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ROYAL ASSENT TO BILLS.

At a quarter before four o'clock, the Ho►►se was
summoned in the usual form to the House of Peers,
to hear the Royal Awesit Rivets by Commission to
leveret public and private Bills.
Ou the SPEAKER'S return, Ire read over the
names of the Bills to which the Royal Assent had
been so given.—/For then. see Lords' Report.)
SCOTCH BURGHS.
_ _ _

Lord A. HAsiii.ToN---brougliiUp the Report of
the Committee ou the Royal Burghs of Scotland,
wheli war laid on the table.

The Noble Lord then moved that it be printed.
Mr. %V. It. K. DOUGLAS suggested to the Noble
Lord the inexpediency of printing the Report slow,
when it was understood that early next Session the
whole subject would lie taken under the immediate
consideration of the House. With such au under-
standing, he was at a loss to see what object could
be gained by printing the Report—it would be
merely disseminatin,,,e, in an incomplete and imper-
fect manner, that which, if delayed until next Stt•
slim, might be matured and completed.
Mr. T. F. KEIsN EDI( could not concur in the
propriety of postponing the printing of this Report.
It wait the result of the labours of a Committee
appointed to consider of numerous Petitions which
had been presented to that House, a Committee
that, after much anxiety, much labour, and pro.
tracted investigation, had framed this Report, with,
he believed, tl.e concurrence of all the Members
present. except his Hon. Friend opposite. He
hoped that the House would not, after the full and
accurate inquiry made by that Committee, so far
discredit its opinion or cast distrust up it, as to
refuse plinting the Report.—( lenr.)—fle could
see no object whatever in postponing the printing
of this document. and he saw considerable good
which must arise from giving it publicity ; for in-
stance, it appeared in evidence that the great ma-
jority of the people of Edinburgh were decidedly
hostile to the mode now pursued of electing their
Magistrates, while, on the contrary, the Chief Ma-
gistrate was decidedly fasourable to the existing
system. This difference of opinion rendered it es-
sential that the Report should go forth, for the pur-
pose of trying. if possible, to reconcile these con-
flicting opinions. He had another and a very strong
reason fur wishing that this Report should be
printed. It had been said early iu the discussion on
the state of the Scotch burghs, that Parliamentary
Reform was the object of the Petitioners; now it
would be clearly seen from the evidence given be-
fore the Committee, that they had no such object,
and that their etfurts were solely confined to provide
a remedy fur the abuses in their burghs. The
whole tenor of the evidence would phew that there
was not the slightest ground for the imputation
which hail been cast until' the Petitioners.

Mr. W. It. K. DOUGLAS repeated his hope that
the printing of the Report would not be pressed in
this ►tat;e of the business, and when it was under.
stood that the question would be revived and fully
distu•aed early in the ensuing Session.
Lord A. HAMILTON said, that after the investi-
gation which had taken place in the Committer, he
did not feel himself warranted in postponing the
p( i iii ing of this Deport until the next Session of
Parliament. lie should tot feel himself justified
in withholding front the House and the public un-
til next Session the information which this Report
contained.

Mr. Hung thought the Report ought to be
printed.
Lord Etnnitick moved, tos an amendment, that
the House should take this Report into their consi-
deration early in the ensuing Session.
Mr. W. R. K. DOUGLAS said, it would not only
he unjust, but extremely inconvenient, that evi-
dence of this sort should ;pi forth %alma sonic
explanation. He hail !nen represented as the
single dissentient in the Cumniatte ; but he could
enure the House, that were it not fur the late pe-
riod of the Sl'llBloll when this Committee sit, a
number of Members who were now mbrent front
town would have attended, and the investigation
would have been carried further, and reduced to a
more explanatory form. The Committee met to
go into evidence on the 31st May. They some.
times sat from nine o'clock in the morning until
six, and often unit o'clock in the evening.—
/ lieur.)—But the precipitancy was now and them
such, that witnesses undo, eX3 iiiiii onion were
required to be brief, and he had no doubt was by
those admonittous prevented from often givingex-
platiatury and extenuating matter, which might
have vatted the features of the. Report. lis the
case of Edinburgh, though he adulated that
syciettisehemdeiadsuiriuest he adopted
ttid
legatious of the naitioners had been at till sow
;ill ed
whole,w itht
that advantage,
igael

