there were a hundred yeomen of the guard, and the aver age of annual casualties was three or four. The salary was only 391. 181. 4d. The answer made to the memorial by the Treasury (signed John Stewart) was to the effect that the fees on the re-appointment of the memorialists bad been correctly charged according to the Act of Parliament. He (Mr. Hume) contended that those charges were not accord ing to the Act of Parliament—that they were overcharges. After enumerating the various items in addition to 3151. given to the Captain of the Guard, of which the sum of 347/. 10s., paid by one of the yeomen for his original appointment, was made up, the Hon. Gentleman pro ceeded to observe, that the time was rapidly approaching when it would behove Parliament to take into serious con sideration the abolition of fees of all kinds. He thought that the fees of that House were a reproach to it. He had never had a Private Bill to conduct without having had to pay fees to the amount of 2401, on a single Bill, 4001. on a double Bill, and 6001. on a treble Bill ; and the latter merely, perhaps, because there was an additional clause in troduced. To his knowledge, there were several parishes oppressed by rates, which, nevertheless, owing to the amount of the fees, were unable to approach the House for the pur pose of regulating them. All the lees paid in that House, however, were paid according to law ; not so the fees paid elsewhere. In order that the subject might be fully betore the House, he would move an humble address to his Ma jesty, praying that be would be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before the Hones an account of the several fees and stamp duties now charged on the appoint ment to every office, commission, grant, &c. civil, mili tary, or ecclesiastical, within the kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Wales, the town of Berwick, the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, the foreign posses sions of his Majesty, &c., also to whom, and by what authority, those fees were paid, &c. Lord ALTHORP could not call upon private persons not connected with the Crown to give an account of their emoluments. He suggested that the Hon. Member should insert the words " under the Crown," and add " together with the appropriation." Mr. GOULBURN protested against the Hon. Member's using his (Mr. H.'s) own farrago of a Bill instead of the Act itself.—The motion was agreed to. Mr. HUME moved for a co 2y of the Insolven` Act of New South Wales, with the correspondence of Government thereupon. He stated that his object was to show that certain very exceptionable persons had been appointed ley the Governors of Colonies, and he particularly alluded to certain officers in New South Wales, who had taken the benefit of General Darling's Insolvent Act, and were yet retained in their situations. Lord HOWICK did not intend to offer the least oppo sition to the motion. He wished, however, to state that the persons alluded to were no longer in office ; and that the recall of General Dailing at thi expiration of his six y-ars, in conformity with Mr. Huskiason's Act, implied no censure. MAGISTRATES OF IRELAND. Colonel PERCEVAL moved for a copy of any general warrant made by the Secretary of the Irish Lord Chan cellor, for the county of Sligo ; also, for a return of the number of Dedimus issued therefrom ; and, also, for the number of separate warrants, if any, that were issued. He complained, in the name of the Magistrates of Ireland, of the fees dem ended upon the renewal of their commis sions as an odious, vexatious, and most unjust exaction. He contended that the charges were unfounded in law; and fully disclaiming all idea of offering personal offence to the Lord Chancellor, accused him, in his public character, of countenancing an odious exaction. Sir R. BATESON seconded the motion. Mr. STANLEY would not make the slightest opposi tion to the motion, and observed that the duty of regula ting these fees did not appertain to the Secretary for Ireland. Charges had often been made against the pre sent Government without the slightest foundation. One charge was, that the Government had sent a letter to the Lords Lieutenants of the different counties, desiring them not to appoint clergymen to commissions of the peace. It had been asked why that letter was not produced ? The answer was, that there was no such letter ; but when he denied the charge put forward, he could not but say, at the same time, that, under the peculiar circumstances in which Ireland was at present placed, he could not help thinking that the fewer the clerical Magistrates appointed tke better.—(Hear, hear.) He wished, too, to answer another charge that he knew had been brought against the Government : it was this, that they had not given notice to the Magistrates of Sligo that the old commissions were at an end. He denied that charge. The best notice that the Government could give had been given. The Magistrates were informed of the recently passed Act of Parliament, by the provisions of which it was distinctly directed that their commissions should cease on a certain day. A question had been asked about the payment of fees by the Magistrate, and the payment of fees on the general war rant of each county, and a charge had been made against the Chancellor for receiving these fees. Now he begged to say, in the most distinct terms, that the Chancellor did not receive one shilling of the money—(Hear, hear)—but according to the Act of Parliament, the Chancellor's Se cretary was entititled to a certain fee for each war:ant issued to each Magistrate. He admitted that there was an objection to the system itself, and that the Irish Ma • gistrates ought not to pay more for their warrants of ap pointment than was paid by the Magistrates of England under similar circumstances ; but still, if the fees de- , mended were legally due, he must say that the Magis trates did not set a good example to the people if they showed the people that they could resist payments illegally imposed, and by that resistance could defeat the law and embarrass the Government.—(Cheers.) They had heard a great deal of the resistance of the people to the payment of tithes. No man condemned that resistance more than he did ; but let those who condemned them in the strongest terms—let those who cried out against the lower classes—let those who assumed to be the exclusively loyal gentlemen of Ireland, beware bow they encourage the people of Ireland in resistance to the law.