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I.IVPERIAL VARLIAMENI`. !MUSE OF LORDS, THUIIiDAY, FE8.27. The House proceeded in Bailey's Divorce Bill. liarrison and Mn. Giffari) anti mied as Counsel for the Petitioner.—Atter hekring tine evidence the House detomined to take time to consider it before proceeding hither. Mr. 1 loomas presented the Report of the Com tnit ee of the Penitentiary at Millbank.—Ordered to lie on the 'Table.--Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir V. BURDETT presented a Petition for Re.* form front the townof - Perth, which Was read, and ordered tti lie on the table. Mr. LAMIITOiI presented a Petition for Reform from the Mayor, Aldermen,' eiril Corporation of . Stockton-upon-Tees. They left the nature of the Reform to the wisdom of Parliament.---Ordered to lie on the table. HAMPDEN CLUBS. Lord COCHRANE presented a petition for Re form from the town of Beith, in Ayrshire. Also a petition from George Edmonds, Chairman of the Birmingham Hampden Clab. The petitioner denied the essertions contained in the Report of the Secret Committee, anti offered to convince the House before the bar, that the assertions were Amide on exparte evidence, and not founded on feet. He (Lord' C.) thought it would he desir eble to the House, before passing the Bill now in contemplation, to go into erideuce on this matter; fur if, the evidence before the Committee was found. to be false in this instance, it was rea smoothie to infer that it might not be.true in others. He called on the Advocate:General for Scotland to say from whom he hail received the oath lie mentioned, which , enuld : nol : be relied on mi les, A cquired by a setzure:.of papers. • Na m an: wa , , more anxious . for pobLic ,'peace than him sell, blot he thought. the,measeres pursued by his Mejesty's Ministers not. likely _to secure it. The House ,wits •in total ignorance on the ,sehject of the alleged eonspiiary ; and it was glue to. the character of the House, amid to public justice, that the individuals from whom lie presented peti tions should .either he retutfai at the hat or allow ed to prove their allegations. He should there fore move, that 4he Chairman from the Binning hitin 11.1nIpilen Club should be brought up and examined. If he thought - such clubs had been conducive in any degree to Reform, he should ll e attended them himself ;:hot fiery were so ut terly• itigignificaor, that he, 74, convinced they emild be of no service, noioatonded-mice, end once only, when nomorethan three members were present; and the rea rn was, that time extra vagant propositions for eniversal suffrage had &ken away the rest : besidot, no two • members were agreed in one Opinion, so that it Wilt jilt* pussibie they could conspire togeflier. lie de clarvd thih, that nothing proceeding from the Hampden Clutha might be thought to put the kingdom in danger.—The Petition was read and ordered to lie on the table. Lord A. llitewroll presented a Petition from the town of Luigholm, in Dumfriesshire, com plaining of inadequate representation, and praying .for reform.—Ordercd.to lie on the table. SALT DUTY. CA . LCRAVT put ow 1c i 8 motion on the subject of the salt duty, in deference to . business of more pressing importance, ana,becanse be hod not made op his mind on the system of commutation to be proposed ; for be me tot 1.) ii he a repeal of the duty, and he did not wish to deprive the Chancel lor of the Exchequer of so important a source of revenue, without affording him a substitute. But the correspondqnee he had received since giving the notice, .convinced him of the importance of the snbiect. The non. Gentlemito the asked for some papers reOpeCting a suniggling transaction tear Itoehester, and the seizure of a smack called the Elizabeth and Mary, belonging to asailmaker of 11,:eirsier.. ME. iv ,0.11 promised to suppirthe infor million c.klied for. COW•PASTURAGE. Sir EGituT , ,N BAN' Dots moved for leave to bring in a Bill to allow a pari , h settlement to be gained n cow Iptst str,ige• of 201. a year in value. Sir C. flu tutet.t. opposed. the Bill as only likely to increame the nont6er of vexatious actibos be t ween narixit and pari , h. ?lr. Loom' AELT COtibt not conient to the Bill, heranie it WAS the intention is. 1 . I.le _ C 01111*Ilittett nit the poor laws to consider fully, whether it %vould he p oiler to tvlax or re;m'er more difficult the gair int! of semleinents. Sir C Moto; joined with the lion. and Learned Gentleman in recommending the Hun. Member to withrimw his motion. 