f,r!or;ly Made out. Ile thought. rit the whol.,
that ilse Committee had not arrive,' at licit It, I
xll,l saiistactory re•tilt which would len& r it
rottiii.g to submit their lalm.ttra to the I t,blrc. .r•
nt this lb/tint wouldb he knew, nit t• 'e
untisher of the creditors of the Corporate: .1
Edinburgh, without producing any ghrsol
Measures respecting the Leith Dock-, and tither ..s.
peurlitures, might have been resorted to with sal, -
tary etfeat, but lie again repeated that the prititm
of this It. port would rather aggravate that, allay at
of the e%114 whirls exi.terl. o,,ii; the whole 'mina
had been fully and fairly gone throttle,. 11.- s:,•s
ihr practical goud which could result front its- hie::
the Report 111 this %tater a the as t
!sir!) a prtio.l of the Scesiort—a Repot t whit h .:vosi •
*al itself to he only a grouorl-ivoik proc, rah.
agailt atilt tile 'object early its the etattiiiig les-
sion.—(('rms of " !no !")
• Alit.. A ISERCRONIBY *aid, that the nurse
by tl:e Gentleman, was pea it city 10.1 V• 1
perliamehtaiy proceeding., certainly 'woo tit or -
retiieht. ;rod our which way br attended a,oi, it
greatest practical injustice. The Dim, 11,,,,t0
would have done will to have quoted swine ;reel -
dent to j.is.ify his objection to the motto', h.r sh• -
lug the Repoit. If the (louse wete to adopt i 1 e
Noble Lord's ameildineht. they would hy such
vote rat ilm:redit upon the whole peoett-diti.... . t.
their Coliquittue, and they would do so iu ott, r
ignorance of what had been done ; yet it see upesi
his owls He:mi.:Elm' that the !lot. Alriasber hail cailett
upon the Ilotme to take this stepi Bud to cu urr
its own Committee of misconductmg itself. The
Iloti. 'Member had talked of the alarm the Repot'.
if printed, Would spread in Ed ~burgh ; he, it. ti
contrary. thought it would allay alarm rather tint
_create it, and prevent the publicity of exaggelate.l
statemelits. The hlon. Menther then defriatted the
conduct of the Committer, whose !Amin s had breo
effective and most salutary.

Mr. PETER Nlooss dtf;nded the conduct of tle
Committee.

Geiieral FERGUSON—IIe war. he said, a Member
of the Committee, and he could with truth slecliirt
that lorver did a Committeeof that House *it o s
any public question abuse labours weer time in-
cesvant,whove views were more impartial, and whorl
general conduct was more above reproach. 11• e
could not but regret that the lion. mill Learnt
Member should vilify and asperse its pr.•ceedings.
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, saw',
that with regard to the inquiry before the Com-
mittee, it was the i.nxiosia Nish of his Msjesil's
Government to give terry pos•ible facility to it.
Sir J. AIALIORIBANKS contended, LIM the city
of Edinburgh was I.wrlectly solvent. lie woulil
not, he said, hesitate to make any advances to theta
from any apprehension of their want of perfect solo
vency.

