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CITY RUSINAsS.

A Clurr of Aldermen was hell, se•terdse. st
Christlpl.er Smi:h and Richard ? fillips,
F.,qrs sheriffs el.ft. gave lsond to take micas thews
the Offic- at Midsaelmas r. rt.

Mr. Philip,' wis afertfar is tranalatel from dw
MivicLi:•,' Cc omy to the Stationers Compose.
The Accize of Bread was orderad.to be eoetWeedi,
as 11;. a eels.

Messrs. Hamer and Moat were vwrrn ftnl of
the Wszerrnea and Lightermen's Company.

WLSTERN CIRCUIT.

GLOUCES 1 Elt ASSIZP.S.

At the late Gloucester A oizes. a came, which
involved a qn •s•ion of cols.,leraill.• imocirtauce. was
tr ea priere L -ird Chief Baron MACltion . in, and a
Sneval J.:ry, wherem the Rev. Mr ri.4:11-nd. Of
Stean'•ri-loe, was P!ailtiff, and P.. 01 Wathen. Via.
of Lyopiatt.P.irk, in that efol"'r. 1).-fesaark 'I Le
elion was brought in consequelee of pewee 14f the
Plaintiff"s hounds having Ft en emelt an! W 4 5'
in traps, set in one of tho Defrn daist's wt, t., s and
the principal point in the CllllO was nth ire the
llereilimt had 4 right to set such erian-, a t s ughs
upon 'lye own ground ? In the course of the rvia..nce
it appeared, that t'w .raps were of an u ism il'aise
and shap• ; that Pail. had hen drawn ahnist the
sronif and across the public foot-paths to the spat
where the traps were concealed and baited; that
a deer and s-vro 1 dogs had been caught in one of
them. and bat a boy, in the Defend roes employ,
had inadv.orently met with the same acciierit.
The L . o Junes, in adaressiog the Jury.
observed, that although traps might be se, for vet.
min, yet there were hounds to that r*hr.....cilcb ,-a
seasonabie h iurs to it them, and prope &ovens:.
mu; and that it was rot neressars e' pr -v. an in.
tention'rli injuring the parti:ular isidsv ids, .1, in oreer
to maintain the alm; but that a con:tusion might
be dr.Wn from gener.,l circumr ones. He had t.
conception that traps of an inordinate and alarming
size, such as had caught a boy. and heid a deer.
should be set; and when the traps were placed near
footwiys on which a man sod his dogs had a right
to gu, and the game•keepet had ditrikio .s to bring
the dogs which might be caright, there conic' be
an doubt, thst. under such circumstances. a relent
washable to make satisfailion to another fsr the in-
jury dune to him. Verdid for the Plaintiff—Da-
mages thirty guineas.

We stated a few days slice. that Sir DAVID
BAIRD bad prevented a Memorial to His NAJVSTV,
prapnig to share in the Distribution of the prise
Money of the capture ut the Cape of Good Hope
and Buenos Ayres. with General BERSIFORD and
Sir Hoes Putnam. and that His M .JILSTT had
refcried the Memor•al to the Privy Council 011
SAtUrdAy Karl CA muss, the Pres.dent of the Coun-
cil; Lids CNATMAN. BATNuRsr and CLANCARTY;
Lords Muteesys and HAWCItSBURT ; the Master
of the It ; Jnt Sir Wittt to Sc. Yrs.; assembliid
in Council, and took the Memutial into consiskra-
tion. They came to no deteimination upon the
que.tion to di:;?ute, t.nt resolved out to hear COO 3.
upon the :patter in dispute, as prayed far by
Sir Davin B.lacr and General 3t■ssroao.

A leleyraphic IN:patch from Portsrooioh yes-
terv:iti 41100 U teed the arrival of the Latell:tr, ae
SpieleAd, from il.n Rio ala Plata. Ile :meth- •
g•nce which she hrinzi Su not rrans7sired.
During he 'exclusion of six .nger. from the Gal..
lery, on Monday, we undinsimd, Mr. Siltit:DAN ,
declared it .VAS his intention to nune somt. Jay in *:
the ensuing week, when he should submit .he sta •
of Ireland to the consideration of Parham... t.
As Oatotwas. Panruaa ..v Bre Josm.,am.—sre
hear, with pleasure, that the late Mr. KITSON'S
original picture of Bee Jones's'', iiostrichpraired by
ST • tle Commentat.o, is engraving for r!-• new
genes of lbe Monthly Al.rror, and will a,mear in
No 7, on the 14 or Aeguit. wit'. an 1.-tzr• sting Life
or that great Wit and Scholar. Ti,n elagact and
plinths, Work also promises, amongst tlirr origins)
articles. a t sit in L d Martnesbury's Family. by
the Rev. A• at Nest. s. F. A.'.. sum • learned corn-
mews en Atnensus ; several ent.; twining papers Os
Caurtesaiss end Clergymen ; no v.* Power of An-
tic, &c ; vcita a cosiinuat.on of Mu army 's Poet.
burnous Works; six neVer n.4earticle.. on the
stage ; and a copious Review of Books, and alb*
Haymarket Threat/v.—Such a fund of variety and
o„ginalrtr WAS WSW presented to the world in
similar pu

Ea.
^s —a. IMMINVO

IRISH INSURRFCTION BILL.

