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clause, giving compensation to law ofßeerv. which was car•
rierl by a majority of six. The Bill will more than pro-
bably be thrown out on its coming before the Upper
House. A gnat legal dignitary is said to bd opposed to it.

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unreasonable that a Mee-tura which he himself deems most likely I Air. CISRTEIS said, that in obedience to the instructions or (tis One old gentleman, of 70 Testa& age, had stated to him, fist he school established Hide by the English. An advertisement in this
to prove of benefit to the public, should be adopted without the constituents, he felt himself bound to ewe against the ineasint of held a place of 7001 a-year to the Court of Exchequer, nhli hhe Payer invites young Men, from the age of la roe% to enter this
unction of a Committee. He admitted that as far as the con. i the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear, hear.) had purchased, and that if he were deprived of it, he slit Id he establishment, wheSe they will learn the trade of carpenters, found.
sumer was concerned. the measure must prove beneficial, and that i Mr. 31A NSFIELD said, as the Bill was now so altered, par. turned out to starve in the streets. It was impossible to I ten to' era, brasier, [ht.c.i.recanie tiro rations daily, and a dollar and a hall
in point of principle, the opening of this trade to free competition, [ timidly as to the scale of duties, he would give it his support ; such an appeal as this lithout attending to it. He had s'-ought per month. A dittinguished English off(cer of Engineers is at the
ma nothing in it of which he could justly complain. To what and the mare so as the poorer and labouring claws would be forward the motion for compensation after having looked lira each head of the ntablhiliment, and will shortly form a corps of Anil-
then would the proposed discussion in • Committee tend ? (Hear, greatly benefited by it. Under such circumstances, his duty, separate case, and alter having been convinced of the justuo of the . levy. Every evening (says the tkeek Joureal) the officers receive
bear) The lion. Member admitted that he was satisfied, and he as well as his judgment, induced him to vice for the original claims. He had stated the case as it stood, and he left '.t to the' instruction, and in ten days they will be able to direct the working
would rather not be satisfied. He was, in fact, a strenuous sup. I motion, liberality and justice of the noose to do what it ought to de . lof the guns, and to Instruct those who are intended for the artillery
porter of the case for which he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) Mr. BUTTERWORTH said I few words, amid loud cries of Mr. BRIGHT thought that if the principle laid doicr by the i service.
contended. The Honourable Member spoke of vested interests. i "Question." lion. Gentleman (the Attorney-General) were admitte i, there
No doubt by the tocasitre proposed, the brewers would suffer some ! Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and a division took would be no end to the evil. Ile thought that, et all t vents, it
diminution of their pennies ; but suppose that fact were proved be. I place. I would be the duty of the Howie to inqure into the Mew as of all
fare a Committee, lie would ask the Iwo. Gentleman if he was I For the motion, 99; for the &menet tent, 32 I MajoeitY, 67 claims for compensation. lie would therefore support tl .e motion
revered to leave the law as it stood ? It was quite clear that the I On our return to the Gallery, the rush of strangers was so great of the Noble Lord.
law was in such a state as to require emendation. In illustration that we could not hear a word for a considerabie period. When We I Mr. N. (:.s INERT objected to the names which had leen inten-
d this assertion he might %tete, that one of the Members tot Read. ' could hear, we found the House in Committee on the Bill. I ducal into the clause, and thought that there were ma ;y persons
initial put a question to him on this subject during the last Sae. I Several clauses were agreed to. who had greater claims. lie would suggest the proprict vof allow-
ow of parliament to this effect—whether it was necessary that a I Mr. ILIBERLY mill, the publican should not pay for a licence,' ing it to remain over until next Session.
brewer should hew • Magistrate's licence mauler menet& hin, to any more than the grocer or the cheesemonger. License liiin if Strangers were onlered to withdraw, and the Hoe se divided,
sell beer; and to that question he had replied as candidly as he you will, but let hint pay nothing for it. This would be only • when the numbers appeared—
ceold—that he conceived, as far as the Excise was concerned, there doing an act of justice in resisting that clause. For the clause . - 47 I Against it - - 41
was no obstacle to his doing so, provided he gave up the advert- ' The CI I A NUELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saw no reason to Majority in favour of the clause for compensation - 6
sage which, as a wholes tie brewer, he enjoyed. Ile thought that ' deprive the revenue of the sum derived from licences. During our absence from the gallery the Bill was, as we under.
by law he was notpeahibited. In consequence of that opinion. se- I Mr- 31ABERLY—bet the retail brewer pay a smell licence. stood, real a third time and passed.
veal retail breweries were established, and the persons conducting ! The t [ILINCELLOR of the EXCIIEQITER—Then the 1100.1 The other Order of the Day were then disposed of, and the
them were prosecuted before the Magistrates, and the Magistrates Gentleman makes against his principle of free trade. Ile intended House adjourned at Ilar.F-rass I ten O'CLOCK.
kenceihring that whatever might be the interpretation of the Excise to propose a duty ot 31. on the retail brewer. If the ditty on malt
Los, they were bound by the law relating to
publica,,„ to convict), ! was increased by this measure, then he would have some elbow.
convicted these brewers as Pliblirens. Ile (the Chancellor of the MOM to think of the licence duty being remitted or lessened ; but
Exchequer) e-mfe aed, that in his opinion, he thought that movie- [ as things now were, he could not think of giving up a duty of
tine could not be sustained, though he certainly had not ad. • 200.111101. derived by the duty on licences.
vised the appeal by which it was followed. (A laugh.) An up-; 111 r. MABERLY —The licensed victualler should be cond.
peal against the conviction was, however, made with all necessary dared, as be had many expenses to undergo, in house rent, taxes,
expedition ; and at the close of the Term before the last, it came OD and scrinnte wages, winch ware not to be incurred by retail
fat argument before the Judges of the Court of Kira'', Bench, ' brewers.