Mr. J. I'. GRANT said, that an attempt was mad.:
to throw discredit on the proceedings of the Com-
inittre ; he would therefore wish to see the minutes
of their proceedings pirated. and then is
itntrutial judgment could be formed. IVitii re gat•l
to the affairs of the city of Edinburgh, alluded t •
by the Ron. Baronet, he would only say, that Ine
hoped the Hun. Beronet, before he itssejered.
would make himself better acquainted with their
affairs than the public ()Rivets of that corporation
appeared to be. The Chamberlain of that city tr.,'
brought before the Committee, but he appeared t.i
know little or soiling about the state of the.r
ailaits; the Lord Provost and other officers weir
summoned before the Committee (and heir 1t...!
could not help observing that they unnecessarily
delayed their journey Iron Scotkiwi) ; upon ti e
examination of these gentlemen the Committee be.
stowed much attention. lie concluded by hops;
that as aspersions were throw.' upon the Commute,
the [loom would allow their proceedings to be
printed.
Lord BINNING commenced by saying, that 4.i
the proceedings of the Committee penstroaliy, lie
knew nothing. Ile dented that his lion. and
Learned Friend aspeised the conduct of tile Com-
mittee, unless indeed it was considered :to alorr.itso
that they had not given to the Report the
consideration that it might have received. Ile
knew that this opinion was not a solitary one. I I4s
heard a Member of that Committee drcl.rr, 114.. t
the examination of witnesses before the Cuminittre
Wig carried ou in the manner lithCrlbtql by h.•
Hon. and Learned Friend.—(Cries of •• Aame!
?SW !")
Lord BINNING—" When I am informed 4.f the
right of the HOll. Member to call on me, 1 void
name, and not till then. I repeat my stateniew.
that au Ron. Member of this noose, who sat on
that Committee, slid describe the examination to
have been carried on iu the way described by my
floss. and Learned Friend." The Noble Los 1
concluded by saying, that lie would euaiserit to
withdraw the motion.

Mr. SINCLAIN said, that he felt injustice hat
been done to the conduct of the Committee. Ile
had the honour of being a Member of it, cod he
could with truth declare, that no Cotnotittee ever
cmtilucted themselves with more dignified impar-
tiality or more laudable zeal.
Lord A. HAMILTON said, that the charges of
the Noble Lord against the Committee weir un-
founded. The Noble Lord had raid, that the evi,
deuce of the mime had been taken in a hurrl
11131111er. Now lie could at”, that that ends
was not taken in a hurried manner, that it w,
liberately taken, and that the wit. eAser had
portunity to read over the notes of their
and make any observations on it Ow tie
fir. He could nut avoid **Ong, the
Provost of Edinburgh d.d toot attend
of the Committee as expeditiuml,
have dotter indeed, • large purtior
before the Committee would no'
eery at all, but for th• uttureew
Lord Provost, to nut fursiselio
accounts which they called
have given facility to the o
Lord litsicmg espli

had thrown any aspersion on the Committee. If
the Noble Lord (Hamilton) had attended to him.
he would not have misrepresented him so grossly as
be did.

The Report was then ordered to he printed.
A Message from the Lords announced that their
Lordships had agreed to several Bills.
Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from a
person of the name of Robert Maguire, of Belli.
sua, in the county of Sligo, complaining of having
been improperly prevented from selling spirits.—
Ordered to lie on the table.

ATTACK OF A SPANISH FRIGATE ON A BRITISH

VESSEL

Mr. MICHAEL ANGEI.o—TATI.OR said he had
read in the public newspapers of an outrageous at-
tack made by a Spanish frigate on a British vessel.
Ile wished to know from the Noble Lord opposite
whether any representation was made of this trans-
action by our Government, and whether the facts
stated iii the newspapers were correct.
Lind CASTLEHEAGH said, that a communication
was made on the suhject to the British Ambassador
at Madrid ; that our Ambassador laid the subject
before the Government at N 11111611; and that that
Government was about to take such steps as the case
demanded.

