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CRUEL SPORTS.

Mr. It. 31.1RTIN maid that he should preface the resolution
which !to had to propose to the House by observing, that as ani-
mals were intended for the use of man, so was it man's duty to
allord to them all possible protection, and at all events to prevent
the infliction upon them of any unnecessary pain. ((dear, hear.)
This was a proposition which no man in the House would deny,
and just as unlikely did it seem to him that any Hon. /dauber
would contradict the troth of the statement—that creel sports per-
severed in tended to demoralise the peonle. His motion then was,
'that a Committee should be appointed, for the purpose of inquiringI how far such sports had such a tendency. ((dear, hear.) If in
that House any lHem. Member would maintain that the brutal prac-
tice of bear-basting had not the natural consequence of demoralizing
I the people,t I ten lie was ready to withdraw his motion. But he would hist
appeal to the Magistracy of London and its vicinity, and the House
would find that an appeal to their experience, in twenty instances
to one, would and must be answered by affirming the tesolutirn
with which he should have the honour of concluding. It had
been attempte4 to institute • comparison between the brutal
practices which prevailed in the Westminster Pit and the ibid.
sports in which country gentleman had so much enjoyment. There
was no analogy between the cases, and the assertion of it was 'a
direct libel upon the country gentleman. The reptiles who attend-
ed this scene of sanguinary confusion, were of the lowest dregs of
society collected together to witness spectacles at which humanity
shuddered, and deriving from it none of that excitation of *pint
and improvement of health which country sports aflorded, but it'
rather engendered within them a sullen apathy to suffering, a
savage joy in the horrid sights to which they were accustomed.
In that Westminster Pit there assembled about two hundred
of the smut profligate characters of that part of London, and
the young gentlemen of Westminster School were occasionally
inveigled to witness these exhibitions. The respectable Master of
11'estinitister Schted was most anxious for its suppression, and
even on the score of police that infamous establishment might be
put down. There badgers were baited. tortured for some days, then
allowed a respite, during which time they lingered in their suffer-
ing., and so were they brought forward again anti again, until at
length, after repeated tortures, they expired. Now was this brawn-
ing a moral people 1 Monkeys and bull-dogs were )mired against
each other, and as he had on a former occasion mentioned to the
House, in a contest between two of :hese animals, the under jaw of
the monkey was torn away, and the jugular artery of the dogseeered.
Ile (Mr. Martin) had seen a bear so completely torn to pieces, that
the keeper, with a suspicious humanity, put the animal to death,
seeing there was no longer a place whereon • dog could fasten.
Ile did not intun to assert that this was the sport of any but of
the ignoble and the vicious, and the brutalized few ; they were not
the people ; the many and the well thinking were annoyed at
and disgusted with it; and the IloNuse would ;;peetlily hear that
every art of the country was interested in putting down these abo.
utinable sports. Ile had himself the humour, a few evenings since,
of presenting a petition from Manchester, signed by 71K) most re-
sPeetable inhabitants. Ile had inquired iu the City, of bankers con-
nected with Manchester, and they had invariably assured him that
it was most respectably signed. The physician. of the place, cler-
gymen and magistrates. were among the number of those who had
signed it ; and-he could assure the House, that in Liverpool and
Bristol similar petitions were preparing. lie had felt it tin honour
to have been selected fix the purpose of presenting the petition from
Manchester ; and be was quite sure that however unsuccessful at
present might prove the prayer of the petition, humanity, good
feeling, and moraly_psujd ultimately carry their wishes to • suc-
cessful termination- (lieutj Ile should move that a Committee he
appointed to inquire bow far auel sports tended to demoralize the
people.
The question having been seconded, was put from the Chair—
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Sir H. II EHON rose toxin this motion his utmost oppositio.).
It seemed to him the offspruag ot'a blundering legislation. ( Here
Mr. 3lartio bowed repeatedly to the Han. Baronet.) Ile should
explain his meaning, and when he had given such explanation, he
was disposed to think that the house would tint be of opinion that
he had unfairly characterised thin measure. On a hornier occasion,
when the llou. Member fix Galway brought forward his Bill, he
said, •• I sin not intend to touch upon bull-baiting, because I
more than fear I should find that attempt strenuously opposed."
Vet he now brings forward his well-digested measure, which he
formerly avowed he never meant to bring forward. Therefore do
I call it a very bungling species of legislation, which recommends
to the House that which it never intende.. to recommend. Pond-
bly the Hon. Member for Galway had it within the *cape of his
be:linoleum to give us one tall for another, and if so, he has sue-
medial. (A laugh.) Ile (Sir B. llnun) did not wish to interfere
with the sports of the lower orders. The Legislature was hot very
favourable to their amusements, and therefiwe he would never con_
! sent to treat them with a rigour which wis confined and limited,
which extended not to the spurts of the rich, but was satifti,il with
I punishing the vices of the peasant. To such partial and unequal
I:gislmism he was decidedly averse. and he trusted the House
1 would nevi countenance it. Ile did not believe that in this age
there existed any general disposition to cruelty. (llean) Ile he.
lieved that the age was twit so far gone into intim:rainy an it suited
such a legislator as the lion. Member for Galway to represent it.
Ile must say, either that this resolution proceeded too far, or it did
not go far er.cugh. Why did not the lion. (lent. attack the cock.
fighters, nu mean race, made up of sonic of the most respectable
men in the community P • !ad the Hon. lientientan himself never ,
indulged the amusement of torturing an oyster, and eating it while'
alive? lie was no badger-baiter, but he was at a lOUs to discover
the difference of the two canes in point of cruelty. The Hon. Mem.
bee for Galway would tolerate no shooting except shooting for the
pot. (A laugh.) But the lion. Member must go further, and
procure the mediation of his Majesty's Government with the
French King to interfere for the safety of the frogs of that frog-de- '
enuring country. (A laugh.) A Strasburgh pie, too, was a luxury's
which, under the severe code of the Hon. Member tOr Galway, was
not to br tolerated, since that dish was composed of a goose's liver,