The Judges, however, not having then time to hear the argument, Alderman Sir C. SMITH said a few words, which were inaudi-
defeired the further consideration of them until the present Term, I ble in the gallery.
suggestii g that it would, perhaps, be prudent, by the erect :eat of Upon the clause being put relative to the subject of these licences
some rew law in the mean tune, to place the question beyond fu. bMg imposed on all retail sellers of ale and beer,
ture difficulty. Thies the mater stood at present. If any cost- Mr. 3IABERIX moved that that part of it relating to ale and
elusion, favourable to the brewer, was to be drawn from a long and beer should be withdrawn.
extensive monopoly, that was a reason which would operate as a Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; hut after our being ex-
bee to all ini rovement. The le) He ha 1 existed long, but they , eluded for a considerable time, we understood that no division took
were not, on that Beeman, to confer a perpetuity upon it. The [ place. When we re-entered the Bill was still in Committee.
' brewers maid not say th it they hail been taken by surprise. A ; l'pon the clause being put, regulating the hours at which the re-
Committee of that House had site dy condemned that monopoly.. tail brewers should keep their houses open, from six in the morn-
The subjectbad been canvassed ti ere, and there was no argument •in until nine in the evening,
uyg-d, even speciouely, ageinst the general principle of the.meaeure. ' Mr. MONCK wished to have the hour altered, particularly for
An Honourable and 1. iarned Member (31r. Brougham) who saw country dealer, from five in the morning till ten at night. To per-
the pernicious coos quences of the precent duties, introduced a nits- sons during harvest time such an extension would be highly de-
sert to that HHis (the ouse prapoe Chancellorirg thaof tt anhe y
Exchequer) person shoulgrounds od be permfitob-ted [ arable.
to sell beer. : The original clause was agreed to.
jection to that measure were not, in point of principle, as adverse I Mr. BR(H (the various clauses being gone through) put
to that practical monopoly, but he thought it rather too extensive . the question, that this report he brought up.
an alteration. lie could discover no jest grounds for referring the I Mr. Alderman WOOD wished the Bill, as amended, to be
matter to a Committee, and he must rierefore oppose the mend- ! printed.
meet. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQIJER thought that so
Mr. LOCKHART said, that as he was Chairman of the Com- I doing weight be a waste of paper ; at the same time, that if it were
mittee to which the Right lion. Gentleman had just referred, he pressed be would have no vehement objection to it.
must he allowed to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman had truly 1 The report was brought up, and ordered to be received to-
represented the opinions of that Committee. Their vested interests, I morrow.
as they were termed,. could at once be destroyed, even though they I COUNTY COURTS 111 Lb.
were patent, by a writ of oleo-pelts. But the fact was, that it' they On the motiot. that the County Courts Bill be read a third time,
ever had an exhaust., they were forfeited by malpractices-aloe- . Mr. SCA R LETT said, he hoped the House would do him the
feited by the very act of forcing a weik and often deleterious beve. justice to believe, that, in opposing this measure, he was only
rage on the public. There was one allatment urged by an Hon. uoing his duty. He was aware that some measure like drat pro-
Gentleman opposite (Mr. Davenport) touching the vice and amino-: posed was necessary, and he considered his Noble Friend
rality which ilium ensue from the sale of beer in private houses. ! (Lord Althorp) was entitled t t the praise of the country for his
The reasoning was quite the other way. lie (Mr. Lockhart) had i exertions on such a subject. lie did not object to the principle
frequently entered mese so-much-praised public-houses, and there [ of the measure, but to the extent to which it was urged in the first
he had seen a great absence of classification of orders. There were I Instance. The ('ounty Courts were to remain to hear suits in
rogues and good fellows—Ca laugh i—bad and honest—women and' replevin, which were not numerous in many counties; and the
children; and language of the most immoral character was resorted , County Clerk, who now held his Court thirteen times a year to
to, at which some blushed and others laughed, and all were ca- i bear these cases, would, by this Bill, be altogether, or in a great
rooted. Now he antic,pateil no such mischief front the practice of decree, deprived of his emoluments. Another objection to this
selling beer in private hinters. The little party would be composed Bill was, as to the period of the commencement of its operation.
of intimate friends, and the evil attendant upon public-houses, Some suits were now going in County Courts—some would go on
such as he had descrined, would be altogether avoided. I —and how were these provided for ? In no degree whatsoever.
Mr. T. W 11-SON was sure that the adoption of this measure. He @Jointed that if these objections stood alone he would not op.
by removing the useful check of magisterial authority, would pro. pose the Bill. But this Bill, the House should consider, gave an
duce much inconvenience. exclusivejorkliminn to Courts of Conscience.
Mr. F. PA L3l ER conceived that this Bill watt calculated to The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Not exclusive of the Ceara
produce considerable benefit to the labouring part of the commu. j above.