—(Cheers.) Colonel CONOLLY asserted that all the blame in this matter was attributed to the Treasury, who had issued the order for the payment of these fees, and not to the Chancellor. He himself had not taken out his com mission. These fees ought to be remitted, and the Trea sury might remit them. He asserted that the Magistrates had been very ill treated by the Government. Mr. STANLEY, in explanation, said, that the course the Magistrates ought to have pursued was to pay the fees, and then to remonstrate against the legality of the charge. The Magistrates complained of the lawless state of the country. Why they might have put themselves i❑ the situation of removing that state by the payment of V. 13a.6d. Sir R. BATESON disclaimed having had any personal motives in what he had said. Colonel CONOLLY re-asserted that the Magistrates were not properly supported by the Government. Lord ALTHORP wished to state the course which the Treasury meant to pursue on the present occasion. The Treasury had issued a minute on the subject, by which only such a sum was to be taken for the trouble incurred as would afford a fair compensation for that trouble. The present Treasury had, in their communication with the Irish Government, enclosed the minute of a former Treasury and had adopted that as the guide of their proceedings. Mr. SHEIL remarke on the evident inconsistency which existed between I-lon. Members on the subject. One Hon. Member had not taken out his commission on account of these fees. He should like to ask that Hon. Member whether he was a Magistrate at the time of the death of George HI. ?—[The Hon. Member answered that he was.) What then was the fee which he had paid on the renewal of his commission ?—[The Hon. Member answered, None.l At least, then, the Hon. Member could ❑ot deny that this fee was legal, for it was imposed by Act of Parliament. If legal, it should have been paid ; and if illegal, still it should have been paid, though under a pro test, and a complaint to Parliament would at wise have redressed the illegality. The Hon and Learned Member expressed his full concurrence with the comparison which had been drawn by the Right Hun. Secretary for Ireland, between the resistance of the payment of these fees, and the resistance of the payment of tithes. lonel CONOLLY had entered into no combination of the sort in the county with which he was more particularly connected, for he was at variance with all the Magistrates of the county.—(Much laughter.) He had only declined to take out his commission in order that he might wait to see what was done. Mr. SHAW said, that the question was not one as to the legality or illegality of the fee. The question was, whether the separate warrants to each Magistrate should issue at all? He contended that there was no necessity for separate warrants. The Act said, that those who made out the warrants should be remunerated ; but he denied that it was their duty to make out separate warrants. He took a distinction between the general deditnus and the separate warrant to each Magistrate. He condemned Government in this matter. Mr. CRAMPTON said, that the question really was nothing more than a question between certain magistrates of Ireland and certain officers of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite had put the question on the narrow ground of the necessity of issuing a separate warrant for each magistrate. Such warrants had been for time immemorial used. Sir E. SUGDEN said, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (rsir. Cratnpton) had, in his argument, begged the whole question ; for he had assumed all through that the payment of these fees was legal. That was the very point at issue. As to the amount being paltry, that was of very little consequence ; for an English gentleman, if the sum involved only amounted to three pence, would not submit to that demand if he thought it was an extortion. Mr. RUTHVEN complained of the attacks made on the magistracy of Ireland ; and he especially objected to the sweeping condemnation of the alleged combination of the magistracy not to pay legal demands ; be had not yet paid his fees; but that had entirely arisen from accident, and he therefore thought that he had a right to complain. Mr. O'CONNELL pledged his reputation as a lawyer, that the demand of these fees was illegal. Colonel PERCEVAL replied; and complained of the taunting manner in which he had been treated by the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland.—Motion agreed to. On the motion of Mr. CROKER, further returns were ordered, to show the dates of the general warrants issued for each county i❑ Ireland ; and the copy of the letter of the Secretary of the Irish Lord Chancellor to the magis trates of counties. REFORM. The House went into Committee on the Reform Bill. On clause 28 being announced from the Chair, Lord ALTHORP proposed the introduction of words requiring that the rates and assessed taxes should have been paid for twelve months previous to registration. Mr. CROE ER thought that the clause, as now worded, would be productive of much mischief; and he thought that this might be remedied by reverting to the principles of the two former Bids. After a conversation, in which Colonel SIBTHORPE, Mr. CRESSET PELHAM, and Lord ALTHORP engaged, Mr. POLLOCK suggested that ae latter part of the clause should be separated from the former, and should be made a separate clause. Lord ALTHORP had no objection to adopt this sug gestion of the lion and Learned Gentleman. The clause was then agreed to, after a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. HUNT, and Lord ALTHORP. On clause 29 being read, Mr. STUART WORTLEY reminded the Noble Lord (Russell) that he had last Session given notice of his in tention to bring in a Bill, in connection with the present Bill, for the none eff_ctual prevention of bribery and cor ruption. He (Mr. Wortley) wished to know whether the Noble Lord adhered to his intention? Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply to the Hon. Gentle man's question, intended, in compliance with that notice, to introduce a Bill to prevent briber), although he believed, at the same time, that the present Bill, in its working, would render such a measure less necessary than heretofore. The 29th clause was then agreed to. The 30th clause was also passed without observation. When clause :31 was read, Sir R. PEEL expressed his unqualified approbation of the alteration in the present Bill, as compared with that of last Session, by which the rights of the successors of elec tors in cities ; towns, and boroughs, were preserved. The Right Hon. Baronet rejoiced the more in this amendment, because it had been proposed last Session by an Hon. Re lation, the Member for Newcastle, and rejected. Lord ALTHORI' doubted whether the alteration was an improvement; it had been made in deference to the wishes of many, and it was not inconsistent with the prin ciple of the Bill. Lord Milton, Mr. Schonswar, Mr. Goulburn, and Sir G. Murray, each said a few words in favour of the clause as it now stood. Captain