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SILKS SELLING OFF.

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11F. O'd-estahliplird Flrin of ARCHER and
CO. Silk and Pop .1, Weavers to lie• late Majesty and
all the Royal Family (or forty year., beg to inform the
Nubility loot Poblic, that as tbty %wholly R.llre frost Bas.i-
sters,their 'minnow STOCK of FASHIONABLE SILKS,
Poplins, Salina, striped and checked Sarowts, Gauges,
ShawN, Scarcer, &e. a now SE:.I.INCI OFF coasidrelhly
below Prime Cost. The IK'au ilia Good., insole expressly
forthe Spring by their own %Vetivers are unerialletl by
soy other M•nafneterer in Lonoloo. ladies may select from
en extensive Stock every Article of Dress in Silk., Shawls,
Laren, Lace Deo...es, Silk Stocking., Moslios, and Scarree,
at such moderate prices aa to retidsr cumnsrut uteurcetaary.
No Parer!. ems be sent, or Patterus rot.

Tito Premises, No. A, Nem ietta.stieet, being mold, lb!
Stock is Selling Off at Fpitalßelsle Honer, Id, thinking-
atrimi,Covent.earden, where all Persoas indebted to the Coo-
"VD are solicited to goalie drew Payaieuts.

/1111 IF. F,SSENCE of PEARL awl I'EARI.
111 DENTIPRICE, invented by the late Jacob Defect,
4,4116 M to the Royal Family, have beer proved by long ex-
p.-mute to R sally excel, both in ekgiitice and efficacy,
e very Whet preparation for the Teeth and Guns.; they ef-
fectually p the Teeth in a sound slate even Io old age,
wader them while end beasitifol without impairing the
ananwl, fasten such as are loose, and keep each.. are de-
cayed from becoming worse. Tiny likewise render the
howls delicately sweet, prevent the Touth•Achc, perfectly
owe the Scurvy in the Gums, and make them grow firm and
cleat to the Teeth.—The Essence is particularly recom-
nwoJeit to Paresis sail Persons who have the care of
Children as the greatest preen votive of young and leader
T..eth. Nunn are genuine but what have use words,
k J. Hemet, Ravley and Blew, Cockoper-stmt," engraved
is the Stamp. Price 2r. 9.1. each.
BAYLEY', TRUE ESSENTIAL. SALT of LEMONS,
foe taking Ink Spots and Stales out of !Amend Linen. The
guaohne Is signed " W. Bayley" vu the Box sad Wrapper.
Also his SCOURING DROPS, for taking (Iruasi eat of
/kik, Stuff, Wonlka Clulh, ice. price Is. each.
vEstrrABLE PO/131•DE DIVINE, peke IC 111. the
"old, Wlthlevals and 'Radon, by .13111e1 sad Oki, Pa-
.honsera,C•ekapur.strest, Lauder.

VOST resret fully *ls hinittrtl to the
B. the extreme dy hard ease of Mr THOMAC CHAP-
MAN, late of Suisthwitik —Nearly thirty years ago he
diacos-er. it and invented the swans of 'asking the Fur of the
South Sea Seal-skins available to one manisfartortrs. Fre-
•.nus to this important divirovery; the valtrible fur IWO
obssosseil from the oral by his ipventioss, was mde no use of
usher than for manure for the land. The Fur Seal-skins
were of so Mole value, as sraretly to be worth the freight
of the ship. They were chiefly sold to the tanners, at frum
fruit peace to awn shilling* each ; they hare since been sold
at 21. and upwards per skin, tool their Fur at eighty *hil-
top per pound weight. Immense quantities of Seal Fur
are yearly manufsesureil soil oinked up into bats, rhault,
and cloth of great valise. Numerous and various articles of
ornamental soil comfortable clothing arc also risnoufactorill
from it; and it is caleolati that from fifty to one hoindreil
thousaud Far S. al-skims hare, en sewerage, been annually
imputed mill 'rooked up since the time their Fur was by
Mr.Clospntait fir%l simile available. Nut hiring she sween•
in his power, wisest i.e made this important discovery, of
securing it to himself, aas the cause of his Cohere snit
present distress. The public Isath already hem -filed by it
to a great amount.