Intl. lie did not mean to undervalue the brewers : they were an I Mr. SCARLETT should be sorry to misrepresent, but so be
active and intelligent race. He had among them many friends, i understood the Bill when h: read it. Courts ot Conscience might
but his duty to the public required that he should support this be good in kcal cases, but not so for general uses. He did not
measure. The drawback allowed these brewers emilded Mein to like the prude! of examining witnesses as in Courts of Conclave,
pay much more foe houses when they became vacant, and thus they in their own canoes. He had very considerable experience on the
created for themselves a monopoly- subject ; and In the case of bills of discovery, the only object of
Mr. WHITBREAD observed, though it would have been good filing them was to give an adverse party a knowledge of the other's
taste perhaps in lain to abstain from taking any part in this discus- mode of proceeding. Such Courts, allowing such practices, did
Pion. yet as he represented the licensed victuallers, who c I onceived, more in one way to corrupt the moods of the people, than it did in
and lie thought justly, that their would be ruined by the poising of. the other to benefit their in rests. The law of evidence was founded
this Bill, for their interest he would support the amendment on the principle of excluding every man's evidence in his own case;
Mr. Alderman BRIDGES suplawnal the amendment. and inasmuch as this proposed 11111 directly violated that principle,
Sir J. SEBRIGHT thought the country coasiderably indebted he thought it should not be rashly adopted. The whole system of
[ to the Right lion. Gentleman for this Bill. The monopoly which Government was but one of enmprorniee; and if this Bill extended
the brevets obtained t ffectually interfered with the sale of any beer its jurisdiction only to AL, he would not object to it. If this Bill
except such as they chose to supply. i Is only conned the jurisdiction of County Courts, cheapened ,
Mr. CA LV ERT agreed with his lion. Friend the Member for law proceedings, and rendered attorneys' hills necessary to be taxed,
Middlesex that it wiseld perhaps be better taste, as interested in ,It would here his support ; but though his Learned Friend's Bill
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this question, to abstain from any observations upon it; but as se. I had that title, it had tot that character. This was • most
reed of his condiments, the licensed victuailers of Southwerk !important meu.sure to the interests of the public. He had NEIV THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
This Evening, TUESDAY, Way 115, will be performed
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. The Duke of Wellington was indisposed for several days
last week. His presence being considered essential at the
Cabinet Council which was held on Saturday, it was or
would be utterly ruined if tho measine passed into slaw, he shoed public objections to it ; but, If it most be passed, let it not sir Peter Teazle, Mr. ?Standen: bar Olives Surface. Mr. Dowton;
Charles surfer., Ha entstne I Lady Touts, Mrs.W.West. ginally intended that it should meet acids Grace's house in
*ippon the amendment. be perpetual. It went to create (treaty new Judges, at 1111 W. a After which, SPANISH GALLANTS. Piccadilly ; but the Noble Duke was so much better on
Colonel 11.1 V lES thought it was quite right that the public year ; and he thought, it' ever so obnoxious to the public, Tim aniciude with LOVE, LAW. AND PHI SIC. Friday, fhat his Grace notified Cie same, and the Cabinet
should have good beer, and cheep, but the change was too sudden. that it would be yerpeatal, inasmuch as the patronage was in "bin l Mr•Ll'r"u• Grandmother, ter.
To-morrow, The Hypocrite, with avemiL.e. assembled at the Forel fit-office on Saturday as usual.
Sir E. KNATCH BULL conceived that without further lovesti- ti 0 Crown. The Bill was ob;c:tionable from the putrenege it gave,
gation this charge was not jusiiiied. of which already enouh existed. The independence of the Bar THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDE.I'. Yesterday t'rince Polignac, the French Ambassador,
Mr. CUR We N had been requested by moment his constituents would be affected by it ;tit had already been invaded to too great an had a long interview with Mr. Secretary canaing.
This Evening. TUESDAY, May ES, will be performed
to oppose this nieasure, but the public appeared to him to be so extent, and required to be diminished. Very proper persons might PRIDE SHALL HAVE A FALL It is generally understood that bit 'loyal Highness the
deeply interested in its adoption that he must notwithstanding give be appointed, but would those gentleman so appointed not look to Count renown tie. W. rarren i Torrent°, Mr. J,mes : 'AMMO,
it ilk support. enmething else? Would nut the same interest which got a man Mr. Cooper t Colonel Plstruccl, Air. Abbott; Maher trStiannon, Mr. Duke of Clarence will leave London dais day, and embark
o Mr. Bluncliard. on board his yacht, for the purpose of visiting these towns
Mr. 310NCK stated, that abets aprevailed under the pea is• oya. 11041. a year have • better chance of getting him something more? PettuuTteriie .e"iiititea.tt....;i7st i;a4t7e"„irit M;
riliattteosr;a, SSW:* 'Love; Victoria.
tem. Au lion. Gent. had said that Ale. Parkins had a great num. iIV told not men in oilier situations he preferred who had interest and neighbourhood. The Royal Duke, we are assured,
bet of free houses which he would loose it a stop were not put to !enough to get this 11001. a year?? This Bill gave besides to each After which. NO SONG NO surtirtt. will meet with a welcome reception. Sir H. Blackwood
Mies thunmerdee.
such purchases. The characters of the brewers were nuttevially eon. lof those gentlemen the greatest power conferred by the law—that To-morrow. The Honey muesli, with The Marriage of Figaro. and Captain Charles Adams will accompany the Gallant
coned in this, and their characters would be saved in proportion to .of administering an oath. This Bill, in fact, would not only ------- -- -----
the improvement oftheir beer. The English petitioners uniformly Increase the Government pause:age, diminish the independence of NEW SURREY THEATRE. Admiral.—Deeen Freeholder of Saturday.
prayed against passing this Bill, because they would be injured by the bar, but also have an influence in other jurisdictions which r1413 /fI.NIN6' and during the Week the Melo.ncsma of An Evening l'aper of yesterday says--" Considerable
the mail burets, while the Scotch petitions only prayed against might be fatal to the best interests of the people. The appointment ZELIeLA AND 'THE RIVAL WARRIORS; .or, The TIGER HUNT.