BOLDERO excited some laughter on both sides by complaining that the Bill of last Session had been im properly hurried through the House of Commons. The Hon. and Gallant Member proceeded to argue against the deprivation of the elective franchise which the Bill inflicted on soldiers and sailors, who were necessarily non-resident at the places in which they would otherwise have enjoyed that right. The latter observation occasioned a short discussion, in which Sir G. Murray, the Attorney• General, Sir G. Cockburn, Mr. A. Trevor, Mr. Goulburn, Lord Althorp, &c., participated. Several verbal amendments were agreed to. Mr. LENNARD moved an amendment to preserve the rights of the daughters of freemen. Lord ALTHORP objected to the amendment. The present Bill made the rights of freemen perpetual, which constituted a great difference between this Bill and the last. To consent to the motion would create many difficulties. Mr. WESTERN supported the amendment. Mr. STRICKLAND objected to it. Sir G. CLERK supported it. The Committee then divided— For the amendment. Against it 75 Majority The clause, with the verbal amendments, was then agreed to. The House resumed. Mr. BERNAL reported progress, and asked leave to sit again to-morrow (this day). Mr. A. TREVOR presented a petition from Stockton upon-Tees, praying for one representative. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two o'clock. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, At the Court at St. James's, the Oth day of February, 1532. PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart. and the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson were, by command of his Ma jesty, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. CROWN.OFFICE, Fc.u. 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH OF DuNwiciL—The Right Hon. William Lowther, commonly called Viscount Lowther, of Lowther.castle, in the county of Westmorland, in the room of the Hon. Charles Pratt, commonly called Earl of Brecknock, who has accepted the Chil tern Hundreds. THE PAVILION, BRIGHTON, JAN. 26. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon General Josiah Champagne, Colonel of the 17th Foot, Military Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 6. 3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant -General Kenneth Alexan der Lord Howard of Effingham, G.C.B. front the 70th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir G. Don, deceased, Jan. 30. 70th Foot—Lieut.-Gen. G. J. Hall, from the 99th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lord Howard of Effingham, appointed to the 3d Foot, Jan. 30. 99th Foot —Nfajor-Gen. Sir T. Reynell, Bart. and K.C.B. to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-Gen. G. J. Hall, appointed to the 70th Foot, Jan. 30. GARRISONS.—Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Grant, on half-pay 23d Light Dragoons, to be Governor of Scarborough Castle, vice General Sir G. Don, deceased, Jan. 30. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex. Sir H. W. Wilson, Knt., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; and J. B. Stane, Jun. Esq. to be ditto, Nov. 29 , 1831. East Essex Regular Militia. Ensign G. Blake, to be Captain, vice Anderson, N0v.99, 1831. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLI AM JACKSON, Maidstone, Kent, jeweller. JOHN PURSGLOVE, Hurstmonceux, Sussex, brewer. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JAMES SIMISTER, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton spinner. THOMAS PARSLEE LUCK, High-street, Borough, lace. man. BANKRUPTS. PHGBE HA MMERSLEY FENTON, Liverpool, milliner, to surrender Feb. 29 and March 20, at two, at the Golden Lion Inn, Liverpool. Vincent, Temple, London ; Bartley and Ito. berts, Liverpool. WATICIN MEYRICK JONES, Mold, Flintshire, maltster, Feb. IS and March 20, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Li verpool. Holden, Liverpool; Walmsley, Keightley, and Per kins, Chancery.lane, London. ELISHA TURNER, Crown-row, Walworth, Surrey, hosier, Feb. 17 and March 20, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Smith, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. JOHN STEPHENS, Red Lion-court:Fleet-street, bookseller, Feb. 14 and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Taylor, Furnival's Inn. WILLIAM TAYLOR CORER, Lime-street, bide-broker, Feb 21, at twelve, and March 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carter and Gregory, Lord Mayor's Court Office. ROBERT SMITH, Salisbury, haberdasher, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 20, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Crocker, King-street, Cheapside. EDWIN SAVILL, Esher, Surrey, miller, Feb. 16, at one, snd March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carter and Gregory, Lord Mayor's Court-office, Royal Exchange ; Graham, Official Assignee, Copthall.buildings, London. ROBERT AL DERTON, Charlotte -street, Blackfriars-road, carpenter, Feb. 16, at twelve, and March 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Coombe, Tokenhouse-yard ; Clark, St. Swithen's-lane, Official Assignee. GEORGE HIBBARD, Bath, maltster, Feb. 20 and March 20, at ten, at the Christopher Inn, Bath, Fisher, Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM HOWELLS, Monythuslovne, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper, Feb, 14, 15, a nd M arc h 00, at eleven, at the Offices of Messrs. Prothero and Phillips, Newport, Monmouthshire. Platt and Hall, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's- Inn. BERKELEY KING, Charlotte.street, Rathbone-place, lithographic-printer, Feb. '2O and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pike, Boyle-street, Saville-row, London. THOMAS WEBB and WILLIAM PRITCHARD, Ping wen lly, Monmouthshire, and ZEP H A NIA WILLIAMS, Machen, coal-merchants, Feb. 17 and March 20, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Newport, Monmouthshire. Platt and Hall, New Boswell -court, Lincoln's-Inn. HARRY IBRISTON WILSON, Lawrence-Poulteney Hill, London, boarding-house-keeper, Feb. 14, at half-past ten, and March 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Burn, Token house-yard; Clark, Official Assignee, St. Swithin's lane. WILLIAM FLOWER, Cann, Dorsetshire, coal-merchant Feb. 29 and March 20, at two, at the Grosvenor Arms Inn, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire. Robins, Southampton-buildings„ Chancery-lane ; Chitty, Shaftesbury. FRANCIS WILLIAM DEWEY, Huggin_lane, Wood-street, glover, Feb. 14, at eleven, and March 20, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tucker, Basinghall-street. Z AC HA RI AH BARNES HOUGHTON, Liverpool, timber. merchant, Feb. 20 and March 20, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Carter, Liverpool. EDWARD CHANDLER PARKINSON, Greens