13sYnovit enntended, that the Bill was regoreil by many cam , of !h ardship. lie Wits ittip. port!qt by :sir E. Knatchbnit, andlettie was given th bring in the Bill. • s,EctIET COMMITTEE?. Loft! STArtt.av presented a petition froth certain 11 , ! ,iitivs a a Society its Middleton.. He had no o,jvetion to present it, though he thought the pr,y , r of irnot iikely to be beard. Tice petition seas read. It 'complained of false imputations cast on the stkiety in question by the It (vitt Of the Secret ConVolltteeatol Prayed fora litating at the Bar of theilthisei-;-Okdered to lie on the table. 11E1'101,1ND OF TtIONIAS JEFFF,IIM. • The Older of the Day haying been read for br..l6glnkt Tbomas .letferies to.t;he,Bay for the pur- Tir.e cilmelnii•ging hint, Lotd W. aUSiCLI. moved th4t he' he then brought to the Bar. On his appear.ance.theiSrl-attatt-addressed bile tit the folicAying elleet " Thomas . Jetferies,l'he erect ComMittee of this 11 oise nppolfitiqt to tryond determine the valt y the last Election for the litirough of Woot tivi-Wociet, having'retiOrted that you, being called te. n tviut-s I. erote them, had baeu guilty of WI ) " iirevaileariniC, for that offence this liottie com d you to 'the cominon Jill for Imigiov , all "' l ' (Al.' i o h-rc. In the Committees of this 1-rooe efai,bliolletl by law to prose c u te these trials, the ottnolt faeont,and tooteititAsgiri alway 4 shewn to the %i,nesses summons:4l_lf ukyear btfore them. Of that ittdurgenee, you. on your examinetion perieneed abundant proof. Repeatedly admo. nished of the sacred obligation of your oath, and ut your din %I to God and your coun try, you • nevertheless persisted in yoer crimi , Hal endeavours to defeat the ends of justice in the cause Which was under trial. Such practices always were, and always will be unavailing. The example of .your punishment; which followed without delay the commission of your crime, will, 1 hope, prove a warning to those who may liebce•;. forward be required to give their testimony be fore these tribuitils ; and the notoriety* of your• ease, wheresoever you may present yourself *tor the remainder of your life, will teach all 'men to know that imprisonment and ignominy must be the consequence of an imitation of your conduct. At length, however, you have been brought to a just sense of your error ; und, in consideration of your penitence, this House has ordered that you be dis charged ; rind you are discharged accordingly first paying your fues.—Serjeant, remove hint front the Bar.'' On the motion of the Cu ANCELLOtt oithe Ex• CHEctUEIt, the Speaker's Reprimand wils ordered to be entered on the Journals. Mr. J. SMtl u presented petitions for Reform and Retteitehment front several parishes in the vi cinity of Nottingham.—Ordered to lie on the table. TfloMAs EvANS. Mr. I3aNSETT held in his hand a petition, which, as the language of it was respectful to that House, lie thought it was. his duty to ` present, though, he begged to say, be b ad not known, till within these ;few days, that the individual front whom it came - was herxistence. It ,was from a person of the name of Evans, lately residing in Newcastle-street, but now a prisoner in the Houseof COrrection, a charge of flignTreason. lust firrth,lhat in the yew 1798 the petitioner was arrested tinder a warrant, signed by the late Duke of Portland; 'committed to prison, and kept in confittement three years. While iu welt confine ment lie was denied all access to, or intercourse with his friends; and further, which was a severe punishment, as he (Mr. Bennett) understood