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HOUSE OF LORDS, WroirEsoey, !Liana 341
Mr. Jalmstene, from the &Bee of the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
presented the Annual Reports of the Commissioners for auditing
the public accounts of that country, and other pipets, parsuant to
Act of Parliament .
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Earl GROSVENOR presented petitions against cruelty to
Sulmals, from the parishes of Richmond and Twickenham,' in the
downy of Surrey ; from the parish of St. !lazy, Lambeth ; and
Rem Teigomouth and Dawlish, in the county of Devon.—
Els Lordship also presented a petition fries the eeleethea. liestdme.
mod limped drovers of Smithfield, pearhlgtits, die Pooiskloo of
the Bill for preventing cruelty to muk misfit limmairmiell lember
*Maude. The Noble Lord obsaved, that the medied mod sacred
lirofeasers were anxious to be understood al not eenhiltermfuri-
Mama on animals to the extent gmerrdly supposed ; t, was by
ahem considered as the most painful part of their profession, and
etaii used when the most beneficial results were likely to follow.
In consequence of some informality in the petition from Teign.
Emeriti and Dawlish, it was withdrawn.
STATE OF IRELAND.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that as the whole of the
evidence taken before a Committee of the House of Commons, on
Ilie state of Ireland, had not been..laid before their Lordships, in
.sequence of its not having beep fully reported to that Home
*hen it received their Lordships' Ateasage, he would now !neve,
*at a Misuse be sent to the Mese of Commons, requesting
*Wes of such further evidence ea had been since taken.
The motion was agreed to.--Adjourned.

IMMIX OF COMMONS, WeDousost. Miacu 30.
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al W. WILLIAItS brought up aBM to enable the Carrel
Rope Backing Corneae, to sue and be seed in the oaref
.4,
D.—Read • first time.
ne,rDIJN DAS preowned • petitiee from the Proust vali
' of Edinburgh against the Leith Dodo Bill.—Oa
to lie on the table.
W. SMITH obealese keys to bring in a Bill for the MA.
Ile.
rtoll
of the Ttetie Seam Came
BRIGHT Om penipiemoed iml
emoting Rah at itiFIT-ess, lete: (el the Mttro poliMtaay Fib
Cotopany.
Sir H.y PARNELL bump op the Report of the C,omosittee ell
the state of Ireland.--Ordeted to be printed.
Mx. KENNEDY brought up the Report of the Geolelllieeip,
the Salmon Fisheries.—Ortimmi to be printed. • F
ASSESSED TAXES.
• Mr. )lABERLY presented a petition from the parish Of Rt.'
Luke, praying for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes.
DUTY ON GLASS.
Sir M. RIDLEY moved for a Return of the amount of duty ro..
mired, and the amount of kairjoeck returned on glass from Jet.
nuarY. 1854, to January, 113211.--Lthdered.
Mr. BENETT presented a petition from Robert Ohm*,
complaining of delays in the Court of Chan,sry, and that the;
Lord Chancellor should be removed from his oSee.—Ordered to lie
on the table.

Mr. HOBHOUSE presented two petitions, one from the overt
seers, and a second from the inhabitant householders of Chelsea,
'against the Chelsea New Church Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table.
WES? INDIA COMPANY.
Mr. F. BUXTON rose to fis
in t some explanation from the
Hon. Member fon Orampound (Ir. Robertson) ronsequesce of
something which had fallen from the Hon. Member last night,
during the discussion which arose on the West India Company
Bill. The Hon. Member said, that he (31r. Buxton) was the
champion of all the new Joint Stock Companies. He (Mr.
Buxton) now called upon the Hon. Oentleman to retract this ex-
pression, or explain the grounds on which he had used it, as it was
an imputation that he (31r. Buxton) altogether disclaimed.
Mr. ROBERTSON said a few words, which were inaudible la
thexallery. He was about to proceed—
• The SPEAKER rose. He would put It to the House whether
it hu consistent with the forms or orders that a discussion like this
should be entered upon. (Hear, bear.) He did not consider that
such a discusslon was at all consistent with the orders of the
Hou.e. (Hear.)
Mr. BUXTON said, he bowed with much respect to the deel-
sion of the Speaker, and as the Hon. Member had entered into se
explanation in another place, he felt the less reluctance in prosily
his question now.
Here the conversation terminated.

ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Mr. CALCRAFT rose to request the Hon. Alember for the
county of Stafford (Mr. Littleton) to postpone the discussion on his
Bill for altering the qualifications of Freeholders. The Hon. Gentle.
man's motion was fixed for the 14th April, and on that day there
could not be a very numerous attendance of Members expected.
The regulation of the exercise of the elective franchise was too im-
portant a question to be debated on a night, wbgn only a thin at.
tendance could be looked for.
Mr. LITTLETON concurred with the Hon. Gentleman in the
importance of the proposed motion, and was ready to postpone It
until whatever period showld be considered mos: cooreuient.