Gate, Yorkshire, apothecary, Feb. 14, at six, 15, and March 20, at ten, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford. GEORGE BOULTON POYNTON, Oxford-street, woollen_ draper, Feb. 17, at one, and March 20, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jones, Sise-lane. WALTER SWYER, Shaftesbury, common-brewer, Feb. 2 and March 20, at eleven, at the Grosvenor Arms Inn, Shaftes bury. Robins, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; Chitty Shaftesbury. fLLI AM KNIGHT, St. Neot's, Huntingdon, draper, Feb. 14 and March 20, at twelve, at the Falcon Inn, St. Neot's. Grose and Burfoot, Temple, London ; Beedham, Kimbolton, Hun tingdonshire. JAMES MARKS, Foley-place, Middlesex, horse-dealer, Feb. 10, at eleven, and March 20, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fisher, Queen-street. FRANCIS DUNN, Holderness, Yorkshire, miller, Feb. 17 and March 20, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-i, p - Hull. Walmsley, Keighticy, and Parkin, Chancery-lane; Dry_ den, Hull. WILLIAM GLEN and CRAIG ARCHIBALD mATTmE, Liverpool, merchants, Feb. 22 and March 20, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Miller and Peel, Liverpool; Taylor, Roscoe, and Turner, King's Bench-walk, Temple. DIVIDENDS. T. and J. J. Johnson, Lant-street, Southwark, carpenters, Feb. 24, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—FeHowes, Aldersgate street, broker, Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy— T. Crickmore, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate Without, pewterer and beer-engine-manufacturer, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—R. Wright, Theobald's-road, and Harpur-street, builder, March 1, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Acker man, Bruton, Somersetshire, woollen-draper, March 9, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—T. Farmer, Coventry, sad dler, March I, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry—E. Norris and T. Hodgson, Manchester, cotton-spinners, Feb. 9, at four, at the York Hotel, Manchester—T. Salter, Tiverton, Tiverton "'eh- 29 , at twelve, t, , Rochdale, sl lljoanno.ctuehi,7 it Manchester—it. Kings_i_, i e i n i t 1 .; stationer, March 3, at twelye, at the Three Tuns Inn, —C. Potter, Scarborough, coach-painter, at the George Inn, Scarborough—W. Sawbridge, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer, March 1, at twelve, at the Craven Arms dm i Ir merchants, W. r. : ,ih l r , ii, ,a, xn C ot s o n ,I Marche Feb.o' . t 2 r 1 ‘, y ia - 02t x ' t ,e 1 . o i . eleven, vt, He twelve, n . a : n a n d i dj thee. o a tt Yorkl It , oh late xe on h , i Kingston o i p K t e f i l ton-upon-Hull. CERTIFICATES—FEL J. Treasure, of Monythusloyne, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper— T. and S. Starey, Croydon, bleachers—Henry Carver Pratt, Nor wich, linen-draper—J. Garraway, Batheaston, Somersetshire, baker—J. Lockwood, Hudd e r s fi e ld , c l oth-merchant—R. H. Alcock, Coventry, timber-merchant—R. Platt, Cateaton-street, warehouseman-3. Willis, Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, hotel keeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Sutton and W. E. Byles, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, coal-merchants—J. Martin, jun. and H. Martin, Cowfield, Sussex, farmers—E. Butler, jun. and H. B. B u tl er, Birmingham, brass founders—W. Higgins and W. Hi gg i ns , j un., Northfleet, Kent, mill-wrights—J. Hoyle and C. Lyon, M anc h ester, andwine-mer chants—R. akie3"; Pooley, a n d P . .& B ot i t e , Eagley Mills, L ancas hi re, small-ware Chadwick Illeakley, Norwich, woollen-manufacturers—B.. and I. S m i th, Bowling, Yorkshire, worsted-spinners—N. Whitley an d W. Daw. n a ufact u re son, Lepton, Yorkshire, coal-miners--J. Carroll and J. Rushton, Warrington, Lancashire, pin-makers—J. Bentinson and W. Hart, Newark-upon-Trent, joiners—G. Richmond and T. Crewd son, Lancaster, coopers—A. H. Drew and J. Fishwick, Totten ham-court-road, o ilman—J. Richardson and J. G o df rey, Berke ley-square, booksellers—J. Jones, J. Burton, and R. J J ones, Manchester, cotton-spinners—T. and J. E. Barnett, Minories, gun-makers—W. Stretch, sen. and W. Stretch, jun., Warring ton, grocers—H. Smethurst, jun. and E. Ismay, George-street, Blackfriars-road, hat-manufacturers —R. H. Smith and T. Hunt, Newport, Monmouthshire, wine-merchants—C. Hall and J . Mab , - manufacturer s ' bott, Bencliff-Mill, Lancashire, snu ff Jackson and J. Potts, Gateshead, Durham, spirit-merchants—N . Morel and G. Seddon, Great Marlborough-street, upholsterers—E, Foster, J. Land, and R. Land, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton. spinners—J. Haworth and I'. Whittaker, Clithero, Lancashire, brewers--,J. Adamson and J. Foster, Bradford, Yorkshire, car riers—J. Davies and T. E. Ward, Nesvtoun and Aberbehan, Montgomeryshire, litne-Plerchauts, * RECEPTION of DON PEDRO at NANTES (From L'Ami de le Charte, published at Nantes, of the 31st of January.) Don Pedro arrived at Nantes on the 28th instant, at five in the afternoon, by a steam-boat, accompanied by the Marquis de Louie, the Marquis de Palmella, M. Xavier, Minister of War; M. Monshino, Minister of Finance; Colonel Freire, President of the Cortes in Portugal ; the Chevalier d'Almeida, and several officers, who crowded the Port Maillard, and were received with shouts of " Vine Don Pedro"—" Vive la Liberte." This circum stance will not be to this Prince one of the least remark able attending his voyage to Nantes ; it proves to Don Pedro that the French people wish for the success of his enterprise, provided it should prove a triumph for liberty. Don Pedro proceeded to the Hotel de France, where a guard of honour attended, furnished by the line. In the evening he received the civil, military, and judicial autho rities, and the next day the ecclesiastical authorities. Sa turday, the first of the two balls took place for the benefit of the indigent. This fete was a very gratifying one, and Don Pedro took pleasure in attending it ; he danced with Mademoiselle de Saint Aignan, and the Marquis de Loule with Madame Saint Didier. All eyes are naturally turned towards the foreigners, who appear charmed with the curiosity of which they are the object, and the reception given to them. We had resolved to keep silence respecting the expedi tion prepared by Don Pedro, but, better informed as to the effect that the publicity of these details may produce in Portugal, we shall pursue henceforth a contrary course. Humanity and justice require the fall of Don Miguel, and the interests of France, henceforth truly constitutional, re quire that the Governments of the Peninsula should be at least modified by institutions which may be rendered as popular as our own. The success of the expedition of Dun