(lie following i+ cubaatos of the Debate on the pawing
of thy 1111, in the Houma of Common, on Monday night.]

OaAbe question that the Bill do pass. Mr.WARD
rose to rake the opportunity of expressing his strong
disapprobation at the manner which was manifested
by the Gentlemen opposite with respea to the clauses
and provisions of this obnoxious Bill. The manner
in which they pertinaciously refused every thing in
the shape of modification, their decided and deter-
mined hostility to any proposal I. ameliorate its
operation, er to reconcile its necessity to the Irish
- nation ; and .nost particularly in the clause so wan-
tonly extending its duration ter such a length of
times excited at once his astonishment and indigna-
tion. What must be the opinion of the country at
such a system of camia, and at the manifestation
est such a disposi;im in His Majesty's Government?
Confiding in the opinion of the vied friend of Ire-
land (Mr. Grattan), of him who had spent his wee
ful Isle in struggling for her liberties, and in vindi-
eating her eluvial,. , he was ;nettled to support the
principle of the measure ; but in making that decla-
ration, he at the Lime time entered his moat serious
protest against the wanton and unnecessary previ-
sions which it maintained. and against the manuer
in which they were carried through the House.
Lord MILfON. in an abiniated manner, ob-
served, that from the communicatinns of a number
of respectable friends, and from the :onviction felt
that they bath understood and valued the liberties
ant happiness of lieland, he had at first determined
to support the principle of the bill. What he had
that night witnessed totally changed his resolution
He had seen all discussion on the violent and dan-
gerous clauses refused by his Majesty's Ministers.
He had seen the mpasure of such great and exten-
sive importance, actually forced upois the House at
such an hour of the morning (five o'clock) by men,
who slime confiding in their insulting majorities,
had dared to disreget d the suggestions of those best
able te communicate them, and to call for assent to
every thin; they proposed without any discussion
of the merits, and at an hour certainly unprecedented
in the history of Parliament. To such men he could
ant commit so formidable a lie aprin against the
rights and-liberties ref the Irish renple ; he, there-
Jere, sboulaigppote the third reading of this bill.
Mr. SHERI HA N.---" Mr. Speaker, eh. question
now is, whether this bill do pass, or in other words,
whether this question of wanton folly and unpro-
voked attack uern the rights of Ireland, shell re-
ceive the assent of the Legislature ? Let the House
of Commons panne h-fore it commits its character
with the people of that country. Let it coesidet
well before it 1./actions a-measure which strengit
tends tin invite invesion, at the moment the, it de-
ter/tee the means of suitable precaution. With the
opirlion of my Hon. Friend (Mr. Ward), respecting
the ardent ratiireism and unwearied zeal of that
tried friend to letleur. hat. ii, ese( Mr. 'Gratian) I 'I
sincerely accord ; bat with me it never will he
a sufficient inducement to forego my conviction
ea
a cruel. wanton and tyrannous suspension of
the peflic rights, on the sole recommendation
of ti:e most respectable individual. lc is a prM-
fs of responsibility weich from what I know
Irmy Right Hon. Friend (Mr Grattan) he would
ally disclaim In conformity with his conduct, anti
the conduit of those enlightened patriots, who, with
him, on previous occasions, strongly protested
against this identical Bill, at the various ernes
when it was prepesed in the liisli Rather:hue
I Dow demand the documents to prove its neces-
s.ty. I never should have htd the piesumpticn to
trty 'Lie my oprsiti .n, WAS I 14A t, AtrAnttd by the
1: i.erm and tinretnittinr line of ..hurt uu similar
rest. imrsue J by them. Ihey, I meted, demarehel
proof el the reiperi ,u, necessity. 'that ne:e.sny 4as
first proved in the yeas ...'6. whin a ctmtp.tacy,
coder the de• ltnation of Dete;idei him, e(iseel
in L- eted, wee ..is:urbed tile puiiiir I 'Ace. In I ~1)),
this bill was fouteled eta the orke. ate R. port, cf
both Houses of Parliament, Lends and Comm ,rtes
fo-titled a, those Reports were by the melancholy
rectilleaien of those events which marked the re-
cent te • elli n. At this period, when tlis. United
Pail.,ainent is called for the first time to legislate
tot beta .1, and to give their authority to a mine
suspension of the Constituron, in that devoted
country, has sny preliminary proof been submitted
to your consideration ? Has a single p. is sa stated
one I..iira.y defined instance As a ground for ynur
asset t' Is there a man in this House, calli g him-
sell the King's Minster, who has dared to give
either his charaaer, honour, nr word, as a- pledge to
Parliament, that this wanton meatme is justified by
the slightest necessity ? No, th-y could not. In or-
der to find something upon which this principle
could b- rested, they have reeeted to contingen-
cies, and made p ,sieve intetences from possible
events. The preamble of one of its clauses, is
founded on direa told open falsehood. Ali par.
ties admit Ireland enjoys entire and perfea Iran-
qttillity, and yet thts preamble asserts. that
wherees former Acts have been Pined insuffi-
cient in repress the turbulence and disaffection
',hie'. has and floes now exist. Ide again warn
the Weer to pause beson it gives legislative con-
currence to :his uej tstifiable measure. I conjure it
to feel for the safety and security of a country which
lute ever been disappointed, injured and insulted.
Take care that in confirming the worst of all clues-
tiees, you affos d not the most powerful assistance to
the determined enemy of 'ids empire ; that, in an
e.gesoess to gifted against the destructive influence
if France, you have resorted to an expeelimt the
Most calculated to promote the evil wh;ch we
are all se anions to dein-ere e. If the tana of
reading the bill a third time had afforded me the
best possible opportunity of delivering my 'en-
doweds on it at such length as I chose, I should
ant have profited by the advantage. I certainly
did with, and means to bete 'clotted the fittest oc-
casion for giving fully my reasons for the abbot-
rence I feel for iii principle, and the contempt I en-
let lain for its provisions; bet circumstances have
since embarrassed nay judgment, and I veil state
them shortly and' sincerely. When I find the
piincirle of the bill admitted, on the plea of
mreesety, by all those .to whose judgment and in-
formation I am bound to pay the utmost del,-
mote when 1 find I cannot oppose their acqui-
escence witht.et arraying my knowledge of the
tap et the real ete4lloo anti temper of Irelend