which wee nailed to tin merman& six* for the pitmans of rendering
it palatable. The Hoe. Slant-2 might see the project of improv-
ise $ guess's Byer in the treatise of a 6dy, denominated, par excel-
kilter, the ingenious Mrs. (liaise (A laugh.) The Hon. Barooet
concluded by deprecatieg this petty legislation.
Mr. W. PEEL said, 1 am most willing, Sir, to give every credit
to the benevolent views and the humane disposition of my Jinn.
Friend the Member for Galway. Ile has persevered in that course
which his own convictioi sanctioned, and he has neither in this
House, nor in situations of more difficulty aid danger, hesitated to
fulfil that which his conscience told him he ()welt to perforitt
(hear, hear.) But I am, with the Honourable Haronet who spoke
loot, utterly at a loss to discover where this unequal legislation is
to terminate, and I am much disposed to believe that my Honour-
able Friend himself has not made up lois mind on the subject.
In the extensive sphere of his humanity, who would pr,utne to
say to him, Thus far shalt thou go and no further?" (hear,
hear.) Sir, such a command would have as little effect in retarding
the progress of that humanity, as it formerly had in lettering the
waves of the ocean (hear, hear.) sir, I complain still more of the
partial, and the invidious operation of this resolution. Wby should
it, passing over the peer, grapple only with the defenceless
peasant ? I admit that bear-baiting is hole calculated to pnnnote
morals . • perhaps it has rather a tendency to debase and to degrade,
Go to make callous the heart of 1110,1: oat let us look a hule to
our own parfaits; is it consistent with our duty as Christians—is
it the example we should by our liv(s hold forth tuflumble men—
to wear away the long night at nit ( Opera, and to have its curtain
fall long after the Sabbistil morning has begun. (hear.) Is this
becoming? And while such things are tolerated, let us begin the
work of reformation with the rich, and depend upon it, Sir, that
by the poor the example will nut be disregarded (hear, hear.)
Mr. JOHN SMITH observed, that notwithoandirg the ridi.
cute with which the pnmosition of his Hon. Friend had been treat-
ed by :In Member for Lincolnshire (Sir It. Hewn) for it could
not fairly be termed argument, lie should ;,:ve it (lie M pport of his
vote. Ile was told something of this sort, that we were cruel our-
selves, and therefore it was unnecessary to prevent cruelty in others. I
Now he was not conscious of such cruelty, and thereinto lie would
support the motion. Would any Gentle:nail say that these 1 e.r-
baiting, wen not moat injurious to the murals of the country ? lle
had reason to think they were ; he had heard sit front the most re-
spectable authorities ; he had heard that that place of amusement,
so much reprobated by his lion. Friend, was infested by the lowest
the most unfortunate, and the most ignorant beings that existed in
the metropolis. Their ignorance could lel,. be removed by edu-
cation ; that was the only cure for it, but until that could he efrect.
ed he certainly thought that every nealiod should lie adopted to
interfere between the people and their eaitact s ith a hat was bru-
&tieing and degrading.
Mr. Secretary PEEL said that the Honourable Member who
spoke last, had urge), unquestionably, a vioy ex.-Aleut argument
for the education of the people. 'File people who freitiented these
:ports were low and ignorant, and the fair argument was, educate
and thus elevate them ; but do not select the sport as a subject for
specific legislation. (Hear.) The people were divided into two
classes—the educated and the uneducated ; both had their sports,
and cruel sports, perhaps, they were; well, the% was it not right to