Pedro, securing the establishment and maintenance of the Portuguese Constitution, and the triumph of liberal ideas in Portugal, will necessarily prepare that of Spanish liberty. Will France remain an indifferent spectator of the con test? Doubtless a fleet bearing our national colours will ap proach Oporto and Lisbon, to preserve our fellow-country men from the prey of the crowned tiger. Duc Pedro re spects the neutrality of France, but France is a maritime and mercantile Power, and will do all that the law of na tions permits in a neutral country. Don Pedro is the Commander-in-Chief of the expedition for his daughter, Donna Maria, the Queen of Portugal. _ _ The following is a correct list of the force of the expe dition which menaces Don Miguel. The naval force is as follows :—. Two frigates (at Be Heide) el I?eynha de Portugal and Donna Maria Seconda, one mounting 54 guns, with 500 men, and the other having 44 guns and 400 men. Three corvettes, one of 24 guns, with 250 me❑ (the Junon anchored at Belleisle) and two of 26 and 24 guns (at Terceira), Five brigs and galliots (at Belleisle.) Three brigs and three galliots (at Terceira.) Two bomb vessels of 250 tons, completely armed and equipped by a merchant at Dunkirk (at Belleisle). Two large steam vessels, the Superb and the Duke of Wellington, now at the quay at Nantes. A considerable number of large boats for the debarkation. A sufficient number of vessels have also been fitted up as transports. The following is the amount of the land forces :- 8,000 of the expeditionary troops, well disciplined and well appointed, assembled at Terceira. 2,500 men, recruited on the continent, and sent to Ter ceira by the ships fitted out for the expedition. 500 marines furnished by the fleet. 300 Portuguese volunteers. The general rendezvous of the expedition is at Terceira; the land and sea force are susceptible of augmentation ; and will, doubtless, exceed the list which we have here given. . . 1 - The ammunition, provisions, and requisite funds for the pay of the troops, which have been for three months on board the vessels at Belleisle, will be for three months more at Terceira. Never, even for English vessels, were the provisions furnished with more care or profusion. The personal spirit of the expedition is excellent. All the men are animated with the love of liberty, and resolved to conquer or die. The fleet is commanded by Admiral Sartorius, a supe rior officer, distinguished in the British navy, and there are fifty other English officers, and fifty marines of the same nation. Numerous purchases have been made at Nantes f from divers individuals, which were well paid for. Don Pedro embarked on board one of the steam-boats, to join that part of the fleet anchored at Belleisle. On the 29th, Don Pedro, wbo had handsomely contri buted to the object of the ball, promenaded the town in the most simple dress, and in the evening received at dinner the Prefect and several Chiefs of our Administrations, and afterwards went to the theatre, where there was a bril liant assemblage. ACTRESSES.—A funeral sermon was preached upon NELL GWYNNX by the Archbishop of CANTERELT/tY ; the notorious NAN CATLEY was received in the highest circles after her marriage; and the remains of Mrs. OLDFIELD, after lying in state, were borne to Westminster Abbey by two noblemen, where a monument was after wards erected to her memory. FORTUNE'S FROLIC.—There was lately a performer acting at the Dover theatre, on a salary not passing twenty shillings a week, and, of course, though he had served in the army, he was somewhat puzzled how to carry on the war, when news came tkat a younger re lative, a Baronet, was no more, and that the actor suc ceeded to the title and seventeen thousand pounds per an num.—Sunday Times.—[A fact. The person alluded to is Sir ANSTMITHER ; he was eating a shilling dinner in one of the Bow.street ordinaries, when the news paper containing the account of the death of his relative was placed in his hands.] ADVENTURES ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. —A second edition of Mr. Cox's account of his extraor dinary " Adventures in the Wilds of America" is now pub lished. In one of the journeys performed for the purpose of forming a settlement in the interior, the author wan dered from his party and was lost fourteen days in a country little better than a wilderness. His sufferings during this period must have been extreme, deprived as he was of all nourishment, except what the wild cherry and brook afforded, and exposed to the unremitting attacks of wolves, bears, and rattle-snakes. " This narrative," says the Times, " engages; our attention almost as much by the unadorned style and air of candour with which it is de tailed, as by the startling and interesting nature of the facts it discloses." Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. STIRLING, at the Nightingale public-house, Lisson-grove, to inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of JAMES FLETCHER, only 21 years of age, author of " The History of Poland," and other works.—Mr. JOHN ATKINS, Abbey-House, St. John's Wood, schoolmaster, deposed that the deceased lived with him as an assistant for two years up to Christmas last. During that time he published " The History of Poland," a work which ac quired considerable reputation ; he was also the author of some poems, " The Siege of Damascus," " The Gem," &c., and was a contributor to several of the periodicals ; and, induced by the success of his work on Poland, he gave up his situation at Christmas last, and devoted himself solely to literary pursuits. The deceased was of very sensitive feelings, and complained frequently of the unkindness of his friends. Latterly he suffered a great deal of anxiety respecting a bill of exchange, which he received fur the copyright of one of his works, which he was afraid would fall back upon him. The idea of not being able to pay this bill wrought powerfully on his mind, and witness had ' no doubt but that that he was at times insane. GEORGE NEWPORT, a medical student, deposed that he was on very intimate terms with the deceased, and lodged in the same house, No. 3, Grove-terrace, Lisson-grove. The deceased was always silent and reserved, but within the last fort night lie became pensive and low-spirited. On Friday last he did not rise until five o'clock in the afternoon, when witness came home to dinner. They sat at table together, but the deceased scarcely ate any thing. He remained silent the whole evening, apparently wishing to avoid con versation, and seemed in a doze the most part of the time, with only one interval , whe n he l o oked over some papers connected with a wo r k o n India in which he was e At t r e o n m o i e c o'clock Witnessiirg eel wished him to him go to bed rga "good night ;" lie returned it with a warm pressu re o f hi s hand, but did n ot s p eak. It appeared that h e did not go to bed, as he was found next morning sittin g i n t h e same , t he promised chair quite dead. A pistol lay on the floor by his side, and, on examination of the body, it was dis covere d t h at a pistol-ball had entere d under the sixth rib on the left side, passing close to the heart. A Juror asked Mr. NEwroar if the deceased had ever conversed on th e su bj ect of suicide. Mr. NEwrow r replied in the affirmative, adding that the deceased always deprecated such a means of flying from misfortune or disappointment. About a week before his death he and the deceased were talking a b out t h e su i c id e o f Colonel BRERETO N, which the deceased condemned as an act betraying a want of proper mental energy. The me dical gentleman who was called in t o see t h e deceased, sa i d he had attended him previously, when his mind appeared much excited, considerably aggravated by a disease too common to men of studious habits indigestion. Ver dict--" Temporary insanity. NULL, FEBRUARY 6. On Friday last the excitement of popular feeling in the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, against the Mayor and Aldermen, was manifested in a most extraordinary manner by its inhabitants. The people of Hull have long been subjected to an in finite variety of grievances, by the Corporate authorities of that place, but it is only within about six months that any effectual resistance has been made to the Magisterial abuses complained of. Id August last a publication, entitled the Hull Port folio, was established by Mr. Acland, an entire stranger, and of whom little more was known than that he had for several years edited a similar publication in Bristol, and bad on various occasions been prosecuted by the sapient Corporators of that city for publishing what they called libels ; but which be and the inhabitants of Bristol consi•• dered, and still consider, to be truths. This gentleman, from the moment of his establishment in this town, set about the Herculean task of exposing and correct ing the Corporate and Magisterial abuses, of which he has so great reason to complain ; of course, he has written strongly of the worshipful noodles ; but there are few, indeed, in Hull, or who knew any thing of Hull, who think he has written too strongly. But, be that as it may, Mr.Acland has already greatly be nefited the town, and has delivered its inhabitants from many grievous impositions, and especially from the illegal exaction of tolls of from 18001. to 20001. per annum. The Corporation is of course highly incensed, and has in stituted a host of actions and prosecutions against Mr. Ac land and his friends ; and among other proceedings applied , to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information against him for libel. Mr. Acland, on his departure from Hull to oppose the rule nisi, was accompanied to the point of his embarkation by a great body of individuals, who greeted hint with every demonstratio❑ of anxiety for his success; whilst the Town-clerk, who was sent up to London by his prosecutors, to aid the Recorder and his legal colleagues (Sir James Scarlett and Mr. Pollock) in making the rule absolute, was obliged to steal out of town before daybreak, and wait three hours on the Lincolnshire side of the Humber for the departure of the mail. The dilatory conduct of the Counsel for the Corpora tion, in not moving that the rule should be made absolute, with the repeated and ineffectual efforts of Mr. Acland to force on the argument, and the eventual enlargement of the rule until next Term, induced the people of Hull to conclude that the Magisterial persecutors had good reasons for avoiding the contest with their opponent. About one o'clock on Friday afternoon last, the Com mittee and a large party of Mr. Acland's friends, accompa nied by an excellent band of music, in uniform, left Hull for Barton, in a steam-packet, hired for the occasion, and returning to the former place at half-past four, p. m., where they were met by about 20,000 people, with two additional hands of music, and a magnificent display of splendid silk banners and colours. On Mr. Acland's land ing,he was greeted with three times three loud cheers. The procession formed near the east pier, and proceeded to the Market-place, where a commodious hustings had been erected in front of Mr. Walker's house (Secretary to the Anti-Toll Association), where Mr. Acland returned thanks to his numerous friends, for the handsome manner in which they had welcomed him home, after fighting their battles with their oppressors. Mr. Acland espe cially charged the immense assemblage to separate imme diately and peaceably. After giving three cheers for the King and Reform, and three cheers for Mr. Acland, " the man of the people," the people went home, and at nine o'clock the town was as quiet as on any ordinary occa sion—much to the astonishment of their compassionate Worships the constables in the Mansion-house, and the garrison, which was under arms all night iu the citadel. Extract of a letter from Amsterdam :—" The Conference count without their host if they think that we Hollanders will subscribe to the twenty-four articles as a whole. We would rather give our last penny and melt our household silver. In the succession war Holland maintained, during that long and arduous struggle, 130,000 men, and she came off triumphantly. We will do the same again, having justice and a kind Providence on our side. Let our enemies recollect too that our loans are all, every penny, subscribed by our own citizens, and not by foreigners, who hold 9-10ths of the Belgian loan. Holland receives yearly f: om Russia, France, Spain, Austria, and indeed from almost every State in Europe, remittances, as interest on dividends due to Holland, to the amount of upwards of thirty millions of guilders."