PETITION FROM THE MANUFACTURERS AND
TRADESMEN OF THE CITY Or CORK.
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON rose to present a Petition,
gigue.' by 5,000 of the Maiitifuet orris, Trot Wiliest,
moil Labourers of the City of Cork. It was, lie
veld, painful to him to he obliged to state to the
Home the distress and misery under which the
Petitioners laboured. He could assure the House,
that theirs was no idle complaint—it was the sad
representation of sufferings long and patietitly en-
dured; but those sufferings hid become et length
Arm at intolerable. The mewing at which the
Prtitloll was agreed to was attroded by several
thousands of the people of Cork. He was
anxious to impress upon the consideration of
the House, the good order, temperance, and
decorum, which marked their proceedings. The
chair was taken by a man in humble life, hot of
most respectalrle conduct—a working carpenter, of
the name of O'Connell. Mr. O'Connell, on taking
the chair, addressed this immense multitude. He
reminded them, that in all their distress and mis-
tortusies, the people of Cork had been ever diet'''.
gnemed by their peaceful and loyal conduct, nod
besought them to preserve the character they laud
'required. Such were the efforts of the Chairtneu of
that meeting to preserve order—efforts which he
t is glad to say entirely succeeded ; whatever
ryprehentions had been entertained of the danger
inat might attend the assemblage of so many thou-
'lnds of the working people, under circumstances
of peculiar mut painful dedress, these apprehen-
sions were entirely dissipated by the excellent con-
duct of the people—which conduct shewed that they
did not assemble fur any unworthy purpose, but in
the exercise of a constitutional right, to convey to
the Parliament of the Empire their sentiments on
lee forlorn state of their country, and to implore.
of that Parliament retirees and protection. That
the House might nut be able to afford the
ri lief they sought, was possibly trite—hut the
Parliament could not but receive with kindness
and with respect a NllllOll framed like the present,
:neat emanating from • people who have borne )16-
%amine with a manly firmness—whose sufferings
i• led for public sympathy, soil whose conduct de-
served the public applause. The l'etittoorrs, lie
said, attribute mach of their misfortune to the
waist of home manufacture. Whatever might have
mice been the state of the nitumfactures of their
cionntry--whatever might once have been the proud
hope,' of Irish manufactures and Irish trade, that
trade and those manufactures now languish in al-
most hopeless decay, and the poor are entirely on-
eetplayed. The Petitioners impute mach of their
distress to the absence of the landed proprietors;
r-1,11, in common with almost all the people of Ire-
Lid, they lament the measure of a Legislative
Ullll7ll, which deprived their country of the ruler..
lion of a resident Parliament--aud they record it u
Allele opinion that the restoration of their Parliatneut
would do much to alleviate their distress. lie
could not, he said, avoid embracing this opportu-
sill y of impressing upon Ministers the real state of
Ireland. He hail heard with feelings of great satis.
laclion the Right lion. Gentleman (the Secretary
tar Ireland) state it as his conviction, that one great
source of mischief to Ireland was the number of her
shsepires. In that opinion he entirely costarred,
and lie lamented the. conduct of the great proprie-
tors, who, instead of remaining in their country,
the guardians of their tenantry, the patrons of the
snasiulactures of their country, spend the fortunes
from their Irish estates in the luxury said
dissipations of other countries. Ile suggested that
air great an evil might be in some degree prevented,
11 laying a heavy tax on absentees, such a tax as
would roforce their residence in lieland. He had
wreu, lie said, in the Irish Newspapers adver-
tsernenta of meetings similar to that which had
brill held at Cook. He had not the least doubt but
ttat the example set by the people of Cork would
br laithfully followed, and that whilst his country-
':,en !Mewed • constitutional spirit, they would also
.‘ ,ice a loyal and peaceable disposition. He next
sh.iiiled to the state of religious feeling in Ireland.
To, Noble Lord opposite (Lord Castlereagh) knew
i!iat one of the great difficulties in goveriiiiig
Irr-
laml was to control the spirit of party—that un-
11:,ppy spirit which nothing but ignorance and folly
pavotiottrti, and which Wllll as rancorous as ignorance
Hod bigotry could make it. Ile was convioced that
Altiosters could not better discharge the duty they
tined to their country than by exerting themselves
to put dose that spirit ; it was to Ireland the source
cf distraction and of oeakiiess, anal until that lac.
boo, which builds its power on the humiliatiou of
the great body of the people, was put down, there
ceillit be little hope of establishing the general
tranquillity of that country. The Right Ho-
loanable Gentleman, the Secretary for Ireland,
was received in that country with unexampled
contidruce, because lie had before distinguish-
ed himself as the eloquent advocate of civil
anal religious liberty, lie would still labour, no
<hallo, to extinguish the urrhappy prejudices which
I,i grred in that country, and if lie (Mr. Hutchinson)
'right take the liberty of offering an opinion, he
ei:•uirl say to him, that the summer could not be
better spent than in an endeavour to subdue the
spirit of factioo, and to promote the onion of the
people. H. (Mr. Hutchinson) was convinced that

this would do more to tranquillize and to *dynes
the country, than any measure that the Parliament
or the Minister could promote. . ln'such an mule*.
your the Government would have the support Assad
approbation of every honest man, the liberal and
enlitldened of every religious persuasion would be-
hold with satisfaction the truly protecting effort of
Government to allay the rancour of fellgIOUS Hill.
tnosity, and to restore the people to confidence and
tranquillity.
Mr. PETER Afoottz complimented the Iolal
and peaceable conduct of the unarm; of Cork.- -
The Petition was then brought up, read, and or.
dered to be laid on the 1011 e.
Mr. BATHVIIIIIT brought up the Report of the Committee
ou the state of the Gaolo.—Ordered to lie tot the table.