Thi friends of the above istetilarions, Lot truly/ nafor-
titmice individual, Iwo demised st a.lvi•ishle to solicit a
BM SUBSCRIPTION, in the hole•. of raising a fund
that may, in • degree, alleviate ly. ssithtlago. Through
revere illness and •navoidalrte allsfurtiiii,s, he loth fur
ninny year% tu•nn utterly without the menus of heing able to
cam us the bu.iress he inveuteil, established, and b....tight
into general use.—Advaw•ed age, and the great ailiarliun
ocessioweil by a severe rheumatic complaint, whic► often
tontines him for two or three months at a time, is the rause
of so math weakness, that he is residered ahonst misfit an•l
enable to pursue an) bosiners that will provide the means
of exiatriere. Thus, be, who, by a• ingenious and skilful
lIIRCOIrry, bath been the cause of giving daily bread to
Mho are employed in an entire new nisinarn t•re
in variants In awls, a, a Is eh also ocesvions num. roils • loipping
and seams,. to be employed—who lonset.r the moat re 000000 e
parlour the Smith &as in search of Fair Seals, discovering
many new and valiishle islands, is himself, at a• advanced
age, destitute of viipport.
Subscriptions will be thankfully received at Weirs. fler.
Fattrobar, anal Co. Rankers, St isines'oddrrre ; mutt
at Messrs. Snow sud Pawl, Illaakera, 217, strand.
The Hun. anal Right Hey. turd Ili.hop of Durham... t5O
The Right How Frederiek Rubinson, President of
She Board of Trade 5O
The Right Hon. the !arl 11( P•mbrake ....... 5
Juba' Jules Angerstria, Esq. . .

, IMPERIAL 114OI1LINIlitin-
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HOUSE OF COMMONIIkeItIMINYTt SAT„. •; • i
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4:e 4
Mr. CURWEN postponed to. Minted:ly next his lardidp
fur the remit, ot she Hu. e Tax. • •
. Mr. DICKINSON prmessteilli Petition from the ' tiali6
imed4es
blimp's of the Pariah of Fromeitio the County of Somerset,
against the Pours Laws Ansentimeut 1101.—Ordered to be
piloted.
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Lord MILTON presented. It Aims from the Supervisors.
Searchers, sod Imotperture, emp rd under " The Stamping
Acts," in the Comity of Yorkaakeieet stay alteration le the
told Aets.—Refee•ed to the Cutemattlee ms dm mid BON.
Mr, MAMIE Russet! that errigin extracts from the PXpers
presented to the House yeatertll„; relating i.e AU Illillbklal•
meet of an Estes Post, be printed.—Ordried.
ths the mut' or Mr. C Gital I', the 11-port ell the ,
Irish Insolvency Courts Bid trarWßlst •poiad the Apeesia.7
meats agreed to, and the Bill tielitreal tube read the third
time out Monday next.
The Irish "'slo-ins Bill went through the Committee, sod
wan owli•red to he reported to.morrow.
The Public Coal Yards (Ireland) Bill was read a vetoed
time, and urdesed to he rommitt•al to-morrow.
CORONERS IN IRELAND.
Mr. BROWN LOW presented a Petition from Michael
Daly, EN. Cormier for the Costley of Armagh, against the
Irish Coroners Ilegolation Bill.
Mr. C. H. HUICHINSON bah!, he would take that op.
paternity of suggesting to the Hee. !Bendier who brought
in the Bill to which the Petitioner alluded, the propriety of
postponing soy further prosee•lings in the 11111 to the next
Session, as it involved several very important coneequeaces,
which required mature cosesialeraison.
Mr. MARTIN, of Galway, said, the Dill was entsitily a
manure of the highest impurtence, not only to the county
to which he belonged, bat to every county is Ireland, and
its bringing it is he had "'clad out from say private wish of
his own, bait upon the special request of the Grand Jury of
the county which he had lilt' honour to represent, conveyed
to him through their register organ, the foreman, in which
they termed their •pprehensum that slob as some ns
of the kind were adopted, the county woisid be subjected to
considerable losses by the death and defie* of Coroners.
By the law of Ellithlilif nu Coroner coubl le any civil
process except ageinst the Rita rsff • but it. Ireland &mull
every civil process lima executed by the Cormier; and one
object of bits Bill was to assimilate the law of the two coma.
tries in 'hie respect, nod be aseertell that the clause he bad
introduetd for that purpose went nu further. The Coroners
is !alma' were i• general met. mho weir insolvent to pay
any damage which might arise from misfeasance in their
office, soil of any process were iii romequeuce issued against
Sheen, aid they were unable to pay, the deficiency was levied
too the comity. L. sunk eircuirwr.isery he would ask any
Mae whether it was unreasonable to call upon Carters.
even those who already exerci.ecl the offie.-, to give seems',
to the county ? That was another object .f his Bill, which
his Hon. Friend the Member fur Cook *jelled bins in post.
posse to the next Session. In compliance with the wish
expensed by that Hun. Member, he should nut move fair a
Committee ell the Bill this Seseion, but be would plealge
himself in the next Ses.ioss again to lining it forward, and
to substantiate before the Conisniitee the grounds which he
hail now stated.