STATUTE BOOK.
Sir M. RIDLEY gars notice of a motion on the 411th April, for
the revision and consolidation of the Statute Book.
EDDCATION IN SCOTLAND.
Mr. KENNEDY moved for certain Documents relating to the
parochial education of the poor in Scotland. The returns were re.
quired to specify the number of boys educated in each parish, and
the salaries and emoluments of the mosters.—Ordered.
POOR LAWS.
Mr. COURTENAY moved for certain Accounts concerning the
poor laws and parish overseers.—Ordered.

SHERIFFS' COURTS FEES BILL.
The Sheriffs' Courts Fees Bill was read a third time and passed.
QUARANTINE LAWS.
Mr. C. GRANT moved the second reading of the Quarantise
Laws Bill. Mr. Grant said, the great objection to the quarantine
laws as they now stood was, the expense incurred by the owrers of
• and the delay occasioned by the present mode of enforcing
the quarantine laws. The Bill now before the House was intended ,
to obviate these objections.
Mr. J. SMITH gave his cordial approbation to the Bill then
before the House, and although he entirely concurred in thinking
that it was extremely useful, yet he only allowed that it was useful,
so far as it went ; for, in his opinion, it would not have been unsafe
be have undone all the old quarantine laws, and to have carried the
present measure to a much gieater extent than was at that time in
contemplation. When be referred the House to the opinion given
hr Doctor Maclean, known to ma y Honourable Members, he
felt convinced it would have that weight to which his professional
eminence entitled it; for he was a man who had much more fre.
*sent and advantageous opportunities of studying that-complaint
than fell to the lot of many. The question before the House was
one of evidence and of fact, and he therefore hesitated not to dr
liver on it an opinion, for there was po one accustomed to compar-
ing evidence and estimating testimony, who might form a rational
judgment on the subject under consideration. It is generally un-
derstood that the contagious matter of the plague—the virus of the
disease, is conveyed through the medium of clothes, and cotton.
and other goods. However unqualified he might be to give an
opinion, he would say this, that he had given grew attention to the
subject, and had taken great pains to make himself acquainted with
it, and he would now state this, ac his deliberate opinion, that
no contagious disease whatever has been conveyed from one
country to another through the medium of articles of merchandise.
A neighbouring country, Holland, might be said with truth
almost to have no quarantine laws at all, for their regulations ex.
tend to a detention of only three or tour days at the most. He
had documents to show that recently a s'ip arrived at Amster.
dam, having a foul bill of health; still she was detained only
three or four day, yet no ill result ensued. The cases of those
en.ployed in attending the Lazarettos was another instance to sup-
port the position for which he contended. At Marseilles, though
there is no port more liable to it, there in no instance of any of the
persons employed as expurgators having suffered since 1729; and
Itiffatory ar the erent said at ?five occurred itrrhat year Wily
answers itself, for it says, that the person who took the plague
fell dead on the spot. But that is obviously ineonsisteot with the
general history of the disease—the man must hare died of apo-
plexy, for she plague does not produce such instantaneous
death. Though the plague rages at Constantinople for Tery long
Periods. yet the Cogee Pacha, who is entitled to the clothes
lof those who die, never fails to avail himself of the pee.
quisite. .Often three or four thousand a day are taken sick at
these times. It was particularly worthy of observation that the
plague ceased altogether at Constantinople so soon as the weather
changed. In the month of October the plague disappeared. Those,
who have been in Egypt too, and some Honourable and Gallant
Members had been in that country, cook' bear testimony favour.
able to the views he took. There was another fact of the utmost
importance to a just opinion on the subject ; it was that from Alep.
po, where the plague was frequently very prevalent, caravans
with merchandise were despatched to all parts of Asia, without has
having the effeend spreading the plague. There is not one ht.l
'mm oof the plague having been conveyed under such circura.
stances. As to the plague of 1065, there were many who doubted
whether, in reality, it was a plague. It certainly could be sull.
eiently accounted for by the manners and mode of living of that
period; It was well known that the- Presence-chamber of Quails
Elizabeth was strewed with rushes, end when the food and brutal
habits and want of cleanliness of that period are remembered, it
must be acknowledged they were sufficient to account for the con.
sequences which followed. He then referred to two reports on the
subject; the first of which appeared to be favourable to his opi.
Mons ; the latter, he admitted, was founded upon the evidence eel
those whom he might call eontasionists—those who were of opi. I
nion that the disease was contagious, and might be conveyed by
means of merchandise. .11though they agreed on the question of
contagion, yet they differed most materially amongst each other
as to the nature and symptoms of the disease. His chief object in
thus calling the attention of the House to die subject was, to ex-
press his earnest hope that the inquiry might be renewed and
brought to a satisfactory conclusion. He thought the Quarantine
Laws as they stood were not only useless but highly injurious ;