—Morning Paper. An official statement had been laid before the Senate relative to the amount returnable to the merchants of the United States, should the Bill " to exempt mer chandise imported under certain circumstances from the operation of the Act of the 19th of May, 1828, entitled An Aet in alteration of the several Acts impaing Du ties on Imports,' " pass into law. The further amount included in this statement is 75,033 dollars, which, added to the amount before reported, of 160,433 dollars, would make the whole amount returnable, if the Bill passed into law, 235,466 dollars. The information on which the statement has been made was only derived from importers who chose voluntarily to communicate it ; the Treasury had no means of ascertaining whether it embraced the whole amount liable to be claimed. The total value of imports in the United States, during the year ending the 30th of September 1830, was 70,876,920 dollar', and of exports 73,849,508 dollars, of which last 59,462,029 were of domestic produce. Rather more than one-half of the imports had arrived at the single port of New York : but the exports sent from thence were not estimated at more than 13,618,278 dollars ; which, with those of Louisiana, which were of about the same value, were higher by some millions than the exports from the other states of the Union. A correspondent, who writes from Chelmsford, states that gaming to a most destructive extent is carried on in some of the low public-houses in that town. He says,—" Small tradesmen and Journeymen mechanics are allowed to congregate at these receptacles, and squander what ought to keep their families off the parish funds. The practice is pursued in back-rooms till five, six, or seven o'clock in the morning, and as much as 71. has been lost by little tradesmen at one sitting. A few nights ago a journeyman, after losing the money which was to have supplied the to-morrow's meal of his family, sold his shoes off his feet and his hat off his head—lost their produce, and then proceeded to his wretched home! The authori ties ought to look to this."—Esser Mercury. The Tories in the City affect to be exceed ingly amused at the speech of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, whom they call " fructifying Titoursosr." We are not admirers of this gentleman, but we must say that so far as the debate of last night is concerned, he ap pears to us, and, we believe, to the people in general, to have had decidedly the best of the argument. It is very fine for these men, who have brought this country by their extravagance and shameless corruption to the verge of ruin, to talk about economy, and blame the present Mi nisters for their lavish expenditure of the public money, but the people will know how to appreciate this verbiage. They will weigh facts against words, and the eloquence, or rather brazen-faced effrontery, of the Opposition must inevitably kick the beam. Mr. POWLETT THOMPSON is accused of having said that " the deficiency of the re venue remained in the pockets of the people, there to fructify by use, and to stimulate their efforts to in dustry." This is not true. He said that the surplus which might have been wrung from the people by taxation remained in their pockets—not that the deficiency in the revenue remained there. These are Mr. POWLETT THOMPSON'S words :—" Perhaps it might have been more gratifying to the Right Honourable Gentleman who cheered had there been a surplus, even though that surplus had been wrung from the people by a large and heavier taxation. He was happy to say that it (that is, the supposed surplus) remained in the pockets of the people, there to fructify by use, and to stimulate the efforts of their industry." Now, for our part, we can see nothing ridiculous in all this —nothing that ought to excite the sneers of tax .payers, whatever it may be calculated to do with tax-eaters. But why all this outcry about a defi ciency in the revenue, which, as the Vice-President of the Board of Trade showed, had repeatedly taken place when the Opposition were in power? It is true that when they were in power, so conscious were they of the little hold they had upon the people, --90 convinced, were they that their measures were not calculated, without mystification, to sustain the credit of the country—that it was their custom to make false statements, and to endeavour to show a surplus of revenue, at those times when a deficiency actually existed. But the present Ministers can afford to tell the truth —can afford to be honest, as the high price of the Funds and the confidence of the country clearly de monstrate. —Morning Herald. PATRICK HARTIGAN, JOHN BRADY, and PETER DONNELLY, convicts front the hulk at Cove, were escorted into this city on Thursday evening by a detach ment of the 17th Lancers, and were forwarded hence yesterday morning to Ennis gaol, under a similar escort, for trial at the approaching assizes. These fellows are charged as principals in the well-known murder of PATRICK DONNELLAN, the faithful servant of Mr. SYNGE, of Dysart, near Corofin ; independent of which they are reputed chief actors in the atrocious murder of Wsi. BLOOD, Esq.; of Applevale, in the same neighbourhood, Limeriek Chronicle. BRUSSELS PAPERS. RECEIVED THIS MORNING. Bausssis, FER. 4.—A courier arrived at Brussele yes terday, with despatches from M. Van de Weyer. A private letter from Luxemburg informs us that the Military Governor of the fortress has caused all persons to leave the city who have been in the service of Belgium, and the partizans of Baron Tornaco. A decree, signed by his Majesty, and countersigned by the Minister of Finance, has been published, the object of which is to prevent the loss sustained by the treasury in consequence of the facility afforded to the importation and exportation of goods to and out of the kingdom, by the oc cupation of Maestricht by the Dutch. By a law passed 26th August, 1822, a tract of land extending to the distance of 5,500 mitres from the frontier of any foreign territory, is declared to be reserved territory, within which the depots, magazines, and other conveyance of merchandise liable to the duties of customs or excise, are placed under certain restrictions. Now the city and territory of Maestricht being occupied by the enemy's troops, afford the greatest facilities for defrauding the revenue. In order to prevent this abuse, first, the city and military district of Maestricht are de clared to be foreign territory. Second, a tract of country extending 5,500 mitres in a direct line from the circum ference of the territory, occupied by the enemy's troops, is declared to be reserved territory, and subject to the special regulations and restrictions announced in the said law for the prevention of fraud and the protection of the revenue. M. Quetilet has just published his recent inquiries into the population of our country. The exact amount is 4,064,209 souls, without deducting the territory, which we lose by the twenty-four articles. Two-thirds of the population inhabit the country. ANTWERP, FEB. 3.—We perceive some movements in the Dutch squadron. The sailors are busy in caulking their vessels; the gun-boats are preparing to resume their usual station. The Magistrates have shut up all the lodging.houses in which soldiers are received, except two. VIENNA,JAN. 25.—We have had within these few days an increase of cholera patients in the city and suburbs, and by the addition of four more patients in the suburbs, since yesterday noon. We have now ten remaining, viz., two in the city and eight in the suburbs. Weis and the whole province of Austrias on the Ens are supposed to be quite free, as shown from an interval of twenty days with out any new case. RATISIION, JAN. 25.