say, let the educated sportsman, who knows better, be punished,
but let not the uninformed be subjected to punishment until edu-
cation Informs them that such sports are criminal'' ( Ilear, hear.) t
Th. philosophical man, who NS stores within his reach, inde-
pendent of such smusenient, is the culpable man, who, neglen-
mg the treasures which his mind could minister to lino, rejoices,
like Nimrod, " the mighty hunter !whore the Lord," in the spores
of the field and the pursuit of such nnintellectual pastimes. But
the peasant has but few hours of enjoyment ; lie has no delicacy of
taste; he has no cultivated understanding ; all his pleasures are
coarse sod homely, and his is a `• vulgar joy ;" therefore is he nut
accountable as the educated man for the enjoyment of such sports
as present themselves to his wearied being. It was impossible to
accede to the appointment of this Committee. The House could
never legislate on melancholy stories, though no man could feel
indifferent to the sufferings described by his Hon. Friend in intro.
ducuig his motion. But it haul been truly said that the measure
was partial, and an illustration of its partia.ity timid easily be
given to the House. Let the Hon. Member fur Galway look into
any newspaper, and see there a challenge by some celebrated cock-
tighter to all Englaui—
Mr. MA RT I N-- I'd put that down.
Mr. PEEL—The Hon. Member says he'd put down cock-fight-
ing too, and I dare say he would ; but as slay lion. Friend (Mr.
‘V. Peel) asked, where is this to tenuinate ? The lion. Alember
fur Galway comes one Session with a cock, and another with a
bull (a laugh), and so he will go on, down to the spinning co.k-
chafers. (A laugh.) But why does the !lon. 31ember not put
down horse-racing I
Mr. M A RT 11, —Because you desire it.
Mr. PEEL—That is certainly very obliging. It was true po-
licy to connive a little at the irregularities of the poor, and not to
condescend to any minute legislation. lie liked the wild luxuriance
of England, better than the trim growth which results from over-
weening legislation. Look to the character of the English people,
and would any man say that they were a cruel people ? (Cheers.)
And if the lion. Member for Galway refused to give his assistance
to put down Ascot and Epsom Itaceii--if he (lid not commence
with these, he could not fairly expect success in his undertaking.
He would wish to know if, in all England, twenty bears were kept
fur the amusement of the populace ; and yet this alien beast was
protected by the Hon. Member, w.iile the natural-born subject of
the realm, the timorous hare, received not the benefit of his hu-
enmity.
Mr. MARTIN briefly replied, that the arguments used against
him were very bad arguments; because he could not accomplish
all that he desired, he ought to du nothing. 'Phis wits the argument
upon the spewing of his opponents. Sir, said Mr. Martin' if I
emma( save HI per cent, 1 will save ell; if not, 10. if not 5; and
even to the tanallest number. 1 have been asked why Ido not go
further. Let this point be conceded to me. if it be a lit subject fur
inquiry, and then I shall perhaps go further. The keeper of West-
moister Pit was more indebted to the Honourable Baronet (Sir R.
Heron), for his satirical pleasantry than the people of Eng-
land, and he would advise him, when he next joked, to try how tar
novelty might prove a recommendation. In mercy to the House,
he would not press the questMn to a division, in order that those
who might now vote against him should have time fur n diction upon
the tendency of the motion which lie had that night proposed.
The question was then put, and the motion negativ.d without a
, division.