Mr. D. BROWNE supported the statement of the Hon.
Measlier who stymied loM.' The election. of Coroners in
Ireland, at least in those enemies with which be was se.
quaiotid, was conducted iu 11 Very different
that which prevailed in Engles* IN many cases a present
of twenty pouude to the Sida-Seriff was ,utEcient to secure
the nomination of the party. Iti the e ly in which he
lived there were eight Coroners, oily of whom was a person
of some little property, bat all the others were men incom•
patent to the responsibility for may suns exceedisig twenty
'moods. lie hoped his Dun. Friend, before he consented to
give up the Rill, even fur the prevent Session, would reflect
upon the ri•k to which his own county as well as others,
would, in the mean time, remain exposed. The county of
Galway hail already been sued fur a sum of 6001. in cons,.
quenee of the death of a Coroner; and many similar
claims might be brought against it before the period of ova
Session arrived, when the Bill could be passed.
Sir J. NEWPORT said he would nut at that time enter
into the discussion of the monies of the Bill, because it was
nut regularly before the House. He would, however, say, that
in his private opinion three were several things in it which
were objectioasble, but of which it would be for the House
to consider in proper time and season.

Mr. HECHgIt .ssi,l, with respect to the election of Coro-
ners in Ireland, he knew that in unity instances they were
condnete.l upon too extensive a scale, and he had intended
to introduce a clause to restrict them in some degree. 'there
were m6,r eircumstatices also connected wish the subject
which required consideration, and perhaps it would be
found that considerable alteration■ were necessary ou both
sides of the question. He hoped, therefore, that the Hon.
Member would recede to the suggestion of his Hon. Friend,
rust posipoue the further consideration of the Hill until
next Session.

The Petition was then ordered to be printed.
DUTY ON FOREIGN WOOL

Lord MILTON siren sited a Petition from .he Merchants,
Trusties of the cloth Hall in the West Riding of the
County of Yo,k, praying fur the repeal of the duty on fo.
►eign nuel..—thilerert to be printed.

The same Noble Lord thrti gave Notice, that on Weilnes.
day, Bth issue, he should move for leave to bring its a Bill
to repeal tlie said duties.

REMOVAL OF SLAVES.

Mr. J. P. GRANT MOWN' the Orikr yf the Day fur the
see ..... I reading of 31alavell's Slave Removal Dill.

The Or.ler a the Diy haviug b.-en read—

Mr. C. VV. %1 YNN said, he rose in present a Petition
egoista the Mitt, on the behalf of time hundred and twenty-
urns indiebloal• who iambi not plead for themselves; three
bundled and twetry-iiiiie men women sad children, who,
by this Bill, would become liable eis tentuval f um the place
where many of them hail been born. The Bill seemed to
loin to be one, properly considered, of • publ e ',atom ; and
he thought it hail been very improperly introduced as a
vale Bill. Indeed he was a Inca, as it had been so iotro-
duced, to nee bow it could he carried through its next stage,
which was the Committee, consistently with the usage and
standing orders of the House, by shale the Comtuittee was
directid to ascertain that all parties any way concerned, or
having au interest in a private Bill, hail ',ladder nod proper
notice of the same. For, surely it would not lie coutended
that the parties un behalf of whom ibis Petition was pre.
'muted. hail out a deep and most impoelant interest in this
Bill. The Pit lion wss (ruin Mr.Stepheu, in the diameter
of gastriliass and next friend to the slaves on the estate of
Mr. Maxwell, in the island of Antigua, many of whom were
burr in his Majesty's donsiteiuns, and who bad bless brought
I up, and hired under the protection of British laws, which
afforded peculiar advantages not enjoyed by aiaves in the
colonies of other countries; mid it stated, that by the Bill
which was now in progress, those slams would be liable to
be transported from Antiesta to the settlement of Demerara,
ow the coast of Anteriers, where the Dutch law, confessedly
the must severe of all, as far as regarded the treatment of
slaves, prevailed, whereby the said slimes would tee deprived
of many comforts soil ailvatitaees they now enjoyed, and
suhjeeted to loorilehips and other iticuovenitnees, both of
climate soil treatment, to which they had hitherto bees us-
tom d; awl the Petitioner therefore prayed that the
said Bill might nut pass into a low. If this Bill shesld pas;
the Hun. Member said, the Hoses could nut aftereeetia its
fuse ass similar application from any quarter. It wsulril
Ihrtektre be dwelt better to pass a 'corral Few, authorising
the transport of slaves Irons dbe West indhs Mud.' to the
Cent of America, tban to sanction in any particular istatauco