After which. sensation was caused in the City this morning by the re-
the scale of demise as, being partial and oppressive. Everything was and conduct of the Sheriff's Depute in Scotland was the proof THE ADVANTAGES OF LYING; or, stow To GIVE A ROUT. ceipt of a letter from Dover, which stated that the master
free in Scotland as far tie that trade, and any man obtained a licence of the truth of what he had just asserted. Upon the gmunds he To conclude with
who had a good character. In fact every publican was a brewer, or had stated he should certainly oppose it, and take the sense of the HATE; or, THE CATARACT OF THE MOUNTAIN. of a boat, arrived there from Calais, had reported a sudden
and dangerous Hitless of the King of France. Upon in-
might be if he thought proper; but in and about London only 66 , House upon its being now read a third time. If County Courts SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
licensed publicans brewed their own beer; in fact they found they I were to be continued he wished to continue the appointment of qluiry we find that letters front Paris, dated Saturday, men-
THIS EVENING, and during the Week, the Burletta of
could not compete with the large brewers, and if thus Bill palate' I assessors in the sheriffs, as was already the known and recognized Hon the existence of such a report in Cott capital, but state
SHARP AND FLAT.
he thought the publicans had nothing( to fear. In small and cor. principle of tar law; but once they changed its direction, no man After which, that the King desired a contradiction of it, observing at
rani* towns the brewers were often 3lngistrates, having a posi- I could calculate where the in of this Bill would end. Ile did not THE FLOATING BEACON; or, THE NORWEOIAN.WRECRERS.
uve interest in the cortinuatiote of things as they now were. As ; kt.ow why a new law id ouid be introduced until it bad been proved With, A CALEDONIAN DIVERTISLMANT. the same time that he had been confined to the Palace en-
Tii conclude with tirely by the unfavourable state of the weather, and that,
the law now stood, persons might bring beer in or out of houses; but that the old one was ineffletent. On these •grounds he would pro. LOVE AND LAUDANUM I oc. PHYSIC AND MURDER.
if, in doing SO, they obstructed the public peace, they were an-' pose, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a third time this day with the first film day, he would resume his usual airings.
swerable for such Cr d act. Eating houses and oyster shops con- six months. The same letters mention, that M. de Villele has succeed-
su ned her teen the pii bite houses without any prnht to the former; Mr. SYKES said that the greeter consideration he gave the Bill
1 The BRITISH PRESS commenced publishing yesterday morning
at five o'clock. ail in removing much of the opposition againet his project
and why apprehendonce that they would all at leave the ',obi r. the more he was persuaded of its importance. He could not at all for reducing the Rentes, and that there was little doubt
house to deal with the retail brewer ? Fur himself bethought the I think that the amendment proposed by his Ilan. Friend (Mr. Scar-
consumtra would be benefited by this Bill, and it therefore had his' kit) should be for • MOlnelit listened to by the House. If the Bill LONDON, TUESDAY, May 25, 1924. entertained of its passing into • law before the end of the
support. lie thought the necessities of the people called for it, I were thrown out at the velar .. time, he could not hope that a future --msomo— month.
and, despite the opposition of sane wealthy and some other late-' period would be better for bringing it forward. Government have granted a 0001. a year for six years, to
Saturday and Sunday's French Papera reached us last
rested iv mons, still he thought its Right Hon. author would be 1 Mr. WILLIAMS said, that he perceived with great regret the be expended oa time tepiate of the Royal Palace of flolyrotal
hailed throughout the country as the poor man's friend. I absence of some of his Learned Friends, nod therefore considered night by repress. The Chamber of Deputies, on Friday, House. The operations are to commence soon.
Me. C. CALVERT offared a few objections, amid cries of h melt bound to say a few words on the subject. He, neither here
e, Spok "and " Ques ion.") , nor elsewhere, would seek to hide the feeling, that no expense .edwith the debate the 1* .1 Ttof
was wholly occupt
The family of Earl Grey still reside at Government
31r. WODElitil 'SE (Norfolk) declared it as his opinion that a should in England be spared, to preserve rights though ever so Benjamin Constant, whose talents arc feared, and the whole House, and we understand that it is the intention of the
rest deal of prejudice and ignorance prevailed upon this subject. trivial. Ilavirg the honour—he might say the fate—of belonging fly in conseq Noble Lord, after his return from London, where he now
of Ultra Roy
lie complained of the line of observation puraued on this 'object to the profession of tine law, he must naturally be interested in theis attending his Parliamentary duties, to remain with us
by the lion. Member for Oxford (Mr. Lockhart) and the lion. math of the present Bill. If twenty-one places were Mined to I him. The Comte de Salaberry was the principal orator during the winter months.—lievenoallt l'eper.