IRISH GLEBES.
Mr. GOULIII•RY moved for leave to brirg in a Bill to amend
an Act passed in the list Session of Parliament. The alteration he
interaltil to propose was OM of a very simple nature: one of the
provisions of the 11111 was to extend the change of glebes in Ireland,
according to the provisions of an Ergfish Act. That Art, however,
directed that the money should be deposited in the Kink of Eng-
land, subject to the order of the Lord Cinnicellor of England, and
in :he opt lion of legal persons it was not competent to place the
money, under that Act, in the Bonk of Ireland. The inconve-
nience was extremely great, and the object of the nmendirent was
to alter the wording of the Act, substituting the Bank of Ireland
for that of England, and giving to the lrisn Chancellor the powers
which, under the present Art, acre delegsted to the Chancellor of
England. The Right Ilan. Gentleman then moved for leave to
bring in a Bin to amend the Jth of Giairg.: the Fourth, relative to
the collection of church rates in Irelainl.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, it amid be in the recollection
of the House that thin Bill had been brought into the House early
in the I. at 5C141.11111. It was postponed night after night, and its
discussion came on at length at a ver late hour, when it was ut-
terly impossible to say any thing upon it. Ile was anxious, there.
fore, to bring this subject again under the consideration of the
House, as he believed that a more niischievouslvoppressive Bill had
never been sent out of that noun, even Clough it was destined for
Ireland.