the petitioner to be, literary man, he was not permitted to read or write. He saw no one, but was (so the petitioner stated) shut' up in a solitary cell during the whole of that period.' lu consequence all his prospects were ruined, and he had, in a great meassase, sube sisted on the charity of the lute Sir It. Ford. On the 9th of the present month the pethiemer had been arrested, with his son, on a charge of nigh treason. He denied being concerned in, or privy to ally treasonable peaetices. He statedhoeself to he Librarian to the Spencean Society, • but he most solemnly denied that the Society wan cop nectcci any body•of men who entertained de signs, against the State, or:that he or them had interfered on the subject of the Publii Grievances and Parliamentary. Iteform. The prayer of the petitioner was, that the Bill for the suspension of the Habeas Corpui Act might not be passed into a la., as he• feared, it' this were dour, - he'might nguin be placed under it, in the situutiOn he had described, as .he was when the Habeas Corpus Act was formerly sus pended.—The'Petition wits read, and, ordered to lie on the table. Au Account of the AMOunt of the Salary and Emoluments for the )asst ,three years of theln spectors of the City of London,under the Property Tax, was ordered to he laid before the HoOse. DUTIES ON WINE. I, • Mr. PnoTnetroa wished to.know if the Chan cellor of: the. Exchequer intended taking off any of the Ditties on British Wines ? The stagnation in this branch of trade was very great. lie had understood it was in coutemplatioe to lay a duty on Cape Wines. This he thought would afford some relief, and he wished to know if the Chao. celler of the Exchequer intended to ,make the experiment. The CtIANCBLLOtt' of the EXCIPEQUKR said it was true that very strong represe,'ntutions hay beet) made to him on the subject, of the stagna lion complained of by the manufacturers of Bri Nish or Sweet Wines. This arose from various causes, and among them, perhaps,.was the en couragement given two years age to the importa tion of Witte trout the Cape of Good Hope. The subject bad been under the consideration of Go vernment, and as it had been found the duties, paid on British Wines were greater than those charged on Foreign Wines', it was intended to put them ,more on a level.. At present it was not thought it would be judicious to impose a tax upon Cape Wine. POST OFFICE SALATtIES. • Mr. LAMaTON moved that there should be laid before • the House accounts of the salaries ,and emoluments of the Postmaster.-General, and of the'Clerks at the Post-Office, distinguishing those which had been increased, and the reasons for such increase. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ;web not aware there would be any objection to gate the information required, but as he was not aware that it had ever been - given in that. simpt' which was now called for, he recemtnended it to the Hon. Gentleman tO withdraw his motion till it could be ascertained if there were any objection to it. Mr. LAMETON, as. he only wished to get the information he had valet' for, and its this was not refused, consented for the present to withdraw the •motion. He begged to ask, if the Papers he had moved for respecting foreign missions were about to be laidAretorelhe House ? • %The Cat ANC itt.t.ott of, the EXCHEQUER was afraid his Noble. Film!, who bad just liven obliged to leave the House, was the only person that could answer this question. Mr. LONG was understood to say the Papers were preparing. • The mot ins for the Post-Office Accounts was then withdtaWn. Sir V. BURDETT, in presenting a Petition'froM Bath against the.Sospension of the Habeas' Cor pus Act, expressed a hope that longer time would be .givena. that the seetiments of the country might be made . known on thivitnportant-subject, Tire Petition in his hand had*been prepareiLlisigreat baste, from an apprehension, on the part of the Petitioners, that if any delay occurred it would not be . presented in time. It was pretty.numer ously. s igned ; but the "Gentleman from whom he had received it, hail written that it bad been kept but ►► few hours at his house for. signatures ; and bad more time been afforded, it would have been signed by 10,000 personc. . Mr. Serje•.tut OtisLow said, the suspension of tl►e Habeas Corpue Ace was a measure which must command the attention of every man who had any regard for the British Constitution. He had, he might say, a sort of superstitious reverence for that sacred Act. This the Bill he had recently brought - in would he thought go . to prove. He; however, could not say the petition before the, House. had. altered the opinion which he had pre-; viously formed. He thought there was an impe rious necessity for passing the Act. Mr. BROUGHAM was surprised at the course taken by the last speaker. He had referred the House for wbat he called ,his superstitious reve rence for the Habeas Corpus Act, to a Bill which he had brought into that House, and which, after much opposition in another place, had passed into a law ; but now having made the H►►beas Corpus Act more valuable to the nation than ever it was before, he shoved his 'superstitious reve rence for it by toting in favour of its sus.pensi►►n.- Uuder these circumstances he could only wish,: 'that instead of a superstitious reverence ; he had had merely a reasonable reverence for it, as in that case it was probable he would have voted against the Bill now in the House. The petition was ordeted to lie on the table. Mr. BROUGHAM wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when it was likely the Right Hon. the Master of, time Mint would be in his place, that. he might have an opportunity of put- 'Hug a question Louim. TIIC CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Master of the Mint was in his place on the pre ceding night, and he expected, he would be there in the muse of the present ,pvening Mr. BROUGHAM darc►t to say the Master of the Mint would conic down at the working hour to add the tale of one to the division: Ile, hOwever, wished to see hhn there, when they might have an opportunity of judging of him by weight as well as by tate. Mr. J3ATHURST stated the Master of the Mint to have been present at the debate on the Suspen sion Mr. BROUGHAM remarked; he could not inter rupt that debate to usk a question about the work ing of the Mint. Mr. ADOINGTON said, the Master of the Mitt bad come down to the House on the pre ceding night, before the commencement of the debate. COMMISSARIAT. Sir J. NEWPORT Wibileti to know if what h 6 ha heard was tr►►e, that those holding situ►itiuns iu the Commissariat gave no security but their own for the sinus. With which they were entrusted, while in all other departments securities were re quired bet ore a . pphiutments were made. The CHANCRLLOR of the EXCHIMUER was Irtr• derstood to reply, it had not been common to de mand seem ities in that department, but he did not lay they would not be required for the time to SUSPENSION OP THE II.kBEAS, CORPUS ACT . The CIIANCELLOR of the 14XCHEQUell move hat the House should go into a Committee ou he Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill; Mr. GRENVIILL said, painful as it WEIS for Mtn o differ from those with whom he was-in the It ►bit of acting, and with whom. he should con tinue to act, he felt himself bound to strpport the 13111, and doing this he considered that he ( ) id that which tended to secure the liberty of the country, and to promote its best interests. Mr. CURWRN said, the impression left on his mind by ss hat had occurred when the last suspen- Sion of the Habeas Corpus Act took Once, corn- pelted hint to otTer hi4 . determined though inef fectual opposition to the present Bill: Was it not at that tune attempted to make -a new law on con structive treason I - Had that attempt succeeded, he knew not what' oultl have become of the li- bellies of Englishmen. He could not, with the recollection he hada what had taken place at the period to which belhad rekrted, consent now to surrender into the hands at 'Ministers the best . _ righis of their countrymen. The existing laws, he was of opinion, 'Were . entflicient to punish any symptoms of tlisaffeition that had yet appeared. He "was sincerely• attached to those principles which had ae►tted the prese►►t family on the Throne, and an enemy to all that was .opposed to them.