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as direct a departere kw ail pirera pri•cide of our 41
.tregulatirias. -
..j., Apr. m 4 RRYATt said he am decidedly adverts* Wee.
pesteval of slaves from one colour to another, melees itarrew!
in soma .degree oweerniary to sumo, anygiontendigmay din!
'ereare inthelr Reether, by which the produce of a f eloßy
• ores likely to sustain considerable diminution. It was ra-
ther a pnnciple of accessary pulley to prohibit the femoral,.
in order to keep op the slave populations to an• tweet 'veal ,
to the demand Co' the cultivation of the several eutweimat.,
which could only he done by igrefel treatment, and Age" ...
lion to their necessary comforts. lie could pett 09 MAR.
fiw sarretioeing a departure from the principle in the . . !
seat instance. (to looking over some papers cheek were • ,'
fore the !loose, he had observed with enessideraMe ewe 4,
the great increase in the oeautity of sugar produced ist ....
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nierara. In the last aeveu year. the increase wat‘w the O.'
portion of 4) to I; the owe i. 1014 having been !Vita .•
--Ohde. mad to mitt' _ , mom._ 113,000 Mai. II ifie,Po-
dace tient sib. Hieseased far !be • nee* seersHIVIS al the stem
git
,vale, Ike quantity of *stew produced is Demerara would he
ego•I to all the sugar grows is Jamaica. The H.N. Mess- •
ber theft proceeded to observe el the alteration in the
condition of the slave which the r 'Royal to Demerara would
produce, and elucidated his remarks by refeisimg to the
Report oil the Criminal Law at Dowrara, published by
Mr finery, late President of Demerara sail Esseoribei„
stating that the interrogatories eu a charge against a elm
were often protracted to tau years, during which he was put
into the stocks in the common gaol every eight, and at the
end of that period the charge to the owner was so else rmows,
the slave, often being so much debilitated in body and vitiat-
ed in mind, from the confinement with the worst of charac-
ters, that the owners often refused to take them beck.
Mr. C. W. WYNN then moved, that the Petitioner be
beard by himself at the second reading of the Hill, if he
think At.

Mr. J. P. GRANT said, he was happy that this Pe-
tit l had been p►rsrated, because, as the proposer of the
Bill, he wicked every thing to be heard that could be argued
agaiiist it ; therefore it was that be Mad not offer('
any üb•ervatinn ou the Petition ; hut now that a 'notion was
made that this Pilitioucr rhoald he heard by himself, be
would offer a few words to riser why he thought the KM.
lion should not be +peed 10. Of the Prtitionees connexion
with thrice ■laves whims he wished to repeeeeet, of his kouvr-
ledge of Owls. opinions as to this Rill, or of Ore means by
which lie became possessed of such ketrwlid4e, the Noose
hail not she smallest infonnaii 111 l ; and he was at a 11.6. su
conceive upon what principle, by what mile of the House,
or by what colorer of its proceedings, a person coming for-
ward, will t any apparent counexion with, or ainhority
from the party whom he professed to represiait, could be
heard against any private Fur Ilia town part lie had uo
objection whatever 4i the Petitioner beini heard, except ow
the pallid of the delay, and the violation of the practice
of the House; foe he was minvineed that the more the sub-
ject was examined, the more reason would the House see
fur the parsing of this Bill.
Mr. C. W. WYNN thought before the objeetion of the
Hon. Member could he siestanted, it W 44 ineuirteal un bins
to sheer that it was possible for there parties to seer! over to this
ministry and appoint an agent to oppose the Bill iu their be-
half. lite House might act by analogy with the Conris of
Law it particular ca►es; and those Curets, where a priests
was unable to act for himself, aid was without any natural
guardian or protector who could act for bin, allowed any
presort whatever is take op his interest, and brimmed to all
that such person had to urge on his part in any suit. And
it was because these persons were not able to speak fur them•
selves, or to appoint any our to art for them, obit he wished
this Petitioner should be heard on their behalf.