51r. 11011.1.111.11 N, In explanation, said, that if the lion.
Bart. was desirous of discussing again a unnwure that had under-
gone debate during the last Session. and which by the way was re-
peatedly postponed to accommodate the Right lion. Gen:len-um
himself. he had not the least objection to met, him on that subject.
If the Right Hon. Gentleman ass. rt,tl that the law was oppressive,
it was quite clear that he was utterly ignorant of the law.
Sir JOHN NICd I'llla—indeed ! 1 tuts much obliged to the
Bight Hon. Secretary for the courtesy with which he Ina informed
my ignorance; but I can assure hint that I w•as acquainted with
the law of Irehuid before it ever had the good fortune to moire
the Right lion. Gentleman as its S.oretary.
.Mr. 1:01'1.111. It N.-1 mean to liatit my observations to this
particular law, and 1 say it is not topprcs,ive.
Leave was then giveti.to.bring.M.lll• 1!ill..

A UST It N I.OA N.
Mr. HUME observed. that the tkect he Intl in view was for an
esplanation of the tenor that had le en granttd to the einoract tea
for the payment of the Austrian Loan. It appeared to him a vsry
irregular transaction, bot no doubt an explarmi•in ought b., given
that would be satisfactory to the Iltitow. The miestion he h il to
ask was, wlty his 31ajesty'a Govtroment had come to any .Ig-ce-
ment tor the payment of M. large a nom of mane y as the viscount
to the contractors on the various inataiments t f this loan ? Ile was
aware that 31iiiisters could rot have c•no.• ;Soy r.:.:reentert for the
payment of an large a sum of money, wrbout a written (Imminent •
on the subject. Au tee,. had been made to the contrattors to
advance the two millions and a half that A ualria had agreed w
pay, on certain conditions; what he wished oy that 1.6.1 was, a
copy of the offer made to them by the Treasury, under gate of
the 15th October. The contractor.' had been partly negotiated
I with, and the Emperor of Austria had illso been Legoriated with.
Now the Emperor of Austria had either made the agreement. or
he had not made the agreement, at 910,1I00:. less than the tom orir
ginally stipulated for to he paid by Austria in liimida.ion of he-
debt. In a transaction of this description, conducted by a public
body like the Treasury, there must be more than etilectwattui ;
the subject of the negociation must have been reducza to writing ;
and he should therefore move fur a copy of the pniposal addressed
by the Treasury to Reid, Irving, and Co., to hiving, Brothers, and
Rothschild and Co., relating to the payment of :,:aat,tstl:.; to.
?ether with the copy of any letter aultlnnived by the contractors of
the Austrian Loan to the Treasury, referred to is the Treasury
11 inure of the L•hh ()ember.

could. He was aware that the Ministers were reappesible far bar.
ing made the bargain, and that if the House thought they had
done wrong, they must answer for it ; but, considering that there
wan no ground fur calling on the government to pr duce the pa-
pen mentioned by the Honourable Member, he should oppose the
ntot too.

Mr. MIMI.: thought, that if the House was to understand that
the offer existed in writing, it taught to (simnel the governmet.t to
produce it. The Eight Hos. Gent. had s..iti, that the Austnan
government Lad offlrcd stock. That was precisely of what he
complained—that tio other parties except the contractors were
asked to purchase it. The ) ractice he unisOlered as iniachievoss,
to exclude all but the favoured few to the bemtits they had pruhted
by. In justice to the country and to contract,. sin general, the
government ought to have caused notice to bare beets given on a
cluinge of the meows six's. as if they had linni aho it to contract
hir a Man. At least, an option ought to have been given to other
individuals as well as to thilSe who concludcil the bargain. Ida
considered dim the government was not warranted in paying this
sum to the contractois.

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31r. BAR ING observed, that if the Howe would tillaw him, ha
would (Ade:tenor to esplait. what the lion :Itemiser did not seem
exactly to understand. The fact was, there was no specific paper
containing a proposal to the Treasury, but it had arisen in the
progress of the transaction. Ile had been in the habit of advo-
cating public tenders, but in this ease the grieer.mient had no op-
purtnaity of acting otherwise. The Austrian government, at least
the Austrian Finance Minister, would not gie! more than a car.
tain sum, and the Austrian government bank:" at Vienna, were
mixed tip with the transaction ; they had adsamed the Inim, aid
it was agritd that no other could be made without them. The Au.
striae government could not have offered this government its stock
without them, and it would not have been &rem to that govern-
ment to otter its stock publicly in the market. Ile had no reserve
or mystery on the subject: he was ready to give any explanation
to the Ilon..3lenilser in his Dower. _