— ..• Long might that Family continue to reign, ani mated by those pripciples.; but if ever these should 'be departed from, he . hoped they would share the fate of the Stuarts. The real friends to 'corruption he described to he those with whom the late disturbances originated:. The former sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act lie declared to have been resorted to for the purpose of enabling Mr. Pitt to get rid of his pledge on the subject of a Retort» iu Parliament. - Now it • was brought forwartk t 9 stifle the voice of the- people, and ,to keep up a ,Jarger Army than the country could possibly pay, ui had any real occasion for. Where small savings had been made, millions ought to have been struck off from the expenditure of the nation; for, -wherever they could fairly grapple With the Chancellor of the Exchequer, they would .prove, that - after all the propesed retrenchments were made, the expenditure of the country would still exceed by 20,000,0001. its revenue. Ile was a friend to rational and constitutional Reform ; but whenever meetings had been :held all over ,the country, to petition for this, attempts had been made to put them down. ItefOrm and re rtrenclintent he held to be necessary, and lie stre nuously insisted the increasing influence of the Crown ought to be effectually. guarded against. -7- After the decisiOn of last night, lit could mit hope to stop the measure ;' but he Was convinced that if any danger' really threatened the country, it was calculated to increase that danger, because it - would deprive the House of the-confidence of the nation. It might indeed be necessary for Minis ters to arm them Selves with that power, if they -were determined to continue in the system which . they had hithet to pursued, and refused to abolish a single place. When they bud sent away so many of the brave men in the Army and Navy, who .had shed their blond for their country, might they not expect those - veterans to sfty, why did they not: keep some hundreds of us instead of retain- ing two useless Lords of the Adiitioliy? ;11' should atik a Right Hon. (leaking') 011",1ti whether the ' first step of a Noble Relatiou 01,11 i (rAnd §iilinuuth), when lie eame into Ace , l ' not. been to restore the liberties of the c",, t i fOFIVIiich he had obtained its joys and gra l1(1 He *as convinced that the present measure irw''. not produce the end required, aud fore oppose it in every stage. lqe. BATHURST, iu reply to tbt qu • eetiO n°f! lion.. Gentleman, contended that b( how soon his Noble Friend had. bt 'apply for the renewal of all the rn lie had abolished on coming into 01 appointment at a Secret Contmittei found that the same -persons had al themselves with France as before, should Ile cess to Buonaparte. The same there sorted to, and it was the t created by their removal 'which Inn bbl v v( i ) c t 1 1: e l ': e a n P iyei l (s r i,p i i t tai . 4oye difficulties which rendered then) a ' cessary. Tr Mr.LOcx.ohaT considered the at ilexeloped in the Report sufficient g senting , to the measures proposed. the attempts made to corrupt th( - people; anal create in them not of Atheism, but all the vices 1 11;e had a prayer which we clid,,' e t r i a t et li en e sfi lt ill. was an a f t i t ' e jl in t p o t i e t ' o tti al ;I:vein:l l%e had seen, ill another country. 