Mr BARHAM made some observations, which we email
not distinctly collect, but we understood him to •appose the
motion, unless the Petitioner could sbew his authority from
the parties.
Mr. WII.BER FORCE thonght tint high character of Mr.
Stephen, his know,' honour nod integrity, and intimate local
acquaintance with the %Wm Indies, and his opportunities of
informing himself of the character, habil% mid opinion', of
persons in the situation of those parties, should be aullicaent
reasons to induce the House to agree 110 the motion.
Colonel BARRY thought that whatever the decision of
the House, with respect to the present 'notion, might he, it
would at all events be impossible for the House to proceed
with a Bill so deeply 'affecting the interests of three hundied
and twentymine individuals, without aseertainieg n bat their
sentiments with respect to the measure really were. From
011ie it would follow that the second reading ought to be post.
poned to that day six months.

Mr. GOULBURN was ready to concur in whoever might
be said in testimony of the high character of Mr. Stephen,
and his knowledge and opportunities of infaimatioes on all
✓ubjivis connected with the Wert Grilles, and to give roll
weight to his authority; but tither vrsows, with It.. know-
ledge of those matters, might era a future occasion assume
to act as the next friends of parties in a similar sitottion
with the slaves in question, and it world be establishing a
precedent which he was unwilling to sanction. lie was has.
tile to the Rill on grounds which at • proper time he would
skew, but in the menu time he could out agree to hear any
person i• the character of an agent or counsel fur a party
interested is, a private Bill, unless be could •hew some con.
week's or authority from the party. Nur did he think any
lose was to be apprehended to those parties from the rej•e-
Goo of this application, as there were in that House Ge male.
men, mimic whom he might particularise the Hun. Member
for Tamlue (Mr. Baling), who was isitimately conversant
with the subject, who were equally able, said would out he
be Aland unwilling to discuss the merits of the Bill with as
much zeal and ability, anti as feeling • regard fur the in-
terests and welfare of the parties, as the Petitioner himself.
Dr. PHILLIMORE supported the motion by analogy
from the Courts of Law, and asked whether, if • person were
imprisoned in souther comity, and rut elf from all commu-
nication with his friends here, the House would refuse to
bear in his behalf a person as Isis neat friend, although not
connected by blood, or not expr'iristilr asettsurise-1, who knew
that his interests would be materially affected, and pelts'ss
seriously injured by soy private Hill.
Mr. A BERCROM RY said, if the cirettemplanees had bees
such that there were nu person within the walls of the House
capable of fri ling and advocating the iuteleats ..f these indi-
viduals equally with the Petitioner, (list might be • reason
for agreeing to the motion. Rut since the ease was far other-
wise, he thought tlw. House might miter to avoid establishing
• precedent for the interfereuce of annuthorisetl or 111111111 E,
rest. d persons in the progress of private Bills.
Mr. COURTENAY inane a few obseitatious on behalf of
the Petitioner.
Mr. BRIGHT said, that the only question was, whether
they should make a new precedent hg hearing the argu-
ments of the Petitioeer on behalf of one with, whose case he
acknowledged that lee was nut acquainted ?
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that ht bad bees chiefly aaticit
paled ley his Hon. Friend, in the unveils he was mahout to
submit. Re was astonished at the application, but be was
more aatonished at the support which had been given to it by
his lion. Friend, the Member for Moutornenery, who might be
considered almost as the hereditary guardian of order and
Ariel regularity of proceedings in that House. He had the
highest respect and esteem for the Petitioner, with whim he
bad been lung intimate; but useful as the Learned Gentleman
Might be were he memsit, his woefulness mast be regulated
by • conformity to the rules sod precedent. of Parliament.
What would be the cod of establishing • precedent which
istasbl enable any Geutlemau to come forward and say, " 1
ail "be seat friend to the person who Isar affected by the
scsistwit now pending is Parliament, and I require to be
bong against it Where was this to end ?In the manse
of regularity where evold this cod ? It was said, that a
'an cosimed in prison must have • right to be heard by the
Mouse be say question which was to affect his interests
Materially. The case sow considered analogous, though he