Member foe Reading (Mr. Monek). Ile could not vote for the those who' ad been tire years at the bar, and had arrived at that Imnrinst the claims of the patriotic Deputy. Ile contended Lord Byron recently enjoyed about 7,00 W. per annum,
lionsamerehrent because he thought thc int .pmitions of mil. precise perm. when they were most open to temptation, it would n
tat' duty on the matrons would be unfair anti unjust. be mating into the seal: such a preponderating weight, that it that the right of sitting in the Chamber, which was sought which now reverts to Lady Byron, and makes her a splen-
Mr. Aid- WOO!) said, that at least 1,000 of his constituents would be vain to expect virtue in the profession, or that a youn Ito be established upon the law of December '2O, 1790, was did fortune of above 10,0001. a year. His nearest relative
wont interested in this question. The licensed victualler was taxed barrister would look to any side but that which was tocaery with itis a half sister, Mrs. Leigh, who is the mother of a large fa-
to the highest: he had lust licence to pay ; his shop window duty both influence and property. This consideration appeared to him quite untenable: that law, be maintained, was enacted for Deily, and to whom, we are informed, e vet small portion
was not remitted as in other cases, and yet a measure was now press to be so paramount, that he would certainly vote against the Bill. the maturation of confiscated property to the religious 'of his property can fall. His cousin, c.'at Lain Arson
posed, allowing the retail brewer to compete with him in the roar. Mr. R. 5311T11 did not see any, way to avoid the evil complained
ket at a renewed rate of licence, and without being liable to other • of; it was an evil, he admitted, but he thought it would be far emigrante, and not to restore political rights. Six years Byron, of the !loyal Navy, succeeds to dm title, but with
charges to which licensed victuallers were subjected. This rhea. less than the alternative. He should therefore give his full eon. after little or no property. But his will has not reached Eng-
sure might make the beer cheap, but rest assured it would be ma currence to the measure. that law had passed, M. Pastorct, in the name land ; an I till then amen must be surmise. His body is
good. The seal: of duties was able:Awed become of some clamour. bond AIiTHORP said, that lie thought the evil of which some of a commission, complained that the law had not done on its way to a last borne in his native land ; and it is
Lee the poor man have • benefit if he could have it, but it was all Members complained, had been very much exaggerated. Ile enough to counteract the effects of the previous law,
pretence ilia this measure would confer it upon hint. Eyary Is. knew the proposed measure would give a great influence on thethought that Westminster Abbey will receive his remains.
bourn sod poor man in London would have to pay 375. 6d. on each part of Inc ('Town over the Bar. Ile was, however, sure that the which had driven citizens from the French soil. The Another statement is, that he had expressed a wish to be
quarter of malt consumed in beer. Why not reduce it at once to ambition of *young man, who was worth having, would be much latter law was evidently the revocation of the Edict of interred in a particular spot in Ilalrow church-vard,
to 215., and then indeed they would have • boon confined upon more tempted by indepentlenee than by any benefits to be obtained which, if seriously true, would, we suppose, be fulfilled.—
the poor. Perhaps the whole of the malt brewed by the retail brew- by courting pauoeu. Ile had stated many case% of oppression, Nantes. The law of I 7 90, therefore, began a work of Literary Gazelle.
its was not nine than one tenth of the whole consumption. None . and he would state one more of accent occurrence in the Court of iustice, but did not complete it ;—it commenced a repara- .
•f the beer alluded to by the Honourable blember for Oxford was Commoo Pleas ; it was the case of a woman names! Brown, who - An ilk rumour is mentioned in tlx Quolhl:enne, on the
given away, lor it was paid in wages. There were 41,1100 petitions was 70 years of age, and who had sued pother for a debt of 41. 16s. ' tion, but said nothing of political rights. The preamble authority of letters from Conatantineple, that Lord Byron
• !ling beer in Ors countryt there were 22,000 persons who brewed [ She had recovered the debt; but the attorney had brought in a 1 of the lair, he contended, did not extend to such was poisoned by some rival Greek Chief, jealous of the
their own beer; and it the House had no mercy on the large brewers,' bill for 951. wets, and had arrested her for the amount. ascendancy he was gaining.
let them at least p'otect tlio22.ol,ol,eisons who brewed their own I The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the rights, for it said—" The National Assembly having
beer. It appeared to aim that the proposed measure was not at all , motion for the third raiding was carried. recognised the justice of restoring to the descendants oflt is determined by the neat relatives of Lord Byron,
calculated to benefit the public. Coder the present system, publi. I The SOLICITOR-GENER.I I. proposed a clause for ex- .. that his remains shall be brought to this country, and
cansgenerally kept their houses in good order, in order to secure' emitting the University of Oxford froin the operation of the Bill. repeals emigrants the property of which they were , deposited in Poeta' l'orner, in Westminster Abbey.
their licences far thrumming year, as well as for their own greater After a few observations from Lonl ALIIIOIIP. the clause stripped in a time of trouble and intolerance," &c. The The merchants of the City trading to the Ba) of f'am-
tospectabiliey.. It was unreasonable to think that brewers would am withdrawn.
rights recognised by the law of 1791, were abro- I peachy, were alarmed yesterday by the report that al the
send a bad article to their own houses while they were, as landlonla, 1 Colonel TR E N I.' II proposed a clause for compensating the Political ' English settlers have left the place on account of an inva-
expecting to have their rents. The thin was absurd. if the Town Clerk of Cambridge for the kw* of his emoluments. gated with the Constitution that produced it. M. Constant
Chancellor wanted to do good, let hint openly do it ;—let biro not , The Gallery was cleared for • division ; but during the exclusion sion by Spanish Repablicans. The following intoldgence
shackle the licensed victuallers while be talked of free trade t—let ;of stnoigers a debate took place. himself presented a petition in 1796, for political rights to has reached us :—" Extract of a letter from Camp:vile,
him, if he wished to do good, hire a free trade in corn, which The number:eon the division were— be granted to religious emigrants; and this was an admix- dated March 26 a—The disturbed state of the country is
should long since have taken place. The licensed victuallers were For the Gaunt, 31 ; against it, 112 I Majority against the clause, ra.