Mr. 3IABERLY looked upon the retmymcnt of the loan as
the Right Hon. Gentleman did--as a perfect Gis'-i nd. I':
*kinetic that, in fairness and justice, the EIIIIXTOr of etustrit
In ght have got rid of all the debt. This ought to have been urged
at the treaty of Paris, %hen the tramfer of domitions look place.
and the repayment of it Low was !tient), honourable to the eits-
. racier of the Luiperor.
Mr. Secretary ('ANNING said, that in paying this debt the
Inittenw of Austria had sliewn a very nice sense of honour ; and
one that ought to be highly regarded by this county. With re-
spect to the motion that the Honourable Member had proposed, he
seemed to ha altogether mistaken in it. The Honourable (tenth-
man seemed to imagine that the British Governme.,t were in the
actual possession of Austrian stock before the intervention of the
Austrian bankers; there was no such thing. The Austrian Go-
vernment roposed to the 'knish Government to repay die loan that
had been advanced to it by this country in stork ; and then the
question arose how the British Government should dispose of such
stock. The choke of the contractors did not rest with this goverr,
merit they had been previously mixed up with the transaction in
cemsequence of the share that the Austrian bankers had had in it,
sithout whom that government could not have made an advance
towards paying the debt due to this country ; therefore .tlinisters
had no optior—du y must take the re-rtaymeid on the best terms
they could. lie wi-red the llonourabm .11enther distinctly to un-
derstand that the British Government was never in possession of
the Austrian stock as a marketable commodity. This government
might have received the stock when it would have been markt •
able, but the government decided to hold out tilt they could have
the debt put in a tangible shape. It was a mere Inciter of detail
between the Austrian Government and the monied men, aid
one that this government could have no control over; but the
great object was to get the stock converted into money, which could
have been done by no other means titan tiinnigit the contiactots
who stipulated to receive the sum the !immutable Mennuer coin.
plainest of; and lie confessed that he thought a good service had
been done by that transaction.
Mr. 11011110 USE asked the Right Honourable Gentleman op.
posite (the (:hancellor of the Exclinour) whether the sum received
from Austria was 2,500.11e01., less 96,0001?
The CHANCEI.IA)II of the EXCHEQUER answered, that
the sum of 2.290,0011/. win the net amount to be received Ile
begged the Honourable Member to understand that the discount
related to that portion of the loan which belonged to the deferred
payments, and which the contractors might choose to advance the
money for. A jutyment had been made last Detteniber; another
had been made in August; and the whole debt would not be hqoi•
dated tiU 1H27. If the instalments were paid up together, in that
case the contractors were to receive interest.

31r. .1.4131 ES thought, that, after the delay that had taken
place in the payment of this money, the amount ought not to have
been thus diminished.
Mr. Ilume's Resolution was then withdrawn.
RATES OF I'OST.IIIE.
On the motion of the I'll.l :WELL( /It of the EXCHEQUER,
the House went into a Committee on the Postage Rates BilL
Mr. 11 Ell R IES moved that all packages containing bank-notes,
going to or coming from the country, should pay, according to
their weight, one-fourth less postage than any other letters.
Agreed to.
Mr. 11U3IE pmposed that newspapers should be sent free to
tho Colonies, the high rate of postage upon which greatly impeded
their circulation in the dependencies of this cottony, which he con.
sidered a great evil. At present the postage of a daily paper was
12/. 14s. 4d.; of a three-day-week paper, 71. Ids. ad.; and or a
weekly paper, 21. 4s. In 11110 there were 382 daily newspapers
sent to the Colonies; in 1817. 271 ; and in 11121, 206. la
1817, the produce of postage on these newspapers was only
7,6001. ; whilst, in 11110, it was 6,0001.; and now it was °sly
6,250/. So that the whole amount lost to the revenue would be only
the latter sum, and that would be made up by the increase in the
consumption of stamps in vonsequence of the reduction of the rate
of
postage.
He had been infortned by many gentlemen connected
with the public prtv, that the whole amount of the revenue would
be greater by the alteration. He was glad to see that a clsuse hue
the accommodation of bankers had been introduced. It ought to
have been done four years ago, as he knew it had bee proposed to
Government to do ; and he trusted the boon would not be denied
to the public penis of the country, by means of which knowlxiga
was wi lely circulated. Ile thought the money cnil.ved on news-
papers illegally collected, as he knew of no Act of Parliament which
authorised the imposition of the rate of postage on newspapers going
to the colonies. Ile was aware, that two or three officers at the
Post-office were benetittetl by it. Mr. Frecling received 4,0001.
a year, Mr.A. Stanhope 3.1:00L The II or. Member then moved, that
it was the opinion of the Como i tee that it would be expedient that
the Act of his late Majesty, that rendered it 121,1'111 for newspipen
to be sent free of pestagedo Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Ala-,
should be extended to the co!onies.

