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Clvanctlior 'of the Excl,erpier mow(?) that the (le b,ite be resumed on Friday next. lie added, that en Hon. friend of his, who entertained a different 'ict‘' of the subject from the Hon. Member who was unfortunately indisposed, tvould Oa Friday pCopose other Ile•olutions.-- . -The debate was or dered to be resumed next Ftiday. The motion respecting the Exchequer Remembra.ncer3rip was postiloned,till to-morrow. Committees on private Bills had leave given them to sit -to-morrow. The Naval Asylum Report was received, awl - leave was given tArlu in iu a Bill founded upon it; to enable the Com missioners to use certain ~ores. The Bill was brought up by Mr. os3artNE, and read a first and s, coed time. The Supply Bill, the Eat In, Warehon , ing Bill, the Duty Suspension Bill on Sweet Mune-made Wines. the Ex emption EN'trut Bill for Winthr,v Duties in Scotland, the Greenwich 1-10pital Bill for itrrlating Payine.its thereto, the lilt! to amend the reotlming• the Treasurership of the ISavv, and the Bill to r•-tzulate P:iyments to the "Treasurer of the Navy, were' read a first time. The. hinheepets' Regulation Bill was ordered to be read a si'co7id time to-morrow. Mr. BENNETT observed, that certoin Returns made from the Irish Gaols were, he believed, designedly incorrect. lie ' moved an Address for accounts of the number of persons i►nder mesne process discharged in Dublin for several years Past ; also. for the number enlarged on hail; and for accounts Of the salaries and emoluments of gaolers, &c. in Dublin.— Agreed to. The Smuggling Prevention Bill was read a third time. The oiler' s Earth Bill was read a third time. . The Bill respecting Lord Gage's Estate was read a third time. Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from Lionel Self, Esq. • and others, Assignees of Haycock, a BankrUpt, against the grievance of Extents in Aid. Lord WALPOLE presented a Petition from King's Lynn, also against Extents in Aid. FRAME BREAKING. The PiTtORNkY-GENEIIAL having called the at- Of the Howe to the outrages which had recently been committed in breaking Stocking Frames, and having noticed tl►at by an Act, the penalties of which had since been repealed, this offence was punishable capitally, proceeded to State that the recent outrages Seemed to require re-enactment of the former penalty. It had been noticed thst during the time that the tor Mer Bill, by ►vhich this had been made a capital offence, was in progress through the House, and while it contigned in force, not one offence of this kind had been committed in the county of Notting . ham ; some tine afterwards the capital punish ment was committed for transportation, and in►- mediately afterwards the offenders re-commenced their outrages, although few of them had been convicted. Representations had recently 'been made by many of the Gentlemen of tl►e counties in which these offences had been committed, . stating that it was absolutely essential for the prevention of thee offences that they should he again punished capitally. He therefore moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the present Act, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof. Mr. Aneacnomnts did not rise to oppose tl►e motion, but merely to say that he did not think the House had been fairly dealt with in respect of this measure. Lately, when a subject was under tli•cu'sion wltiCh placed the persimal liberty of • ever) man in the country at the disposal of his l‘itajesty's Government, it ought to have been stated, that a measure like that now brought for ward tvas intended ; and the two measures should have been concoirent. The representations as to these offences had been made to Lord Sidmoatl► three months, ago ; he could not but look with peculiar jealousy on the circumstance of its having been so long kept back. He should vote for the Bill, not as a measure of terror, but in the expec tation that the penalty would be most rigidly en- forced. 111 r. UTLEY ADDINGTON said, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who spoke last brought for ward two accusations against Government, Ist, That this measure had not been brought forward until the Habeas Corpus Sp.pension Bill had iris:ed ; and 2d, That the infoimation On which it was funneled had been purpos.ely kept back till then. As to. the first, be begge4l leave to rewind the lion. Gentleman, that in ►he debate on the naheas Corpus Snspension Bill, he (Mr. Adding ton) had stated, that this measure was intended. As to the other accusation, he could only say, that he believed it to be unfounded. To keep back such information could serve no purpose. Mr. ABERCHOMBI Is explained. • The motion was then agreed to, and the Bill brought- in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. A Message from the Lords announced their Lordships' as sent to several public and priskte Bills, for which sec the Lords. Sir F. BURDETT presented a Petition from the Inhabi tants of St. Luke's, Chelsea, praying for Retrenchment and • Reform.—Reed, and ordured to lie on the table, and to be printed. The Wort and Wash Excise Bill was read a second time, and on the motion that it should be committed, Mr. W. SMITH complained, that the effect of the Bill was to impose a duty for business already done. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the mea sure Wl5 necessary ' in justice to the Irish .After a few words from Mr. LUSHINGTON, the Bill was or dercd to be committed to-morrow. EVANS'S PETITION. iMr. BENNETT wished to know whether any in quiry had been made, or any thing done, touch.: log F.vans's petition Mr. H. Anotsororsr said, that although the subject had already been fully explained in another place (the House of Lords), yet be would now , explain the different complaints made in the peti tion. A 3 soon as he had read the most important of these complaints, he was convinced it had no foundation in truth ; he meant the allegAtion, that the Secretary of State had been guilty of such a breach of duty, as that of keeping back a peti tion transmi:ted to him by the prisoners for the purpose of being forwarded. Having made strict inquiry into all the facts on this subject, he was enabled to state, that on or about the 21st of Fe bruary last, Mr. Evans did send a petition by Mr. Adkins, the Jailer of Cole bath -fields Prison,which was addressed to th e H on . B ar t. a n d a Noble Lord Opposite. Just when -this Petition was.about to be forwarded from the Home Depaitinent to those to whom itt'• as addressed, the Jailer was sent with a message from the prisoner, requesting that it might. be sent to them, but delivered. to Mr. Har mer, ;he prisoner's Solicitor. This request was accordingly complied with, and Sir N. Conant, by desire of the Secretary of ,!..hate, forwarded the Pe !loots to Mr. Harmer. He Air. A.) held now in his band a note from Mr..Hartner to Sir N. Con ant, dated Alt 23d of February, aekoowledging the receipt of the Oetition. No. other Pettt;on vests ever sent to the Office in which he. had the honour to be employed. On referring to the printed votes, and the reports of the p.roceen ings in the House,he found by these dixertinents, that this Petition sodeliver . ed to Mr. flartrier;, was the very petition presented Co the House b . ." the lIOn . . Gentleman (Mr. ilmillett).. lie must there 7 fore say, that it was very strange, that this being the case, the ,Honourable Gentleman should have l'.rought ftirWard the Subject in this way. As to the other allegaCons in the petition, it *as not true that Evans had been denied the hse of pens, inic, and paper, as he alleged. It Was certainly true, that I,eovas put in one iron, but As soon as this was kirown at the Secretary of State's office it was. removed: As to the apartment in which he had been confined, instead of being a dungeon, the 1011 , )\ving were its dimensions,-25 feet long, IS feet broad, and 11 feet high. There were two 4 . indows in it, which the prisoner might open at will, and a fire place. The apartment was situated in a lofty part of the, gaol, and conimanded a tine view of the Surrey Hills. As to the complaint that the prisoner was not allowed air, or exercise, the truth was, that be was offered liberty'to walk in an arcade 55 feet long, which be refused. It was true, 'that Mrs. Evans was only allowed to communicate with her husband and sop through an iron grating, but it was very wide. There were letters from other prisoners confined in the same gaol, who said that they were as well treat ed as was possible. Mr. BENNETT acknOwledged that be had pre sented the Petition from Evans in the beginning of the Session, but denied that he Itoo:4 it was the one which he complained had never been forwarded by the Secretary of State.—But excepting what related to the Petition, the truth of all the other complaints were admitted.- He-begged the House to observe bow the persons in question had been treated. The elder Evans was in the first instance put into the same bed with a lelon—his son was put into an hospital with sick felons. As to the arcade in which he was offered leave to walk in, the Home would be surprised to hear, after the pompous description of it, that it was no more than a narrow passage three or four feet wide, which served as a communication to the felons' cells, and that these cells occupied each side of this passage, which was called an arqade. Nothing , was said about, their being denied the use of fire and candles. -Evans was the author of the Spen cean plan, and though a poor tradesman, was a literary character. It was therefore no small hardship to deprive him of the means to while away the Ii ours of punishment. Not a word was said about his flute being taken away from him. In fact, nine-tenths of the allegAlons were ad mitted. Mr. BAR 11 AM had merely to say, that he hoped there was no person in the House who could sup pose that he was thoroughly satisfied with what he had heard, so as to induce him to supersede his motion, which s'ood for to-morrow. Some thing satisfactory had undoubtedly • been said, but not enough to prevent farther irquirl,t. In answer to a question from Mr. littouoHAM, whether the prisoners had been kept without fire and candle ? Mr. ADDINGTON said, that the Jailor had as sured hint that he had exercised no undue severity, beyond what had always been the ride of the prison._ Mr. BRouGHANt tbon4 , ,ht this xnswer an addi tional incentive to the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Bar ham) to hriw forward his motion. lic observed, that there was a large garden, from which nobody ennui! escape, and where dogs of the nature of bloodhounds were stationed, and yet not one felon was ever allowed to walk there one minute during the 2-4 hours. [Here the conversation tern►inated.] COPY-RIGHT. Sir B. BaYDGEs rose, pursuant to notice, to . move for a Return of the Books claimed by the Universities, and other Learned Bodies, tinder the Copy.:right Act of the 54th of the King, stat ing what Books were placed in the Libraries of those Bodies, and elsewhere. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. PEE/. observed, that the first part of the Honourable Baronet's motion would be better answered from Stationers' nail, while the Return must be much less voluminous than it made from all the Public Bodie, alluded to. Mr. CnoxEn concurred in this opinion. Sir E. BRIDGES Solid, that the House had al ready a Return frnm Stationers' Hall ; but his object was to ascertain what use was made by the several Public Bodies of the books they obtained from that Hall ; and he believed that those Bodies had a copy of every work published, excepting only novels and music books. Mr. PEEL remarked, that upon the Honourable Baronet's own spewing, it was only ❑ecessary to adopt the latter part of his motion. Mr. R. SMITH saw no necessity for altering the words- of the motion, because, in the Rfl9l:4l,from the Public Bodies reterred to, the Books obtained from Stationers' Hall must necessarily be enu merated. Mr. Itim. SMITH thought, that books thus ob tained by the Univerities, or other public bodies, should be placed in their several libraries for gene ral inspection, instead of being consigned to cellars, and, as he understood, rifleman's sold for waste paper. Such. a disposition of these books was, in his opinion, quite inconsistent with the object of the Copy-right Act. Sir Wm. I Blntaoucifts suggested an amendment in the motion, but atter a few words from Mr. D. Gilbert and Mr. Lockhart, the former asserting that books were never sold, to his knoWledge, as waste paper at Oxford, and the latter protesting against the doctrine of Mr.. W. Smith as to the exposure in University libraries of every bOok oh. t,iiirtd front the Stationer's' Hall, for many of such books might be very unfit for general inspection, the folio Wing amem u itd motion of Sir E. Brydges was agreed to, namely, that a return should he made of the hooks claimed by the several Univer sities, and other public bodies, staring such as were placed in their libraries, or bow otherwise disposed of. • FISFTERIES. Mr. Ilot.rislroaTit 'bored for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts regidatiog the Fisheries ou the coast of Devonshire, on that put of the coast ettve'en One Start Kati the Stralght points. Leave granted. IVIATC H- MAK ERA. Mr. I'. MoottE moved to refer the Petition of the Watch-makers it; the consideral ut a Stic.ct ComMittee. The Cint , lCEttOli of the EkckscaUEß declared his readiness to have the petition of any class of hii Mijesty's suhiects duly attended to—therefore he should accede to the motion of the [lon. Gentle man, although he could not anticipwe any useful re:stilt at this late period of the Session. The Committee were. appointed. corcoN _ _ Alr• ID, GtLBERT said, that he had to sitbthit to the House a !notion of a different nature fi'om that of which the House bail just disposed, and it wa,, to discharge the Order for referring. the Pe titions of the Cotton Weavers to the c.widera tion of a Select Cononitte. There Were, he ob srved,' two parties concerned in the Cotton Trade ; the one Cotton-spinners, and the other Cotton-manufacturers. Now the object of the latter, who were the petitioners, was to prevent the export of Cotton Twist ; and if this object wire attained, the consequence must be to throw a:great body of the former out of employment.- 13ut the .fact was, that only one of the parties had approached the [louse upon the subject ; and as - the Delegates of that party alone were in London at present, a Committee could have only er=parte evidence ; and the mischief of sending forth to the country any Report urin such evidence, could be easily appreciated. The Honourable Member concluded with moving the discharge of the Order. Atter a few words from Mr. D. BROW NE and Mr. Hublussom, Mr. F. LEetits spoke in favour of the motion, and against the object of the Petitioners. It was known that no less than three millions worth of cotton twist was annually exported from this country ; and unless it could he sheWn that the whole of this twist was required for our own cotton manufactures, and that foreigners must buy that manufacture, it would be most impolitic to prevent the export. But the system which the Petitioners aimed at was quite inconsistent with those wise principles of free trade, from which he trusted, for the sake of the interest of Cle nation, no farther departure would be allowed to take place. Mr. CAWTHORNE S9id he was no manufacturer, but he presented one of the petitions. He'knew that in Lancashire there were thousands of cot ton weavers who were absolutely.starving. They complained of the exportation of cotton yarn as the reason why they could not get work. It was stated• that as much cotton yarn had been exported last year as would have employed two hundred thousand weavers. Mr. BARING observed that it was most dan gerous, where so many persons were concerned, to hold out hopes of relief unless they were con fident there was a prospect of sitccest.