soon that they were not granted by the law of 1790. So- such that all business is at a stand ; almost all the ti..n of
an Industrious and respectable body, and deserved the protection of Mr. J. WILMA Altit moved that the clause relative to the
Sr-
the Howe. (Cries of "QUe'MO°• ) Court of Equity of the (*aunty Palatine of Lancaster be brought up. weal other Deputies, after the Count de Salaberry had any property have left Canopeachy, as they are threatened
Mr. MONCK explained (amid cries of "spoke," and "qua- Lord ALTIIOItP objected to the bringing up the clause. with an invasion from the Governor of Merida, and ano-
tion.") The motion for 'Ringing up the clause was negatived. closed, spoke in favour of the report and against it; and ther from the interior, both Republican parties.. 1 have
Ale BARCLAY and Mr. 31AectreFau both stated the injury lemi A LTHORP said, that the clause he was about to op- some called for the printing of the speech of Al. de Sit- not been able to see my consignee for the last fortr'.ght,
to the trade of brewing, in consequence of the purchase of public. pose was that which was to give compensation to law officers. If
laberry, who complimented Benjatnin l'onstant highly on and do not expect to get away before the 6th of next month,
houses by the Wee brewers. It were the !demure of the House compensation should be
Mr. C. CALVERT pledged himself to say, that :.o part of the made, the House should at least wait to ascertain who had mil- his talents. The President, however, decided against this ,as wood comes off very slowly."
evidence taken before the Coniniittee justified end' an assertion on feted end who had not; by this means justice would be done be-
. proposition. The debate was adjourned on Friday, and A Plymouth Paper says—" We hear that the Regatta is
the ,-,art of the Gentlemen who drew up time report. tweed the
_parties and the puhlici fixed to take place in the early part of August. It is
Ale. DENNISON considered that the licensed victuallent, as The ATTORNLI -(laN ['HAL hoped he should treat this resumed next day; but the papers of Sunday we have expected that the Isle of Right Yacht ('lub will attend on
being an industrious and useful testy, demanded the most serious subject with impartiality. With the exception of one individual, .
received contain no report of that of Saturday. llie the occasion, to redeem the pledge given by them. The
attention of the noose. Ile would vote for the amendment at he had no acquaintance with any of the persons introduced into the prizes will be liberal."
present. although he t'mought that ultimately the measure of the clause. He iris sure the House would look into the matter itily, Ai/gilt/eine Zeilon,; of the 16th May, contains some late
Chancellor of the Exchequer would confer a benefit on the public. and not to come to • decision againet compensation. The pereoesnteresting accounts from Greece, 31Id the particuluts of —ano..—_ ject of law for layin a tax on foreign loans, by means of
ri _ The Brussels Papers of the 23d instant, contain a pro-
g,
The amendment, however, only called for further delay, in orb r whose names had been introduced into the clause. or at )cost those i
to se,, further inquiry, and as no injury, and some good might he had introduced Into it, al held freehold offices, which were the late destructive conflagration at Grand Cairo. We The County Courts Bill was read a third time last night, a stamp-duty on all bonds, receipts, obligation", certifl-
be its result, he shoulefeel it his duty to vote for it. purchasable by law, and he would ask whether theme offices, which
and no give the details below. on the motion of Lord Althorp, and passed. Mr. Scarlett cams, &'c. in the following proportion : If the nominal
Ale WILDS, as we understood him, defended the conduct of did not differ from other property, should be abolished, 'capital is '250 florins or under, at 75e. from t?..'m to 500
the brewer+, and considered that if the trade were taken out of their , anapentation made to the suffernig party ? This was the prin- IFrom the :flip-melee Zelleng of the 16th May.l opposed it, as tending to increase the already extensive pet- A . I . ficivi • •
bands, the public woi Id get bet a very inferior article. lie also i eiple on which lie brought forward the unction Mr compensation. The paper printed at 3lissolonghi, under the title of the Greek
of the Crown, and to weaken die independence of onns. f Soc. from Soo to 1,000 ns inclusive. three
florins ; and for all sums exceeding 1,000 florins, 3 florins
who were entitled to it ; Chti.niek, mentions in its numbers of the 11th, 111th, and 19th of trcmage
thought that the power of the Milarates In these cases should not; He regretted that he hail omitted many
be !emceed, and therefore opposed die Bill. but be was first staggeeed by the number of those who had claims, ' February the Important services already done by the military the bar. The House divided on the Attorney-General's for every 1,000 florins, without fraction.