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the mesa syeaciuna ii the plague. In Persia, the 'gavels not
hymen hiss Turkey, though the trade between those eowntries is
reify =termini. He concluded by expressing his strong wish that
this latish/ should be renewed at the proper time ; at present he
did net wtvh to throw any obstacle in the way of the present Bill.
Mr. WALLACE was of opinion that the subect required much
conaidetation ; and as to the inquiry, be thought it should not be
immediately entered on. There were very considerable doubts en-
tombed by those examined I and he should therefore have great
difficulty in agreeing to remove all quarantine restrictions, so as to i
deprive the public of the safeguards that had heretofore existed,
Mr. GURNEY, in the course of a few observations, adverted to
the differences of opinion which existed on these points, and con-
lauded that at certain seasons the climate of some countries might,
opeesting with other causes, have the effect of generating the dis-
arm He was sure that, with such powerful authorities in favour of
the doctrine of contagion, no one would wish to run any risks—to
do any thing that might incur the hazard of introducing such a
(setae.
Mr. HOBHOUSE rose, to give his opposition to the prin-
ciples promulgated by his Hon. Friend (Mr. H. Gurney.) He
could not agree with him in his opinion with regard to the alleged
contagious quality of that dreadful distemper, the plague. It
would be found on a more careful exatninatton of the facts, thnt
the characteristics which diseinguished the great plague of i.e..
don, were such as were ,peeralfy found to accompany epidemic
disorders, and were not at all applicable to diseases propagated by
the medium of contagion. That heavy infliction broke out in die
ferent quarters of the metropolis simultaneously, was more den
structire to new cemers than the ancient inhabitants, and (What wee
I. worthy of remark) cased at once when apparently at
rtrlim7brlght: and at a time when 40,00,1 persons had been recently
deitseed by the disorder. It was precisely similar in effect to the
ravages of the same disease in Egypt; and its operations were only
Is be accounted for on the principles ahich were common to Other
epidemics. Supposing fora moment that it were a disorder likely
to be spread by contagion, in what way could the fact be accounted
'for, that many parts of the city end its vicinity (Hampstead and
Highgate among the rest) were never visited by it, notwithstand.
Ing the communication was constantly kept up between those and
the infected districts, end there was an utter absence of all pre-
caution ? Tbia was also the ease in Egypt—the disorder was con.
fined within particular eimits. and terminated suddenly when at
its • lit—geherelly at the time of the fall of the Nile. It had
introorn to reachbeyond a certain line in that country,
a taste attributed by the natives to superstitious causes,
but thought clearly assignable to atmospheric influence, and the
of contagion. The eery same prejudices formerly existed
respect to the yellow fever ; and Dr. Rush, after having foe
=ears malotained the contagious quality of that disease, cams
and candidly acknowledged his mistake, and recanted MO
,qtr declaration. He hoped the propagators of the contagious vs.
at the plague would In like manner see the erroneousness of
. , and retract it. Indeed, the doctrine of contagion, es
at the plague, was a perfectly new doctrine. It had no
or existence prior to the Council of Trent, when it was
111111itrtbliely promulgated. The disease had been regularly on the
asermse for these many years; it was expiring by degrees; and
pee in that, as in every other respect, strictly regulated
by the pheromerm which applied to other epidemics. He do.
the belief of that absurd doctrinethat the plague eould ride
liptrpagated after a lapse of 14 years by moms of linen rap,
Adel hr 7 years by cotton. ' It would be well fee his Hon. Fried
OM pawner himself to be terrified by this rag system any longer,
himself by attempting to provide ageing' evils which
M actual existence. The facts of the plague haring been kept
Mitiatthe Neapolitan territory by means of a cordon of troops, were
Is hie mind extremely inconclusive. He had a much more decisive
argument on the other side afforded by the plague which occurred
et
Malta in 1813. During the continuance of that plague there
sere some spots where every individual who took the disorder died,
and others where it had been attended with no fatal effects. The
fact was, if the plague were a contagious disease, the whole of Tue.
key would have been ere this depopulated, for no precautions
adopted in that country could guard against it. Out of 19 medical
attendants who were exposed to the influence of the plague in a
pest house only one took the (Heartier, that individual (Dr. 31• Lean)
did not live in the hospital, the other eighteen constantly residing
in it. (Hear, hear.) That was a strong argument against the
alleged contagious nature of the plague. He called upon the Hon.
and Gallant General (Sir R. Wilson) to state his opinion respecting
the contagious nature of the Hague in Egypt. Many individuals,
among the rest Bonaparte, lad exposed themselves to the 'plague
without expericneing any pre;udicial effects. Thr doctrine of con-
tagion appeared to be losing ground; fever wards were abolished in
hospitals, and physicians were become more enlightened onthe sub-
ject of contagion. The yellow fever had been long considered con-
tagious, but was now admitted to be merely epidemic ; the typhus
fever in like manner was now admitted not to be contagious and
that disorder was nothing bat a species of plague. lie hoped his
Hon. Friend would give up the doctrine of the contagious nature of
the plague. But if he, in common with the old women of the king.
dom, continued to frighten himself with the idea that the plague
would be imported in a bale of cotton from Alexandria to Liverpool,
then Government were peefeuly right not to take the entire raison.
sibility of the repeal of the quarantine laws upon their own shoal.
dens. The regulations adopted in Malta a„-ainst the supposed con-
tagious effects of the plague cost upwards of a million, arid WWI
worse than inefficient. When the subject of contagion W./ discussed
before the Cortes, nine physicians had expressed their opinion of
the contagious nature of the fellow fever, but they were left in •
very pitiful minority. At Barcelona 14 or 15 physicians gave •
directly contrary opinion on the subject. The fact was, he (.Mr. H.)
entertained less respect than might be imagined for the opinion of
physicians, one way or other, on a subject like the present, which
was purely a matter of observation—of mere human testimony, and
not a question of medical science. Before a Committee of the House
testimony had been gives by a physician, in which the learned
doctor stated the plague had been introduced into his Majesty's
ship Theseus by means of five infected persons who were received
on board. This was all very well for the contagionists till the sur-
geon of the Theseus was examined on the subject. He had been
asked if five persons infected with the plague were received on
board ; he answered they were; it was then demanded it they had
spread the disorder among the ship's company—the reply was No,
—no such disorder occurred. Titus it turned out the alleged tic;