—Prince Poniatowski, with many Polish officers, arrived here yesterday evening, and left us today at noon to proceed to Stuttgard and Strasburg. A great many more have arrived to-day, one of whom is said to be Count Plater. As the time of the quarantine in Bavaria is now reduced to five days, we expect shortly a great many Poles to pass through our city, including 700 privates. It is said that there are still above 400 officers on the frontiers of Bohemia. The first division of 110 Polish officers arrived at Spires on the 23d, amidst the firing of small cannon and great demonstrations of joy. In the evening there was a great assembly in the saloon of the Harmony Society, where a fine transparency was exhibited, representing the arms of Poland and Lithuania united, and the transparency represented an anchor, before which are two joined bands with the words " Germany with Poland." Patriotic songs were sung. Almost all the brave men have wounds received at Grodno or Ostrolenka, or at the fatal catas. trophe at Warsaw. Tbey complain much of the treatment they have received in Prussia. On the same day a second division arrived on their way to France, and were received with the same cordiality. COURT CIRCULAR. The King's Court did not break up till past eight o'clock on Monday evening. His MAJESTY left town about nine o'clock on his return to Brighton. The Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting, at eleven o'clock yesterday morn ing, at the Council-office, Whitehall, for the purpose of hearing an important appeal from Grenada. The appeal of the Hun. JEFFERY HART BENT against his suspension (for the second time) from the office of Chief Justice of the Island of Grenada, by Mr. ANDREW HOUSTOUN, Pre sident of the Council and Provisional Governor of Gre nada. The first suspension of Mr. BENT by Mr. Hons. TouN was cancelled by Sir GEORGE MURRAY, when Co lonial Secretary. Subsequently the House of Assembly presented a petition and passed resolutions pray iug for his suspension, acting on which Mr. HousTouN again sus pended Mr. BENT. Mr. Serjeant STEVENS addressed their Lordships in support of the :appeal for upwards of four hours. The Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Se cretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir GEORGE MUR RAY. The Hon. WILLIAM BATHURST was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Their Lordships adjourned soon after four o'clock. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA. walked for some time in Hyde Park yesterday. Mr. BURGE, Agent for Jamaica; Mr. COLQUHOUN, Agent for Dominica; Mr. EWART, M.P. ; Lord SAN DON, and Mr. WILLIAMS, bad a conference with Viscount ALTHORP yesterday at the Treasury. Mr. MAYERS, the Agent for Barhadoes, had also an interview with Viscount ALTDORP yesterday. The Wurtemberg Minister transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, NQUIRY RESPECTING MR. LAWLESS. (From the Dublin Morning Register of Monday). The following is the verdict delivered yesterday by the arbitrators appointed to inquire into the charges preferred against Mr. Lawless by the members of the Meath " The parties interested in this case having come to the conclusion that the ends of justice would be more satin ac torily accomplished by not restricting the arbitrators to a strictly technical award, founded upon terms of the submis• sion, those gentlemen have formed the following opinion " We find that no evidence has been laid before us to prove corruption or deliberate treachery against Mr. John Lawless, or any member of his family, and that he has successfully repelled those charges. But we feel tha' shun.. dant proof has been adduced of such indiscretion, such precipitate and unfounded assertions, on the part of Mr. Lawless, tending to criminate himself, and mislead others, such instability of purpose, as to induce the Meath Club for the time to suppose that he had defeated the objects of the popular interest, and to justify the investigation they had instituted. " E. JACOB, JOHN REDMOND, " A. SEATON, LAWRENCE FINN, " JOHN GIBSON, PATRICK T AAFFE, " A. M'CARTHY, JOHN CLARKE. " Committee Rooms, Corn Exchange, 4th February, 1832. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. B O TV-S TREET Edward Clarke, charged with forging a frank in the name of Lord Belgrave, was further examined. Earl Grosvenor (late Lord Belgrave) deposed that the frank was not written by him, and that he ceased in September last to frank as Lord Belgrave. It was proved, by a clerk from the Post-office, that the letter franked " Belgrave," was charged the usual postage. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Alley, who contended that no case had been made out, as there was no person entitled to the privilege of franking named Belgrave. Mr. Peacock, for the Post-office, contended there was quite evidence enough to send the case before a Jury, and in this opinion the Magistrate concurred, and committed the prisoner for trial. BRISTOL CHANNEL.—W e understand that several scientific gentlemen are at present actively en gaged, under the direction of the Board of Admiralty, in Liking surveys of the Bristol Channel and the adjacent prominencies. It is suspected that considerable errors exist in the longitude of former observations, recent ex periments on the pendulum, relative to the form of the earth, having afforded more correct data than were pre viously attainable.—Bristol Mercury. GARNKIRK AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. The locomotive engine the " Glasgow," lately built by our townsmen, Messrs. JOHNSTONE and MACNAB, and now plying on this railway, hauled along the line on Wed nesday last, iu the regular course of her trade, a train of 36 loaded coal waggons, making a gross weight of about 145 tons, in one hour and seven minutes, including two stoppages. This is believed to he one of the greatest feats yet accomplished on a railway, being a load of twenty times her own weight conveyed 81 miles in that time. This is the first locoßtutive of the improved construction ever made in Scotland, and its workmanship and success reflect very great credit on this enterprising company.— Glasgow Her. A GENUINE PAT.—Lord LONDONDERRY, in a letter to the Irish Union of Trades, writes thus:— " I prefer Ireland to Ministerial favour or party spirit; but I prefer the Constitution to both." That is--I pre fer my country to either, but I prefer the Constitution to both —ergo, I prefer the Constitution to my country. This is about as wise a thing as if he should say, " I pre fer my friend to his shillaly or his faction, but I like his hig coat better than both." What a dangerous toy the an tithesis is in the bands of a goosel—Morniny Herald. i t ce: Po ste or 1 Slav Uns tot