LEGHORN. MAY 3. '
Letters from Cairo give an account of the lire which broke out at
Cairo on the 21st March, at two o'clock in the afternoon, In the
old citadel, in the barracks adjoining the arsenal, where cartridges
are made. The flames spread rspidily in various directions, espe-
cially towards the powder magazine. At half-past three some
chests of powder blew up; at live there was a terrible explosion,
which laid all the surrounding buildings in ruins, and just as it
struck ten at night, a third explosion spread the desolation
farther. On the following morning, the hre seemed to abate,
when consternation was spread, on its being known that the
great magazine, containing 25,000 rantare cf powder, was in
danger, and the entire destruction of Cairo was apurehendest
The undaunted efforts of the troops however succeeded in check-
, ing, and at length subduing the flames. At the very begtining
of diecontisgration the people lied in countless nualtuteules out rat
the city, one bad consequence of which was, that it bathed all the
measures of precaution that hare been adopted. Front the Homely
NOTWES OF MOTIONS (THIS DAY). gate eastwards to the old chattel nothing is to he seen but rem-
nants of walls shattered, beams, wag,rnns, and gun carriages. out
Mr. Lambton—To present • Petition from Mr. Buckingham,
respecting Liberty of the Press in India. : of the new gate the ruins begin at the distance of fifty paces, and
Sir John Newport--Consideration of the First Fru' a Fund of I over a vast space there ere seen among the ruins four thou-i
Ireland, with the view of rendering it efficient for the objects to' land burnt or lacerated horses, mule*, and camels. A fine
which it was destined by Royal munificence. ; park of artillery which stood in what is called Joseph's Hall,
Sir. Peter sloare—Bill to repeal the Combination Laws. !sod in the Amphitheatre at the west-end of the city, is
Mr. Stuart Wortley—Bill to repeal Superannuation of Officers' ' destroyed, except 241 pieces. The *hole arsenal too is art-
Act (3 Geo. IV. c. 113.) ; nihilated, except a magazine of tools, some chests of muskets,
slr. Hume—To move Standing Orders That no Member, hay.. and the machine for boring cannon. Of the little park of field br-
ing an interest in a Private Bull, shall be allowed to vote in the' Shay which stood in the Homely Square, only 15 &pounders are
Committee ore the Bill. ; naval. The new !Citadel, in which are the Mint, the Hall for
Mr. Hume—Return of Commitments by Magiatvatee. 1 the Divan, and the several Government offices, suffered but
ORDERS OF THE b't u. !little. The two powder magazines, in two towers, surrounded
Vagrants' Bill—Further Consideration of Riport. ; with ditches, were untouched. It is cafculated that MI millions of
Clergy Residence (Ireland) Bill—Report. ' Turkish piastres will not suffice to replace the citadel and the
Four per Cents. Itepaynient Bill—Third Reading. i arsenal in their former state. The letters do not contain even a
- ----Le I conjecture respecting the origin of the tire.

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Lottery Tickets,

The Westminster Anniversary ()inner Was celebrated at
the Crown and Anchor Tavern yesterday ; and Sir k rand'
Burdett, after a secession from public life during nearly
the *hate of the last ,and present Session, again took that
Chair, and, on his health being drank, addressed the
crowded to in a strtech of considerable length. The
Honourable Baronet, from some late allutions to the dr•
cumstance, thought it necessary to aceouht to the electors
why his Vioice had been so seldom heard within the Com•
mons !lade of late ; and he commenced his eddiess with
this difficult explanation :—" It was too much the present
fashion," Sir Francis add, "to lavish praises poserally
Ministeri, for no causes that he could discover, but that
after ten yesrs of uninterrupted peace the brrderis of the
people had been Considerably reduced, end we had arrived.
from a state of alarm and distress, at one of complete seen•
rity and iiiceasing national prosperity." In these praiser
Sir Francis said he could not join ; to his feelings the err
1

Lord Liverpool brought up five Bills, which he laid on the
table of the Upper House last night, to reverse theattainders
of five Scotch Lords, implicated in the last attempt of the
unfortunate Charles Edward, the Pretender to the crown
of these realms. These Bills restore to their ancient titles
the Earls of Kenmait, Strathallan, and Perth, and Lord
Nairn, and reverse the attainder also of Lord Stafford.
The first, Lord Liverpool described as an act of grace
from the Throne—the last as one or solemn justice, as
the whole proceedings in that case were a disgrace to the
parliamentary history of the country. The four respectable
individuals whose titles will be restored by these Acts)
had urged the request (Lord Liverpool said) when his
Majesty was in Scotland, and the King, with the benignity
that marks his character, did not think it derogatory to
his high station to concede the important favour to indivi-
duals whose families had been attached and loyal to the
present dynasty for a long series of years. The Bills, on
the motion of Lord Liverpool, were then read a first time.

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tire was a delusion which he would not support, and lbt
they! reasons it ril3 that his "warning voice" had been so
long silent of late. The worthy Baronet's explanation, we
thought, was rather roldly received, and the assembly
around him seemed far from satisfied. The spirit of
"exaltation," though it mounted with the kindling glass.
and increased as the night waned; has evidently abated
among the fiery patriots of Westminster ; even they have
become pacific widt,prosperity ; their leading Represents*
dye rose—and sate down—it is trite, amid considerable
applause; but we can remember the day When every den-
tenee of his was drowned with deafening cheers—when his
words were applauded to the very echo befbre they petted
his lips, and his triumphant allusion to Parliamentary
Reform, to Annual Parliaments and Universal Suf-
frage, was received with shouts that shook the very
dome, beneath which his constituents sate in hundreds.
Sir Franc.... rose last eight, apparently in perfect health,
but evidently changed in tone and spirit. His appearance
created anxious and general attention. We heard at once
the whisper round us, whether, under existing circum-
stances, he would allure to his former principles of sweep-
ing Parliamentary Reform.

MAILS.
AIIIVED: I Holland, 1 Flanders, I French. DUE: 1 Gotten-
burgh, I Lisbon, 2 Hamburgh.