was no fact but a fiction, and what would hare been a main sup-
port of the contagionists had it been true, proved the strongest argu.
meet against them, because it was false. He did not wish to de-
tain the House longer, but felt it would be injustice on a subject
like the present, to omit mentioning the name of Dr. 3l'Lean with
that degree of respect which his exertions deserved. Future ages
would look on :hat individual as a benefactor of mankind, and I
place him in the highest rank of those who deserved well of their
country, by serving the general cause of humanity. in contributin,e,
at great personal hazard, to explode vulgar and hurtful errors. He
concluded by hoping his Honourable Friends who opposed the re-
peal of the quarantine laws, would at last be convinced of the mis-
taken nature of their opinions, and be enabled to sleep in peace le
their beds without being haunted by what was called in Turkey
the yellow hag of the plague.
Mr. T RA NT, from the experience he had had of Egypt, did sot
think the doctrine of the contagious nature of the plague to be ex.
ploded so lightly as had been attempted by the Member for West.
minster (ale. Holthouse). la Cairo the plague generally broke out'
in that quarter of the town occupied by the Jew!. who were there,
as here, the principal dealer; in old clothes. This circumstan: e
could be best accounted for on the principle of contagion, the
noxious qualities of the pestilence being supposed to remain in the
articles of dress worn by the diseased. He could assure the Hon.
Member (Mr. Hobhcnise) that the plague was not confined by the
line of demarcation lie appeared to imagine. It had passed Judda,
the supposed limit of its influence, and reached as CRT as Mocha.
It was not his intention to soy he thought it necessary to adhere
rigidly to all the regulations provided for by the Quarantine Laws ;
umber in his opinion :!could they be rashly or inconsiderately re-
pealed.
Sir R. WISON had gone to Egypt with a conviction of the con-
tagious nature of the plague, but his apprehensions upon that sub-
ject had been removed by the circumstances he had personally wit.
nosed in that country. Out of two corps of the English army, the
one which was stationary at Alexandria caught the plague not with.
standing every precaution, and that the disorder had not manifested
itself previous to their arrival. The other, which was a movable
corps, passing through a country where the plague raged vehe-
mently, remained entirely free from its attacks. He had known in-
stincts of persons vetreetted died of the plague being buried in their
clothes, under an idea of the contagious nature of those articles of
dress ; the bodies had been disinterred, and the infected garments
worn by individuals, who experienced no bail effects from the prac-
tice. (Hear.) At one period the plague raged violently in Cairo,
and the citadel was wholly free from it, notwithstanding no pre-
caution was used, but constant communication kept up with the in.
remit quarters of the town. He thought such facts as these suffi-
cient to remove the prejudices existing on the subject of contagion.
He was desirous of a regulation to prevent official persons at oft.
ports front deriving benefit from the provisions of the Quarantine
Laws, and making them subservient to purposes of monopoly sod
private advantage.
Mr. PELL said, that it must be allowed cousiderable difficulty
and doubt existed as to the propagation of the plague by contagion.
The Hon. and Gallant General (Sir R. Wilson) attempted sit
pound his theory of nocegontagion upon the evidence of facts.
That was certainly the safest way of reasoning, if the facts were
fairly stated and the coneequences rightly deduced. Of two divi-
sions of the army in Egypt. one was stated to have suffered by the
plar,oe and the other, more immediately exposed to its Lifluence,
escaped. The Gallant General appeared to suppose the existence of
the plague was attributaide to atmospheric influence rather titan to
contagion. How did it Moppet; if this were the case, that the sol-
diem reaped while passing through a district the atmosphere of
which had generated the plague among the inhabitants ? The
atmospheric influence was supposed to affect the rustives ; why
would it not also affect the soldiers in the same degree 1
Sir R. WILSON said, the phenomena of the disease were of
ouch a nature that persons remaining stationary in a piece infected
were liable to the disorder, while those who were only passing
through it escaped.
Mr. H1..131E knew two or three instances of individoals who had
arrived at Constantinople from villages at a short distance which
were infected by the plague ; those persons neither communicated
nor were alleited by the disorder during their stay in Constantino-
ple, but no their way back they took the plague. lie thought it
sufficiently evident dot the vegetations of the Qti irantine lows
were unitecessary, and did considetalsie injury to the commerce of
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A message was brought dow limn the Lewis, inforen/og_the
Rouse that their Lordships bad agreed to the Wins Duties Bill,
the Consolidated Fund Bill, also to the flaJedoniss Casa Com-
pany and several other private Bills. They fu,
ofthe evidence takes before the Select Committer
quire into the state of Ireland, which bad been 1
table of the House.
IRISH FREEHOLDS.
Sir R. WILSON moved for returns of the number of freehold-
ers registered as entitled to vote in each county in Ireland, distin-
guishing the number of those possessing freeholds of ilia a year,
those possessing 2W. freeholds, SOL freeholds, and upwards; dis-
tinguishing also, as far as was practicable, those claiming a tight
to vote in right of leases for a life or lives. (ruin those possessing es-
tates in fee, and the total of each class.—Ordered.
POLICE BILL.
On the motion of Mr. Secretary PEEL, the liaise went into a
Committee on the Police Magistrates' Bill. The Right Hon.
Gentleman said. that it was frequently necessary for the police to
attend places of public resort, to protect those frequentinc them
front the deprolatious of pickpockets and other persons of that
description. Such attendance was a great expense to the police ;
he whiled therefore to move the insertion of a clause, empoocinr
Magistrate; to swear in as special constables any persons whom
the proprietors of these places of public resort2Venehill Gardens.
for instance, or such places, may appoint. These constables were
to have jurisdiction only in the places for the protection of w hick
they were sworn in, and their appointment was to be tor a limited
period.
Mr. BERNAL, in reference to that clause in the Bill empower-
ing Magistrates to add the punishment of hard labour in cases of
conviction fur certain misdemeanours, expressed a doubt if Magis-
trates, after some cases that lately occurred, would wish to use or Me
armed with such powers ; it would be casting a serious responsi-
bility oil them, a responsibility which they would not be likely to
wish for, considering that they were placed under the eye of the
public press, and therefore of the entire country.
Mr. Secretary PEEL said a few words in explanation.
Mr. H U.tl E suggested that sonic clause should be introduced in
the Bill, providing that no Barrister be appointed to the situation
of Police Magistrate, unless he be of a certain standing at the
Bar.