' against their superior means of infennatien, I feel
the presnmpticn and hazard of taking upon my-
self the remonsibihty of an earnest endeavour to
persuade the House to rejtofl a measure which I am
almost single in regarding as the worst, the foul-
est, and the foolishest measure that ever solicited
the sanction of Parliament ; but still more am I in-
fluemed by observing in my attendance nn the
Committee, where I avow to have shunned taking
any p.m, washing my hands, and absolving my
conscience from meddling with, or tampering in any
attempt to mend that which is so hateful in princi-
ple, that it is pet haps best that it should carry with
it all its unequal proportion of deformity; I say I
cannot but have been induced to forego my lira de-
termination, by observing. that so many efforts at
modification, moved by most repectable characters,
and supported by the most unanswerable arguments,
have been rejected and reprobated by insulting ma-
jorities."
Mr. GMAT I'AN—" After the manner in which I
am called upon, it is impossible for me not to feel
anxious fully to explain myself on the measure be-
fore the H ruse. In the first place.q avow my wil-
lingness to take my there of the odium which might
attach to the Administration for carrying this mea-
sure. I know no whit the precise information is,
of which the King's Ministers are in possession, with
respeCt to the present state of Ireland; but this I
am told. that a certain description of men have had
certain treasooa'sle midnight meetings, the result of
which has brew to renew an intercourse with France;
to await the moment ati•en the enemy shall have
reached your shores. then to disclose their views,
and destroy nit Constitution. That there t.a French
party in Ireland, who are endeavouring to foment dis-
affeClion, and organize a conspiracy similar to that
which has heretotoreend.itgered our existence, and
which, if not now defeated by cnitii 'Ty precaution,
wont I in the explosion annihilate both liberty and
country. But let rue b- not m•sunderstood I
impute 'not to my cotintr) men any disposition to
trans ,n, ally s: (amine,' .lesign to d,•stroy tee fun-
d..inental policy of British coa,,exio .--31thoitgli I
still assert, that there is in hell:: I a French party,
such as ti ere is in every miler coax?), in Europe,
save Englar.d, compo.rd ni n n woo have
Irishmen. but who nave t, .w eeh irke I t rear .1-
tunes and identified their view, wiin France With
such a convietion I have supper • d this measure,
under the n,o,iification proposed in the amendments.
Conetnced as I am, that by a timely pieveetion,
tiw liberties which are seer.: will be ult,inete-
ly preserved, and shag . ti the other la: d you may
for ever lose the common law of tar • .iary, by
having no country in whica it WWI:. -si,t "
Mr. JOHN CLAUDIUS )RI) de-
fended the pinpriety of extenchng th.• t,on
the Bill, inasmuch as it prevented rhos, annual
discusst ,ns. which were 19 many compa mental
cards, inviting the inset inn of France.
far. !MOW ELI. pool!ively asserted that disturb-
ance existed iii Irvland. and particularly in the
county Tinperarv. wli:re he resided.

Sir J. NEWPORT row to declare hit datir/P(1
oppo.iti, n to the mann( r in w•:.tt:h thew wont)) A
unju.tifiAble ploy' lons were eArritii through the
!louse.