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Amid not admit it. It .pas asked tribmpliamly if auy non
eitald doubt lie doubted it. But VIII.' the 4 4' (4481*.
of being in prison, or of bring abiosol, the only, ia-
• mormonotatile eases in that ramte ut •eliffit oily
Mho' did they say to Mom who were ton poor to employ
Calomel, or to pareses who wore Coo anmerons and at lin
_great a distance lo attend Ihmtinwlwirs? Woatid iJ be 'l4-
, suitor, that any gentlemlii would then be at liberty to 'Sohn
a hearing oil behalf of his hest friend! There was n col in
Moe reeeiot practise of Parliament still more in point. Sir
Robert Peer.' Bill had nut primed the Honse. .Child;mW
tier.; peculiarly entitled to be beard by die Hsnv. If ikey
sutery In admit the precedeat„ they might have gentlemen op-
peaeiric ors behalf of the worepreansted el . Athwicake
W 0414/ be found of g eat txperienee enJ coostimmale know--10141s—rirtiral reform might be diarist:oral at the har of the
• Home wills great *armor, much zeal, and a prnfikaima of
wisdom, eirgonatmtis would be offered for their guidance on
• Ale Grameitund why ether MIA He could WM' 01411101.11 to.
such a. precedem though the prayer ilf the. Petitions suet
aided by the 'airport of some of the most respertible par.
ties in tied House, :salons friends of the abolition Thu
question lay between asaeriimis that the practice Clem-
plained of was beneficial, shale time other side maintamed
that it was prejudicial. The lat armed Gentleman, the Pe-
titioner, founded his claim to he heard by first begging the
qwestioa. lie assumed that it was prejudicial, and then
required to be allowed to prove it. lie must oppose the
motion on the Ironed of precedent.
• Mr. F. BUXTON admitted that Lis lion. and [cursed
Friend was right in stating hat the question involved great
difficulties, but be made a bad lose of the argument, which
rather went to whew that as the House had not iitfortut Sip.
enough on the subject, they ought to take measures to get
it from ally persona who had it to give. Not to hear parties
on Private Bills was not only contrary to Parliamentary
preeetkotr, but implied a considerable perversion of justice.
Ibe House
Fair the Motion 45
Against it

111*j:wily.

CONGRF.Sii OF LAYBACH.
Mr. S. WoAILEY wished to tout • question. to
the Noble Nlartpus, the Foreign Secretary. There
bad appeared within the last twenty-four hours in
the daily papers, a document, purporting to be vs
eirctiliti despatch of the Allied Sovertigns on the
breaking up of the Congress at Lieybarli. As some
of the language is; this Declaration was of • must
except ble kind, and highly dangerous in in
piinciples to the I.herties of this country, lie .WWI
anxious to know from Its Noble Friend if such is
Declare lend really been made by the Allied
Sove.eigns, sod if they had communicated it to the
Euelisii Government?

The Niortplia of LONDONDERRY said, that he
ha I rca-on to I..elieve that the docomont was of an
official chit-meter, and that a copy of it had been
sent to this country. Ile believed it also to be the
document of those Powers by whose names it was
OU billet" bed.
Mr. S. WORTLEY then gave notice that he would
on 'ruesdtty snore that ati Address be preseotett
to his Majesty, praying him to give directions for
a copy of the Declaration to be laid before the
House.

INDEPENDENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
Mr. G. BEN NETT ruse to fulfil the siottim which
lie had given. fur leave to I gin r Bill fur better
securing the Indepesidenee of l'atliAnent. doing
so, it was a great satisfaction to him to feel that in
the principle of the measure which he intended to
submit there was sio .elty ; that wherever de-
merit bli..tald be discovered to the plain, the ()Nee.
tient to it could not be that of innovation. Ile had
sought to follow closely the footsteps of their an-
cestors, and placing his fret in-their foot-prints, be
had endeavoured strictly to keep himself iii their
track. No objection. lie conceived. could be
mask to the pnticiple of his measure whatever
!night he taken us to its extent. The first (plea.
titan which he had suggested to himself in
considering his motion was, what, in the lan-
guage and spirit cif the Constitution. was to he
tandem Iby the Commons House of Parliament !
Looknig for the solution of the question among the
best English authorities, and taking into view the
history of the original formation of Parliaments,
his conviction was fixed on the propriety of that de.
scription which had been given of it by the wiiteis
whom he hail eitsisulted : that the House of Com-
mons ought t s be a living image of die English
people—that it might to represent their opinions
and interests and to speak their feelings. It would
lie difficult to conceive a plan for a /louse of Coin.
moos to be constituted altogether differently front
this. more effectual than • Mamie of Commons
great p.'.tion of which was to he tied dowu to the
Govertintest by pitisiona and places of protit.t—
lle was not so wild as to think or propose.that M.
iiisters end other Officers of State were lir tee close
to be allow.ti to sit in Parlistaert ; but lie main.
tamed Vied beneficial places et the disposal. of Mi-
nisters to person► holding.seats in that (louse, must
bare the effect of allurement to the ambitious views
of one class—must encourage the hope of Attain.
ing larger means for profuse God voluptuous. being
to another class—while others. with a ewer mites
delighting in the acquirement of ripe end. plenty.
for the sake of the benefits they enabled the pose
sectors to bestow, were likely to hue, astir We
dazzled and (heir unit perverted flit greet
questions of national justice and policy : their
consciences would become_ gel/dually barderii. el
against the dictates of hobour and virtue. Thetis
could be nothing iu short so remore &pin this
ides which j,e but .thrown out, of a properie
constituted House of Comninia. than having tiat
gentry of the kingdom tied down to the existing
Government.. by profits said places, together with
the hopes of them for themselves and their Open..
dant,. - Looking at the subjrt with the eyespf the
antiquarian end bistori in. It wpsentrious eAteerve
how the House of Commons !bed, here coileritute4,
aid what a v.iiiety of means .hid bins td mad
sunglit to strengthen its copsidesation, and.to pre•
serve its constitutional tfficac) from decay. It had
early become an object to check the itrcteasirg iris
flucisce of the Crown in the Wiese. ,The firstmeasure which seas silojated. with that view we. .
the reign of J•miee I. The arguments pinch were
to b: foisna at, ape ,f
character. "It sp iesedtrrna thielst erest
iu
tti.e oroewt yeeerltyror curious
th.
reign, a letter Wait 4rittfrom the Lord Chancellor to
the Speaker, informing hits that certain persons sit.