Pointed
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Mr. Secretary PEEL, wished to have no positive enactineOt on
that head ; he thought it would not be too much to test a discre-
tionary power in the Secretary of State ; a power which he was
sure never would be abused. Indeed it had always been the nil.
with his predecessor in office, and he (Mr. Peel) never deviated
from it except in one instance, not to appoint any Barrister whe
had not been at least of three years standing. The only exception
to that rule, was the appointment of a Naval Officer to the
Thames Police-office. as it was thought tit to appoint some person
acquainted with naval affairs. A strong objection also of tic lion.
Member's suggestion was, that it would, if adopted, have the
effect of limiting the number of persons eligible to the office or
Magistrate.
After a few words from Mr. HUME, the Report was agreed to,
and ordered to be brought up to-morrow.
FELONIES PARDON BILL.
Mr. Secretary PEEL moved the Order of the Day for going into
a Committee on the Felonies Pardon Bill. Ile said it was his in-
tention to move the insertion of a clause, remedying a most absurd
imperfection in the law as it then stood. The evil was in itself a
positive injustice; for instance, if a man commit three offences,
the two first of which were of a very heinous and aggravated na-
ture, and the third but one of a slight complexion, should it
so happen that he was convicted of the last offence, and plead
benefit of Clergy to it, he at once became clear of the former tao.
Now, the object of the amendment was, that this pleading benefit
of clergy to any subsequent crime, should not render him dis-
punishable of former ones a a similar character. The Right
Ilonourable Oentleman said, that nothing could become extraordi-
nary than that the law should hold out such advantages to the
oldest offenders. lie therefore moved that a chase be introduced
into the Bill, limiting the Benefit of Clergy to one offence of the
I same nature. _ .