- ,He did not see, unless it conld he shewn that cotton yarn could only be had front this country (which was not the case), holy the prohibition of its exporta tion could improve our cotton trade. Mr. Husxt:;soN said he wished not to be con sidered as pledged to any particular eonrse, should the question be brought forward next Session.. He thought, however, it would be better to put an end at once to all fallacious expectations, and spew to foreigners that we ate not disposed to carry farther that system of commercial prohibi tion which could only provoke enmities and dis. putes. Such a course he apprehended would best consult both the national interest and the inte rests of the parties themselves. The CHAscELLoR of the EXCHEQUER entirely concurred with the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. F. Lewis) as to the futility of attempts to push a trade contrary to the first piinciples of commer cial dealings, and the restrictive system was only likely to throw the Continental Powers Hon an exertion to produce for themselves what they could not obtain from.. us, which they had un questionably the means of doing. Air. GILBERT said a few words in explanation, and the Order was discharged. On the motion of Sir I - 1. PARNELL, the Irish Election Laws Bill, which was postponed last. night, passed with some slight alterations. SPIRIT LICENSE BILL. Sir J. SHAW wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman whether it was Lis intention to bring for ward the Spirit License Bill this evening ? _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered in the negative ; and we understood him to add, that it was his intention to postpone it till the next Session ; but from his low tone of voice, and the noise occasioned by several Members leaving the House, his words could not be distinctly beard. NEW CCIINAGE. The CHANCELLOR of the - ExcumuEß expressed his hope, that the House would allow him to make a - motion, of which lie' bat! given notice for the preceding night, but the introduction of which had been suspended by the unhappy accident which had befallen one of their most honourable and re spectable Membrrs, and which he feared would deprive the House of his services for a consider able time.—(Hear, hear !)—The object of his mo tion was to fix a period after which the circula tion of bank dollars and tokens should be no longer permitted.• He thought the convenience Of trade, and of the public at large, had hitherto rendered'it inexpedient to adopt any proceeding for this prir pose, and he had never felt any apprehension that the new silver currency would be supplanted by a concurrent circulation of inferior value. Circum stances, however, were now changed, and we stood in a different situation. The time had arrived, in his opin ion, for putting a it end to an occasional and tem porary resource, which had greatly contribm s ed, heyoml all doubt, to the convenience of the pub lic ; and the country was mach indebted to the Bank for such an accommodation at a time when the regular silver currency was so depreciated. That currency lead, however, been restored to its legitimate value ; and the only question now was, with regard to the period fur limiting the future circulation of Bank tokens. This period he should propose to be the 25th Afkuch next, leaving the Bank still liable to the holders for the nominal soul at which they were originally issued. He hould tiotv, therefore, move for leave to bring iu . • : a hill for ii:ttiting tiie Per;64 dttrttigwbich the.C;r: ciliation of the dollars Mill tokens of the Bank of England shook! e.tntinne Mr. D. GCLl3Eiit the prop ol iti, ! - 1 Math: by his Mien'!, toit thought the 25th of March ;tither toil ~ earls a. fieriod. lie agreed, I hat tht con nenience deiivFdtiV the public from the use of the tokenS,til.lii.,eti Very great; but he apprehended that ibe .o.ink had likewise know their interest in SIIP0 1 0)V ibe Mr. limitNG thought th, re Should b e some pe . .! rind at which the responsibility of the Bank Wight cease. Jr wa3 desiralde also that the Right Hon. Gentlemen should atiold the ilonse some inforina ;ion on the suhiect of the intended gold ct.irryncy. lie denied that the Bd ilk had derived any from the. circulation of its tokens, bin on the CO tray/ had been pill to serious inconvenience by the. necessity - of purchasing huge •piant tiles of silver. The CHANcELLUR of the EXCHEQUER observed, in explanation, that he should propose in the Bin the enactment of a penalty upon the circulation of dollars and tokens after the period limited, which he co,ceived would have the effect of pre venting them ft-ow being kept back too long by the holders. Ile agteed that it might be deserv ing of consideration to appoint* a tune when the responsibility of the Bank should cease altogether. No intention existed at present on the past of Go vernment of pitting an cod to the circulatiOn of guineas of the legal weight ; and with regard to the new coinage, a proclarmiti4n had been that day signed, declaring it to be legal tender. when issued. The Bill was then ordered to be prepared anti brought in. On the motion for bri-nging op the Report of the Committee of Supply, Mr. WAHRB, Mr, Bait- ING, and Mr. W. SMITH animadverted on the omission in the last Report of the Ce ConT• mittee, of all reference to the (Zee and duties of • the Junior Lords of the Admiralty. Atter some further observations from Mr. W. Srarru, Sir GEORGE WAERENDER.