We regret to state, that Lord Lansdown 's two Bills—one
for extending the elective franchise to English Catholics
—the other to enable Catholics in England to hold the
same offices as they have long been eligible to in Ireland,
were last night, after a protracted discussion, rejected
in the Upper House. This unfortunate decision will
spread, we fear, new gloom among the people of Ire-
land; it throws despair around their question. Where
so moderate a concession has been refused the res-
pectable and peaceful Catholics of England, what cal
the Irish Catholics hope for, on the announcement of
their petition, which seeks not only their own un-
limited enfranchisement, but calls for a general reform,
civil and ecclesiastical, in Ireland? Lord Lansdown stated.
that the two Bills he introduced had only one
common object—that of putting the English Catholics
on as mar a footing as possible with those of Ire-
land. It had been objected, the Noble Marquis said,
that the extension of the elective franchise in Ireland had
inconveniently increased the number of voters ; but be
attributed that effect solely to the endless subdivision of
land. It was ridiculous, he contended, to throw open
certain offices to the Irish Catholics, and sedulously ex-
clude from the same offices the respectable and loyal Ca-
tholics of this country, and that where the vety Act of
Charles 11. was suspended as to the oath necessary
to be taken when Irish Catholics came over here,
Catholics, even in the disturbed districts of Ireland (Lord
Lansdown added) were allowed to act as Magistrates, while
in this peaceful country they were wholly excluded from
that office. Both Bills were warmly opposed by Lord Col-
chester, who moved that they be read that day six months.
He would have no objection (the Noble Lord said) to per-
mit the Duke of Norfolk, the premier Peer of England and,
hereditary Earl Marshal, to officiate on great state occasions,
but he would not throw the Magistracy into the hands of
the Catholics. Lord Westmorland gave his support to
the measure. The general question would meet (the
Noble Eatl said) his opposition, because he could not con-
cede Parliamentary power to the Catholics. When the elec-
tive frarchise was granted to the body in Ireland by
the then Parliament of that country, the Catholics,
who had several thousand voters, did not use the
privilege improperly ; and in the Parliament which
was chosen after the concession, the Catholic Chin s
were not even mentioned. Dr. Doyle's late letter
the Noble Lord termed a document of insolence and sedi-
tion. While Catholics were admitted to military offices,
he saw no grounds for excluding them from those that
were civil. Lord Redesdale strongly opposed the Bills,
and spoke in terms of great severity of the proceedings
of the Catholic Association in Dublin. Now, however
imprudent or unreflecting the proceedings of the few
individuals who form this assembly may be, it is
more than hard the unoWending English Catholics
should be compromised in consequence of them. The
whole foundation of English Laws and Liberty was laid
when all England was Catholic. The ancestors of the very
men—the Howards, the Stanley., the Mounts, the Arun-
dels, the Jerninghams—now excluded from the Magis-
tracy, and from the very capability of voting for
the very Representatives by whom they are heavily
assessed—are distinguished in very page of English
history, either in military or civil capacities. No men
love rational liberty better, or are more finnly at-
tached to the welfare and happiness of their country, and
yet they are kept in a state of proscription, from which the
Catholics of Ireland have been long exempt. ('an the union
between both countries be said to be complete, while such ,
cruel discrepancies exist? It is a hail return to the English I
Catholics for ages of suffering and loyalty. Lord Liverpool
supported the Bills with a liberality highly creditable to him ;
so did the Bishop of Lichfield. The Chancellor, as usual,
threw all his authority into the opposite scale. The first
Bill was rejected by a majority of 3S-101 Peers voting
in person, or by their proxies, in favour of it, and 139
against it. The second on a subsequent division was lost
by 31-109 supporting it, and 113 voting against it.
Such a decision decides the Catholic Question this Session.
In fact there is now infinitely less hope about it than there
has been for several years.

"Ile then prepared
"To speak—whereat their doubled ranks they bend
From wing to wing, and hslf inclose him round ;

ght rittoh, sreiSfs.

Attention held them mute."
All doubt, however, was soon removed. Sir Francis said
not a word in praise of the past system ; he abandoned it
' altogether. In its place, he recommended Mr. Lambton's
plan of a Session or two since, embracing the right of suf-
frage by all householders—voting by districts in one day—
and triennial Parliaments. This mode of reform, so every-
way preferable to that of other days, Sir Francis urged
warmly on the assembly ; and, such is the change of feel-
ing, he was heard with attention, and the applause and
approbatian were general throughout the room. The Greek
deputies to this countrr were invited to the dinner, and
their presence created di greatest interest. Every allusion
to the sacred cause with which they are connected, was
received with thunders of applause. The general attend-
ance was nothing near so full or respectable as on former
occasions that we remember ; but the anniversary will be
memorable from the altertil feeling that marked it. We
shall probably hear of annual Parliaments and universal
suffrage no more: this visionary theory has expired with
the difficulties that gave it birth, and will now descend
quietly to the " tomb of all the Capulets."

KING'S THEATRE.

This Even ini,TUE;DiT, ilaii.s,v;ilibe performed
TANCRF.DI.
Principal Perfortners—Madame Ronal de Beanie, Signor Onion,. Sig-
nor Benettl, Signora tiraztaiii. Signor (*Hi rill, and Madame Pasta,
Between tile Acts, Mademoiselle Bertrand. Ana Ilarplste, from
Paris. will have the honour If ,r the drat time In this country) to per-
form Variations on the Harp of her own composition.
End of the First Aet the Divertissement of
L'OFFRANDE AUX GB tCES.
End of the Opera the Divertissement Ballet of
LA FETE HONGROISE.
Applications for Snarl and Single Subeeriptiomi for the Season to be
made to Mr.Seguin, Opera-ottlee, 105, (istadnuit, Regent-street.