The Report was then agreed to, and ordered to be brought up
tomorrow.

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THREATENING LETTERS.
On the motion of Mr. Secretary PEEL, the Threatening Let-
ters Punishment Bill was read a third time, and passed.

FISHERIES.
Mr. BROODEN brought up the Report of thc Fisheries Boun-
ties' Bill.—Lid on the Table.

EAST INDIA JUDGES.
Mr. C. WYNN brought in the East Iruita Judges' Bill. On
the motion of the Right Honourable Gentleman, it was read a fiat
time, pro forma, and to-morrow was tined for going into a Com-
mittee on it.

COCOA DUTIES.
On the motion of Mr. HERRIES, the Report of the Cocoa
Duties' Bill was ordered to be brought up to-morrow.

SIERRA LEONE.
Mr. HUAIE postponed to the 14th of April, his motion for
papers connected with the past and present state and expense of
the settlement of Sierra Leone. _ .

Mr. HUME then moved for a return of the number of persons
tried under the sth Geo. IV. chap. 26, distinguishing those tried
In a summary way before Magistrate., and those tried at the Ses-
sions before e. Juty t distinguishing *len the n”rnbcr found guilty.
—Ordered.

BUBBLE ACT.
Mr. P. MOORE postponed to Monday, the 18th of April, hie
motion for lea* to bring in a Bill, to alter and amend the 6th
Geo I. commonly called the Bubble Act. The Honourable
Gentleman said, he was induced to do so from some communica-
tions made to him since he came into the Howe, which led him to
expect that the whole btiiness would be amicably arranged to
the satisfaction of all parties.

DUNLEARY HARBOUR.
Mr. BERRIES moved for and obtained leave to bring in a 8111,
enlarging the powers of the Commissioners appointed to construct
a harbour to the eastward of Dunleary, commonly called the
harbour of George IV.
BILLETING OF SOLDIERS.
• •

Lord PALM ERSTON moved for and obtained leave to bring
In • Bill to regulate the rates of money to be paid to innkeepers
and others on whom soldiers may be billeted.
The Noble Lord subsequently brought io the Bill. It was read
a first and second time.

OF WAR (INDIA).
Sir C. FORBES postponed to Monday. the lath of April, his
motion for Returns connected with his Majesty's ships en the East
India station.
BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
_ .

Mr. P. MOORE presented a petition against the British Gas
Light Company Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill.

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Brazilian. .......... ..... 100 6 174 18 18 174 17
Chilian
Chilian and Peruvian Company 5 84
General Mining Assonance—. IN 5 HI
Hibernian II 4 41 5
Pasco Peruvian lO5 5 lii 181 194 19 184
Peruvian ...... 110 6 24 Si-3
I 3
Royal — 1 9-1 G e die
Rio de la 100 5 001 22
....... 400 20 191.1
United 40 20 25
Ditto New 49 S 20
Welch Iron and 24 5 24
CONPA VI Es.
Prowtox 20 2 d die
Oat LISZT A.WD COKE COMPANIES.
Continental . 100 8 1
Provincial
United General 4O 12
• letsCßLt.rissors.
Atlantic and Palk. lO9 10 f
Aouralian —. 100 1 27 23
British Iron Company lOO 6 4; 5
Canada Company lOO 10 23 30
Canaille* Engine 5O 1 1.1 3241/ j I
Colombian Apical. Company 1100 5 IA II; 11 15
Equitable Loan Bank 5O 1 14
Gas Engine Carrive lOO 1 4
General Steam Navigation lOO 5 L
Gold Coast Association lOO 5 14
Great Westminster Dairy 25 2 dis
Ilib. Jai nt.S tack Eanki ng Com — I
Imperial Distilliity
Lamina Brick Company 5O 1
)114
31es icon Company lOO 10 b 4
Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 10A 1