- Sir C. tioPE, and Mr. CaOKER, the Report was brought up and the Resolutions agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER noveti for leave to bring in a Bill to reduce the number of Corporals, Sedeants, and Drummers, of the Militia of Ireland, while disembodied —Leave was granted, and the Kill was afterwards brought its and read a first time; and ordered to be read a se cond time to-morrow. The Irish Lunatic Bill wa.§ thought ic and read a first titre- A Bin to prevent the farther cirtulatiOn of Dullars arrd Tokens by the Bank of England, atter a limited time, W. read a - first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. A Bill for rep/lath); the Fisheries on the Coast of Devout was read a first time, and ordered to be print e d. The Poor Employment Bill passed through a committee, and the Report was brought up, am/ ordered to be takeu into farther eonsiderat inn on Thursday next. The Iteprt of the Coal and Coln) Bill was brought in, anat the Bill ordered to he read a third time to-natarow. After sonic ob,errations from Sir J. C. kliwisky bind Ser— geant Onslow in faronr of a general rcvisiou of th-c. ►arriage Laws, the [louse went into a Committee on the Balsas of Mnrriage. Thy Report was brought up, and urdercdSa be considered this day there weeks. The consuleration of thy' lie,olutients un Finaiier .tvlS post poned till Friday. I!r.-liar ng asked fur more •infot matiors on the state of the Unfunded Debt, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer saitl w. stet be found io the Reit)lotions. REPEAL OF THE LAWS 'MAT REGULATES THE EiTE OF INTLn Mr. SerjeP.nt ONSLOW gave notice:, that c3rly next Ses. sion he should move for leave to bring it) a Bill for the reptal of the Laws that regillate the Rate of Interest. The Amendments of the Lords,. extending the provisi.ns of the Colliery Pay Bill to Ireland and Szotlanci, were rd. jetted. The House then adjourned at Ten o'clock. SOUTH AMERICA. The following is in addition►, and of sttbscruleat date, to the accounts from South America io oar last page : " PORT OF SPAIN (TRINIDAD), MAY a—A launch has just arrived from the port of Catiaco, on the neighbouring Main, ►vhich brings the fol lowing intelligence :—-The Canon of who was liberated from Ceuta through the exer— tions of the British Government, has arrived at Margarita with two merchant brigs and a British sloop of war. On his arrival, he wrote to the Governor of the province for informatiOn re+, specting the state of affairs, itt order to regulate ►tai operations,and also to Admiral Brion,at that time iu the port of Carupano, who imorediardy proceettil to Margarita, and organized his s il i im icon, ctur posed of 22 vessels, including gut►-hoists, and nil the 22d nit. lie made sail for eumana. 25th ult.' General Marino arrived at Cutwomena with his guard, composed of 500 men,. having sent the remainder of the army to Barcelotra - , ttt.• tending to take both places withoutioss rf On his - arrival at CUmana lie found 664) mhtt straightening, the siege, and the garrison hart been much diminished by the hiss - of GUI) men killed before the Spaniards got posfession.of Bar— celona, as well as the great desertion that has taken place during .the present campaign to lite towns of Cariaco and Cnn►auacoa. The taki►►l;. of Barcelona cost the Spanim;ds very dear, and, hence they fully vented their feelings of revenge. The Patriot Governor, FreiteS, made a t►►ost bril— liant defence with a ,small garrison, owl.a't last cut his Way thyough the bwsieeers %vial, 1.70 men, alter having made a dreadful carnage among the enemy. " the Suprente .- Chief, Bolivar,.after having a(1. interview with General Piar, ivy order to collibine future operations, repassed the river Oroooko, and brought (ritli !mu 2UOO horse, and he is now. in the plaits in the rear or Liar;:clonia. Morillo„ after remaining shut on in..•ion Fernando de Aim— ra,• posterior to his defeat by General !'acz. de• taehed the chief pt:rt of his troops to Gutdjania, and proceeded on to Caracas n kit a very s IDA l I force. Colonel Nacario, with 200 wen, surprised the fort ol .; itio Caribez, which tie took.'`. CORN-EXCIf ANGE, JULY 2.—Owing to the eon trary winds, we .had no fresh Arrivals this morn ing, bi:t a large quantity of Clain was left Over flow Mon«lay ; the Wheat Trade was very heavy, and seal.< el); any sales matte; in { Oats, Pease, ana beans, Clete was so little doing we Tulle thcru prices,