Mr.GOVILDMIN broozht op a warieiv rummunicatious,
relative to the Settlement on the Red River, which were or-
dered to lie on the table.

On the motion of Mr. F. notimhss, it wa■ ordered that a
Deputation be sent to the requesting a copy of the
Report of the Lords' Committee on the state of the Pii-
11011F.

REVERSAL OF LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD'S

ATTAIN DER.

!Hr BROGDEN brought up the Report nu this Bill, which
was real the third time, and passed.
Sir CIIARESAi BURRELL moved, .• That the issue of a new
writ for the Borough of Penryn he postponed for It dace
after the nierling of the twat Session of Parliamont."—
gt eeil to.
Dr. PIIILIAMORE made a similar motion, with respect to
the Borouzli of Barnstaple.
To this a (Wernher (we believe Mr. BERNAL)
moved, as an amendment, That a Committee
should be appointed to rxantiur the Lords' Joni-
mils for any proceedings respecting the Barnstaple
Bribery Bill."
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, be did not see how
this amessilmerut, eseu if carried, could throw any
light nu the subject.
'The amendeueist was then withdrawn, and the
original motion agreed to.
Mr. GORDON said, he wished to put a question
to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer), relative to the Chatham
line works. It was undeistood, when the money
was granted, that a Bill would be brought in to
regulate the expenditure of the money. That Bill
was not, however, introduced ; but he hoped that
money would be dealt wt.!' by the Right Hots.
Getetlemen opposite precisely as if that Bill had
actually passed.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHrQcea sa;(1, that
a mistake in point of form prevented the BM being
introduced this Sest•ion; but that every care should
be taken as to the application of the money, and
the Bill would be certainly introduced the refit
Session of Parliament.
The CH1NC61.1.02 of the EXCRSQUER rope to
more that en Address be presented to his*Royel
Highness the Prince Regent, praying that he
would raise to some dignity in the Church the
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Chaplain to the House.—
Agreed to.
And another Address to his Royal Highness,
praying that he would he pleased to, order a sum 'of
1400/. to he paid Jam.' Brogden,•Esq. Chiliromai
of the Committees of that House during the
pre-
sent Session of Parliament.

And a similar Address for such a sum a% with
fees and emoluments, %mild make up a rum of
2.5001. to be paid to J. 11. Ley, Esq. the Chief
Clerk of the House, for his services.
And a similar Address for such a sum as, with
fres and emoluments, would make up a sum of
1,5001. to lie paid John Hickman, Esq. the Se-
cond Cletk of that House, for his services.
And a similar Address for a sum not named, fur
compensation of Clerks who have attended the
different Committees of the {louse.
And a similar Address for a sum of 8,0001. to
Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. S.cretary for the Courities,
fur the remuneration of eight Cominissiooers.

And a similar Address f.r a sum of 8501. to
John Smith, C.q. Chairman to the Committee on
the Bankrupt Laws, to be distributed amongst the
Solicitors employed on the Committee.
Mr. Hunt: moved n sitnilar Address for a sum of
2,0001. for the expenses of witnesses who attended to
be examined on the Scotch Burgh Committee.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would
not oppose the • hut grants of this loud
ehoald be cautiously dealt ith.
Mr. BATItuRsT said the Treasury, or some other
Board, should establish a fixed rule on thi:i head.

Air. GRENFELL considered the grant for pay-
ines.t of solicitors as tending to establish a danger-
ous precedent.

After a few observations from Sir J. MARJORL.
BANKS, Mr. Douci,As, and Mr. J. P. GRANT, the
motion was agreed to—as were the different other
grunts.

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