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ring w Parliament had been appointed to hold places
ander the Crown, and requiring to know if they
would still be allowed to bold their seats in the
House. Many of these persons were appointed to
All legal offices. Among them were the Attothey-
General of the day, whose continuance in the
House was connived at, though he was obliged for
the time to vacate his seat. He was at a loos to kuow
why the office of Attoroey•Geoseral had been thus
dealt with at a time when the Solicitor. General was
sitting in Parliament, as all the arguments respect.
ing the Attorney-General were equally applicable
so the Solicitor-General. He did not apprehend
Istiat could have been the reason for this distinc-
tion, except it were that the House of Commons
considered the office of Attorney-General as
being more directly an appointment of the
Crown. From this period the Honourable Gen-
tleman went on to remark on the scandalous state
into which the House had fallen, through the
profuse pensions, grants, and disbursements of
Charles 11. until at length, in 1600. Parliament
found it necessary to vote a revolution that no
priori holding an office under the Crown should be
fellable of holding a seat without lease for that pose-
pose being granted by the House. This was the
filoostiarion of the first Place Bill, which was brought
.iris 109 e. The Bill was carried through the
Conionons sod thrown out by the Lordra. In the
year feHowiug a similar Bill passed both Houses,
hut the Royal Amens was refused ; upon which the
House of Commons came to a resolution, that they
who had advised the King to refuse his assent were
enemies to the country, sail had prevented the
.11411 from removing from the State • scandalous
dangerous corruption. The Hon. Gentleman
tpursurd the legal history of the restraints which had
,been pot on persons holding offices ender the Crown
.to prevent them from retaining seats in Pal liament.
'From the tat George I. &mu to the conclusion of
:NValpole's stlnsinistration, there was a conatuntseiies
,of struggles to diminish the influence of the Crown
iu Parhameirt, to keep out what was called the
equiptoge of the Stele, stud to clear the House of
tells sird place-holders. Walpole contrived to
get rid of the qtiestion by adopting a plan subse-
rviently much in use with hi* successors, of sutler-
;roc the Bill to pass ibis House without much oh-
.werrnition, knowing that lie had a strong baud on
inch lie could rely for throwing it out no toe
litruse of Linda. lu 174-2, while Mr. Pelham was
Prone Minster, and Lord Hardwicke was Chancel-
lor, the 15th Geo. 11. passed, which excluded u
s deny ef 'terror,' from Pad la mein holding offices under
the Crown, and it had the effect of clearing the House
of the clerks, underliiiete unit retainers, and allow.
ing those Officers of State to remain whose pre-
sence was necessary for the conducting of public
tausineel. Nothing more bad been done loon this
to the curl of the American war ut Bits subject.
At the latter period came that Universally de-
clared opinion of the House of COOllllOlO3, that the
tefluence of the Cowin had iitcreased, was 'nevem.
lOW, aril ought to be dinniiished. Up on this re.
sulution Mr. Burke framed tied brought in his Bill,
which would liNve been extremely useful hail
it 'nosed. . But by that plan of giving up a
great deal to secure • little. of granting a great
rushy things to secure a very few, the Bill had been
ientlered almost unavailable. Fawn that permit
up to the preseirt, it would be found that Purliament
had been gradually purifying itself from without,
but lint 'Neglected that necessary and 'military dis-
t ipline within. It had scrupulously protected front
annoyance those battalions which constituted the
meleis by which the Minister fought his way
iu the House. If the lists of votes were ex-
Kenitra it would he found on almost every im-
portant gni-stains which had agitated the d
of the public, where public ferlung lay on one
s.de, snot the vote of the House on the other,
inat vote had been made up by the dead votes of
plarteinett and the Mistisien.. Ile Fee sssss mended WI
t'ltBlollllll.llllll into the stiliject, as lie was anxious 10
avoid the statement of any thing which email irri-
tate the feelings of the passing Hour. lie had given
lomself some trouble to luck over what had passed
ire the Morse since he first covered it, in 1912. Let
rev one make- slur eximitisitnit. stud lie would find
it imposiohle to deny that 111 misters had been sup-
looted on the great question. chi. fly by placeonen.
No qnestion of public importance had been raised
tending is reform or retrenchment, whether it were
the question of the extra Lords of the Admiralty,
er of any other species of reform, but the preven-
tive vote had been given by placemen and ministerial
dependants. Now, as to the difference of periods,
it would be seen by every Gentleman who looked
11110 the subject, that at the pwriod when the jealousy
cif the Crown which he had described was strongest,
the expenses of the Government, the places and re-
sources of all kind. in the gift of Government, the
meausiof itiffuesice both at home and abroad, were,
compared with the letter period, at their minimum.
The whole revenue was less formerly than the
expense of collecting it at present. 'I he expendi-
ture of collecting the revenue, it was to be re-
membered, was, with regard to the Government,
only another means of doling out money for the ad-
vantage of ministerial influence. This expense last
year amounted to 41 millions, a greater revenue
teen was collected at passing the Act of 1742—a
greater revenue t bun was collected when George
ascended the throne. Following up the principle
of our ancestors, his object was to remove from the
Noose all the clerks and underlings, leaving the
chief Officers of State in possession of their seats.
Viva', then, he world consider the Treasury, the
officers of which consisted of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer and five Lords of the Treasury ; of
coarse he could not wish to remove the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, whose presence was necessary to
carry on public business. He would even allow
two Lords of the 'treasury, our fur England and
Lne for Ireland. This lie took for a very liberal
allowance. And their lie weeded to know in what
two the other three Lords could be better em-
ployed than in defog the business of the Treasury
Board, and if this would not be better and more
en.tirble employment for them than doing the busi-
news of that Hons.- Taking the audits or airy
rather brunch of tier accounts in hand, let any
lean consider what would be the effect of haying
three Lords engager) in the dispatch of business
mare than there were •t present, not preprinting
separate influence, and boasting they
.even, or nine outs to value themselves
it discharge of the business of their
were besides the gm Lords, however,

U, their oepr
iinld dye, or set
by their feithrul
office. There