PRICES OF FOREIGN
DiAlltltotriAan Bon
cc 24 "I
Brazilian Bon&87*
Nino Scrip (IMS) 11 pm
Ditto Acct. 9 pm
Buenos Ayres Bonds 904
Chilliest Bonds 90
Ditto Acct. 901
liolombien Bonds 91 904
Ditto Bonds (I 824) 80}
Ditto Acct. 904 90
Danish Bonds
Ditto Narks &loco 1111
Ditto Scrip (1896) A 4 4 dis
French Rentes 122 f. 6Oc. 75c.
Exchange 251 10c.
Greek Bonds 511
Ditto Scrip (18214 5 41 dis
Ditto Acct. If dis

:TocKS YMTEIt DA 1".
!ilesieart Bonds 80 791 I
Ditto Acet. 801_
Ditto Scrip (1111) 0/ I pso par
Pm
Onto Acct. 01 pm 1 4 par
Pm
Neapolitan Bonds
Peruvian BondsB74 61 7
Ditto Acct.
Portuguese Bonds 90!
Ditto Acet.
Prussian Bonds
Ditto Bonds (1828) lON
Russian Bonds 44
Ditto Acct. PSI
Spanish Cons. TN
Ditto Acct. SI
Ditto Cons. (1813) 184
Ditto Acct. 181

nritiffit

THE .47107 ROYAL, DRURT-LA.V E.
On MONDAY NEXT. April 4, wag be performed
PI ZA It Mo. ,
Marro, Mr.Yaignim; Ro:ta, Mr. Wallach g Morten. Mr. Archer. Z:vlrs.
We. Dunn g Cora, Mrs.W.M ear.

After which (first timel a new Drama, ea:lM
Alloy HASSAN.
The Ob enure and Musk composed by K. M. Von Weber.
The (*fifth. Mr. Dadford; Abon Hassan, Mr. Horn; ZaLuuc, Kr,
Harley. Zulinta, Miss Oraddon.

TIIERTRE
On MONDAY NEXT, April 4. trill be Parton:nag
PIZARRO.
Pizar:o. Mr. Bennett: Rolls. Mr. Young; Alonso. Mr. Casper. Elvin.
Mrs. remelt ; Cora. bliss Lacy.
- - - -

After which,
ALADDIN;
Or. THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
Aladdin, Mrs.Viaing; Kazin Azack, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abanaaar,,
Farley; Barrack, Mr. J. L
THEATRE ROYAL, Ie.vGLIWII OPERA HOUSE,
STRAND,
PASSION WEEK.•
This Evening. THURSDAY, March 31,
Being positively the Lost Night,
LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY AND THE Si RIXTURI OF T*R
UNIVERSE,
Tote delivered by Mr. BARTLEY.

ADELPHI THEATRE„CTRAND.
POSITIVELY THE. I.AST NIGHTS.
This Evening, THURSDAY, Werth 34 and SATURDAY, April Y.
M. HENRY announces, that in consequent., of numerous Inquaries for
THE LACOHENG GAS!
He will Exhibit It on the above Evenings.
When he will repeat his SECOND ANNUAL LECTURE, under the
title of
TABLE-TALK; or, SHREDS AND PATCHES
Introductory of hie new and uncommon Illusions. wonderful Meta-
morphoses, Musical Glasses, &c., in the course at which he will Mtn.
duce several new Deceptions, which have never been performed.
In the course of the evening M. Henry will attempt several Melodies
on the Musical Glasses.
To conclude with Optical Illusions, and the Flying Heeds and Dante
of Witches.

SADLER .S WELLS
WILL OPEN on MONDAY NeXT. April 4, when will be performed
a nen Curnle Introductory Pasticelo, called
HERE HE ARE;
Or, THE OLD SH'P NEW TIMBER'D.
After which a new Burletta, rolled
VIE GREAT GENTLEMAN IN THE LITTLE PARLOUR.
conclude with a new Melo-Dramatle Romance, called
BEAUTY IN A BOA;
Or. THE FOUNDLING PIN RCE AND TIM VIZIER'S DAUGHTER.

THE A I'ol, LONICON.
lIIISISDIATIS PATRON'AOS 01/ HIS Ida.lllllllll.
On SATURDAY NEXT. at Two **Clock,
The following SELECTION of MUSIC will tai perforlbed by Br.
I'UNKIS on the APOLLONICON, a Grand Busiest Ilistrumeut.
Invented and constructed by Mows. Flight and Robotic, Organ
Builders, lot, St. Martin's-lane:—
PART I.
Ov, rture, Occasional Mandell—Ale, • Hush, ye pretty warbling
choir' I Ehubdeli --• Gloria In excels's' Wergolese)—Alr. In native
trotth, with honour Clad.' CreaUon illaydul—Chorus, ' The marvel-
lous works,' Creation (lia/dn).

