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South Webs are limited, and the link of the union
• chip lake, convicts from Ilse gaols, and conveys them to
New South Wales, awl thin iii +4 1111' 11/“.1 subjects. He
might as well say that Dover and Aix-la.Viapille are united,
fur a packet saola (ruin Doer,. by And. 'swami people are
enabled to co from Mover, to Aioda-Chapelle, and the
packet (toms a Itnk uniting the place's indissolubly.
01.jectiuus have heels made Hots. Friend, because
it might occasionally be tumid, that his honest heart bad
been der, nerd by false representations. hush must some-
tinfoil happen when a man keep• ail open house for
vetsiivisig cumplainte.—(Load cheering from the Treasury
Benches.)—Yes, Sir, when hi. dome. his ears, and bin heart are
open to admit the sulfErours of los fellow creatures; alien he
makes no distinctiou het alien persons, no assailer what may
be their rank or their ststieringaa—fur if even a raptured
man were to go to my non. Friend, he should have hi. coin-
passiosi...s, Loud cheering
.froon the Opposition Hencloes)--.
What triumph WRY it if ow one slay he were to acknowledge
lu she House that lie bad been deceived 111 evidence he had
stated us the day preceding!"—(Near, hear.)—The Right
Hun. Gentleman then proreetlesl to argue on the necessity of
appointing a Consmitice, and stated, iu answer to Lord
01611u-each's objection, that lie woo hl undertake, on WI
VIGGO& GOlier, to procure leis 00000 miners, when hums.
esy required she attentioti of the Hasse.—(The Right Hon.
Gentleman conducted amidst loud unit continued cheering.)
31r. B. LIITIII;nvv contended. that the proposition of his
Noble Friend embraced every object that could be required
by the motion of the lion. Member (Mr. Bennett).
Mr. BUXTON stated, that notwithstatiding he haul dos
wooed much time and industry to au inquiry into the aisle
of the gaols, his experience still was very limited. lie had
found the matter su difficult, so complicated, and so extra-
an-e, that it wan difficult In come to any satisfactory row
chasms,. He fell it would he utterly impossible for one
Committee to investigate in a satisfactory manlier the ex-
'cooler eisbject that would be iiiihnsitte4 to thesis by the
Noble Lord.—(Fleur, and cries of " Question ."')
Mr. MARRY/ITT ruse amidst repreasd tetra of " Qnes-
firm!" . lie stated that the prisoners 1111 boar.. the hulks and
transport ships suflt red leas than in any other prisons.
After sonic asses vations from Mr. W. WYNN and Mr.
Fong's,
Mr. H . replied. lie commented upon the argu-
ment* advanced of the oilwr side, and remarked that many
of his object loos remained wholly unanswered. He thanked
the Right Honourable 64;11141,1am (Mr. Canning) for his
compliments. reaii.e was always Writable, and parti-
cularly so from the Right Honourable Hesstleinasi, fur
they moved that no fs itudship subsisted between them—
Ht should, however, be much morehighly gratified, were
he at much the object of his (rumor and violets. abuse as had
once been his Noble and Right Moo. Friends at either stile of
him, fur perhaps then they might have • chance some time
or other of meeting —(/feat, hear.)
Mr. CANNING, in explanation, denied that be bail said
he would not believe the statements iil the lion. Gesitleman
be only said, that he shoot(' not act un them.
Mr. BEIINNTT" The Rigid Hon. Geotleinan is. of
course, at liberty to deny what be pleas( s. 1, t...., sin at
liberty to think what I please—end to express it also, so
long as 1 confine myself within the strict risks of the
House."
The House then divided, when thereappeared
Fur the previous question ll3
Against it.

Majority for Ministers ..
The other orders of the *lay were then disposed of, and the
Flutist adjourued at IIALF-PAST TWELVII O'CLOCK.

EQUALIZATION of the DUTY on COALS.

Yesterday • biehly numerous and respectable
Meeting of the Cinzens of London Was held at
the City of London Tavern, to take into conwlera-
lion the propriety of petitiouiibg Parliament for an
Equalization of the Duty on Coals.
About one o'clock Mr. Alderman Wo,nl. accom-
panied by Mr. Alderman Waitlmmo, Mr. %Vika'',
Mr. Alderman Thorp, Mr. Byog, Mr. IL Simmer,
and several others, entered the room.
Mr. Alderman WOOL) was immediately called to the Chair.

On taking the Chair the worthy Altlermaii ob-
served, that it was unnecessary for him to take up
the time of the Meeting by ettlargiug on the
occasion that brought them together ; it was a case
that came home to the breast oh every citizen—they
were all much intrusted in the tepeal of this emir.
mous tax. At a Meeting held last year, it was
determined that a Deputation s'lctild wait on the
Minister, to convince him that the tax upon Coals
was unequal and oppressive, and to ascertain what
were the sentimeitts and opinions of Guyer ))))) rot
upon the subject. A Deputation accoidiogly waited
upon the Mintsipt,_-they had all lillrrVleW with the
Chancellor of the Lxclirquer, Lord Sidinnutli, and
others belonging to the Adninitstratiolt, and those
distitiguAled persons appeared to think, that what
the citizens a‘keJ for was fairly their right. How-
ever, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that
Government could not promise to render any ser-
vice at so late a period of the Session, as the loves-
ligation of the sulject would take up ton moth
time. but lie Whirs veil, that they might throw in
iiieir Petition to Pauli:meld. The Committee had
had no communication since that time with the Go.
vertimeitt ; they thought it better to have full Yeti..
boos presented, and the sense of a general meet-
ing upon the subject. The worthy Cliairmuis
went on to say, that the first interests of this
great commercial city were deeply involved in
the repeal of this tax ; our was that alone the
great object of seeking fur its repeal—it was
too true that it pressed must heavily upon the
;into, and tended much to aggravate the general
distress. Ile said that lie had received a 11111111 W, of
anonymous letters til the subject. Ile regretted
that the writeis of these letters did not alba their
nattier to them, because it would have given hint till
opportunity of personally combat's% their opioirrits,
and of removing impressions which he conceived to
be erroneous. It was asserted that ttie t Wiens lit
London wished to have this tax taken id their own
shoulders, in order to place it upon the shoulders
*of others. On the putt of his fellow-citizens lie
disclaimed any such intention—his wish and their
wish was, if possible, to have it altogether abolish..
ed ; but if that could nut be dune, he submitted,
that, in point of justice and of reason, it should be-
come a general tax ; it would, if the burden
were divided, be little felt, instead of being, as
it now is, partial, oppressive, and severe. One
of the letter* lie had already alluded to was sign-
ed " A Derbyshire Freeholder." The writer of
this letter asserted, that if they succeeded in their
present object, there would be an enormous duty
laid ou outworked iron. In this the writer was cer-
tainly wrong. Here the worthy Alderman combat-
ed this position at some length. He said that the
duty which the writer alluded to would tint amount
to more than four shillings per ton on outworked
iron, awl that so far from ilie repeal of the toe ope-
rating to the injury of the iron trade, it would
have a directly coutrarreffect. The quantity of
Icoals consumed in ruining and other iron works
was very considerable indeed, and the proprietors
of these works would receive one hundred times a