1 Government neglectful of its duty, B ' l ' op , bating experimenta tried by the peopleuroiv clbsuotar7i; selves. . With such examples of ti'', l o , B l tendency of revolutionary doctrines, '` c l unnecessary to ransack the pee of llis i g ° t r io had pissed before our eyes yin(ied $11 7, - ible StrilCriOrl, and must lead to the irre s ' s „' ni l 'ie.ioii t hat any measures should be lan .hec. k .such danorons practices. Mr. MARRYATT thought that the ro r et_to.t ger up, ,re rf s our I and shores,il i retail nota re/o'c rend w u a d s et i l l i c i l i t n o o re f rr w a l t l e a t t l. l43 : l ; h i e tit i v a l e l 'i l s ) i a :c e e t tdi li ii t i •putgale• The Captain ordered the dead I ,ig: l, Lady aptiaostsletenrget;!as"'liekrie: 11;111:1155:44ir:litl' and -.all suffered Most , severely fro 1° tht lfl precaution which had • brew taker:. 1.-liellort that the country would be able i" I.l `; e ibroo Present gale in perfect safety , witb,oubeltri't out its sheet anchor, which oug hl l ' a g t pecl l the most pressing danger -and the a'', - i al The dissatisfied would avail 0001001 measure itself,' to spread dissatisfaco° yOok t l' i v o c t i l i ct e li t i t i h t : s ii h n e: o t r l l l s r e o o % u y t s i . e , e ' l r l es w ut e n n e t tl ,inttioctille-P-It ' Acillk its present range. ( -wor t cciVe4v , lasid them Bill ordered to be re- • of t i ' l l On the motion of the CitAt4colOsiteditioloil CH EQU 81to the second reading °f ' ll ' a II ti i! ' seniblies Prevention Bill Wag POStP°.3 j day.next. ~.. ;on 13 1 1 05 th; il o ll l ' i e gh A a rra C y om a m n it t te N e. av l y li eSeCatilicoti'rim' t ilo.irso re°,.6ress , and asked leave to sit ag'd.ja,, fli i) _ ihe Treasonable Practice's Prevn'o'f'roo.il# through a Comtnittee.---ltePer,,t taitloo/I,„)ti reardhe Passengers' and Ships' tiego-iie coisw a second time, add ordered t° 'oo° to-morrow. laid T a x es el before lle K. il) bit ° passed. , Tn Ati account of the Net Asseserne_riolostejli g t ' i s miLt.m.sel_______.___ Bench B.....ill,tiaisoriieranae:: of josi d il for the last three years svs. ; oA '!i fi : up ' Na o ri e tios w , :C ,w e b n i c s t u i s eb ts bbeeeenwftnalkig g ° i f t i a l i e l o l o r i l p°1) :CP' I i:111 , BfrhoeersOsalltu,:ityeslo2orue.:o:l t 1 t u x g a u s 1 cgAeuneAraililvyos,!(;:oe, , r amouut was roily from 5 to 6 0 °''' Drs. C a ii r ri j and Co, the Rex. 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There are sitifeavdes, '',1,1 treated a v n it ' l l i rlrteivgarearte7:lClelficoarcYje;Zes'ill:Plef at Charlotte House, Blacicfriarsostodsto i day , and Sunday ; and at 1 ,i°5110(01 Monday, Wednesdiy, Friday , 9 / / ' ' 2 d'elnek. rod ' " The Piles and F istula cured s' about' On Ihe 17th • in 13. lalliiL 7-::4:41;--rt°5:1.‘ _................._______- ....----- mit. Ellis on -pluce, -, ` 1 ,,, 01100 ..ieutonant-Colouel ~terms, 29th Itrg''''' o,iso Ost . Wednesday, Mrs. Thomas.Mootts rtleof A claught;r. M s.. 14111" ' "10.; in Manchester-street, --r le t N 1 A itit F49;116 C dfi Yastertlay, at. Chatham, Georgr„',o,,, ta liieurge Ilarlow, B u rt, G. c, B, f :onitatssioner Sir Itubert 13orloro Torrington. ;Tefl, I% 0') „ the g4th instant, at c; artineAtole, "rof)'' Act, Sohn, Staffordshire, to Mari „i VlO Aisf, the late William Wilkinson, Esti' , o'4 shire. josellPdiiiif, • Yesterflay, at St. Mortify's Chttrch'a PA"' only son of the Her. Pr. I ) ° w ' • derry, to Miss liarrieit Fox, of 010'9- SOti. House Kennington aged oi r —5135.11t1).4„ faci e 0 4 ,1 On the 26th instant, Mrs. Crll ce ' ttil'rci , 0,044,4, c , o il Ow Saturday, in n' ;Red t'5,,`!,,,,04'; ;r wood, youngest son 4.f Charles.G.reellwrges;,u. Ou the 2.lth instant, Mr. Wi t "% n y IWO ,rIA Yesterday, at KCllSiillgtOn, ?o r * R ,4"‘ l ' PigeadiliY aued 76 ... $ 0 • •'''''''t4.P..ll-1 _---------<rAlitsh4s4 pill 1:711.1‘ ruihi7--"—s'rl'4g'rli.rrijlire.llnhbtishe.tll3h;‘3lA''.ll!tr.4flitit'l'qtlt"s be ‘fj(l at t he tatii-Orricr, r 4 ^. 1141'44,4 ° alelsso Qliicrs, Ixtters, 44c. CP° ti very in aul i g i g i i4:l Iri:li elll)l o ll: erst , ,siv e il e o , doi e re ffi s i be i ' l ltile a c.eclo i l l r a i ci iittlits t cile l i t t i ty le eii ti s i ,inroti t l t u ' i c li ) a f itter e it b i l in ' t o l ( riviii i) u s vi,i l ti la.r ote ui lil i o, ^g tio n o ' dri : : : 4iti hid t : l l . ti t ifl l it.l.. ; l ll'' oold o,ft, objects!! 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