PART 11.
Introduction, and Selections from the Creation (Haydn)—Mymn of
Eve (Dr. Arne)— rrio. • My soul with rage.' Mount of Olives (Boothe-
veal—Song • Rejoice peatly• tHandei)—orsnd chorus, • ihnstojas,•
Messiah itisindell.
Nat. Mr. Purkis's Performances will be continued every Ilattutlay
div!trit the geIVARI.
The Mechanical Powers of the Apollonlcon are exhibited Daily.
from One till Your (except duting the time of Mr. Purkls's attendance).
performing Beethoven's Flaccichnit Overture to Prometheus. Moroni
Overture to Zauberdote, and ydn's Grand Military Movement
from his Twelfth Symphony, in the execution of which It has bean
honoured with the sanction of the most eminent mechanical and
musical men of the age, and is allowed to possess a grandeur and
variety of effect, with a preeision and a delicacy of expresilon, sops.
Slur to any other Instrument in Cer,4.
The Musical-ranted for and set on Cylinders by Mr. Plight, Dta.
- --•
The &SIMS Pius' comMenced pabliatting yesterday morning/
at five o'clock.

LONDON, THURSDAY, MAacx 31, 1823.

The Paris Papers of Monday are quite devoid of political .
intelligence. The diplomatic conferences at the hotel of
the Prince DE NIETTERXICH continue; they are attended
by the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Ambassadors. It
is not known to what object they relate. It appears that
strong and active endeavours are making in Germany to
suppress the publicity of the proceedings of the Legislative
Assemblies.

From Madrid we learn that several changes have taken
place in the Spanish Ministry. UGA ATE is dismissed fir
his incapacity, and Lopez A LCARAZ is again placed at the
bead of the Finance Department. QUESADA, it was ex-
pected, would be appointed Director-General of the Royal
Infantry. Two battalions of provincial recruits had ar-
rived in the environs of Madrid, where they were waiting
to be equipped from France, in order to form part of the
new Royal Guard. There wes no longer anything said of
the evacuation of Spain by the French troops. A com-
plaint has been made by the Charge d'Affaires of France
against the late pamphlet of M. Heamositta, in which
he justifies the outrageous despotism of FE RDIN •N D by a
comparison of its proceedings with those of the French au-
thorities during the reaction of NIS. Though a good un-
derstanding is still kept up in appearance between the
Courts of Lisbon and Madrid, it is believed that they are
no longer or: friendly terms.
The relations between the Papal Court and thet of
Paris seem to be on the best footing. At the last Consis-
tory, held on the 21st it:W. at Rome, the new French
Bibliopi were duly acknowledged, and the Prince at Caw,
Grand Almoner of France, was named Cardinal.

IFroin the Courrier franeeir of Monday
FRAIIITOUT, MARCIS Y.
We learn front Statics:a, thaeis that town, se well as in all the
kingdom of iVirten•herg, alarming reports have been circulated
on the new dangers with which the Commodore' Government* of •
Germany are at present threatened. Some pecans affirm, that or
the requisition of the great Courts, the publicity of the delibera-
tions in all the Representative States will be put a stop to. There
is also a talk of retarded elections of the nomination of Deputies,
foe long periods of interval., of several years between the assembling
of the states, whose sittings will besides he reduced to the smallest
possible number. The good Wirtembergers hope, however, that
their Sovereign, who hos hitherto distinguished himself by' the
title of the Constitutitsbal King, will rot consent to destroy of
devote his own work it woudl be much more frank, and in ac-
cordance with good faith, to declare once for all that it is Intended
to resume absolute power. Publicity is the essence of a Repro-
sentstive Government—lt is as much an integral part of each a
Goverment. as mystery is to despotism and the Inquisition.
FRENCH Ft7WDS.-I'AI. lkilk Reif 28.—Five per Cents. opened
at 103 f.; closed at 1821. 70c., Bank Stock, 2,030; Iter.te de
Naples. Certifies,. Fakomiet, 901. 70c.; Rente d'Espagne. 110:
Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, Eli. Exchange on London, one month.
23f.; three ditto, 24i. B.."e.—(beer Anthralipee, Merck 28. •

We learn that the rieociation for the new Spanish loan.
is still continued I.y the came capitalists by whom Mr.
Ga cooky was despatched to Madrid. One of the princi-
pals has returned from Paris, and it is understood that he
brings word that U. 11F: VILLICE is exceediagly desirous
to have the contract made on such terms as will re-esta-
blish the public credit of Spain in the money market. The
anxiety of the French Minister to attain this object, has
been a principal Laus.: of retarding the conclusion of the
negociation. M. n► Vitxxxx is rightly of opinion that
the bonds of the Cortes should be recog,L:zed at their fuil