The CllANl:Ftiairoll• of the EX('HEQI'ER was not aware
that the lion. 3lember would have questioner. the legality of the
practice of charging newspapers going the colonies with postage,
otherwise he would have Irronght down ntinetra wlf...h would hate
enabled the lion. Gentleman to hare informed himself respecting
the Acts of Parliament on the subject. The fact was, there Were
some old Acts that confined the produce of these rates of postage to
the Secretary of the Post-office, aid they were a great source of
emolument; but no otlitters of the public were more dessreing of
reward than Mr. Freeing, and dia.s connected with the Port-
office. He thought the llottourable elentletnan would consult tits
public convenience moat by withdrawing his momia for the pre.
sent, as the Commissioners of Inquiry, whose powers were es.
tended last year, were in a course of inquiry relating to all subireta
connected with the Poet.ittice; it was therefore quite obvious, that
to proceed now, as the Honourable .Member wished the House,
would be acting without information. it souk! certainly be better
to wait, under these circumstances, and if the Honourattle Member
felt it his duty to press the motion, he should oppose it.
Mr. Ill; 111: did not w id* to press his metion, when be saw a
disposition to i squire ; but lie hoped the Session wolid not pa s
without somethingbcine done. lie hoped the Itit;fit lion. Gentle-
man would have no objection to the intro luction of a clause, ai -
thorising the Treasury not to enforce the payment or these postal:*
rates ; otherwise a year would be lost before they could be taken
on: Now he was uo, lie svettil rentork that the present Comp-
troller of the Post-Mice, Mr. S:31111011C, h •il it very large salary.
He hoped after his time the duties of that Mike worth: be dune
lower.

The CII A NCR 1.1.011 of the E Xell EQU ER could not con-
sent to the introduction of a clanne contingent oo the Report of the
Commisaiuners ; it would be very singular, 0:4 not knowing what
the Report would be, to introilmss a prospective daunt-.
Mr. HUAI E hoped they would make the Report this Session.
The Cll.l:sa 71..1.141 )it of the EXCHEQ:.•ER answered, that
he could not possibly tell that.
Mr. 11 ART I N wished to aak the Right Honourable Gentle..
man, if the plan toe building a new l'ont-fSre had been aban-
doned, and what had been thine with the 140,0001. ri.ised for that
purpose
The ('ILtN('EI.I.(►R of the ENCIII:Q11:ft was not at all
sneprin-d at the Hon. ember asking the .!iies:ion ; and it was
enry inconvenient that the t'ang should have ea !nog continued in
abeyance. liv the Act the City were uSli:;ed to advar.ee two
bods. one for 141,411001. n!iich kid been brought to account b the
Consolidated Fund, and another of 40,10001. which had been kept
in the hands of the Post-31ast.c Ocreral. It had been represented
to hint last year that it wan essential something should be
done about the new Post-olli.-e, anti that it was essential for the
interest of the public that it rhnuid go on. A Plan was submictd
10 Treasury :Or the trect,on of the building, which was to hr
finished in three years. Ile shonld not call on Parliament thin
Session, an there was the City bond for 40,0V111. in the hands t•i
the Pos:in:l,ter-lIe:leral.

3lr. askril if the (II had contributed towards the
Post.ollir: to the full amount they were bound ? Ile understood
that the ulloie money voted by l'arliemeot had been expended in
poitltating houses on the spot and ,Merin? the Frouoil.
Ti e CII ANI '1...1.1.111: of the EXt'lllA/7 Ell observed that ltz
arpreliettikd the City had complied in everything with the provi..
loon, of the .let. It was perteedy true that tile money voted by
Parliament had been absorbed as the llonourable 31cluber had sup-
posed.
Mr. Alderman 1V11111) bcgiroxl to essure tte Honourable sleet.
her that the City had paid 30,0CtIL out of their own funds for the
pill n)sc.
I 'ME lieg.zed to ask if there would be any objection to the
forvii.-n post leaving Er.;;land o.t alternate nights, instead of on three
sueees,iy,. day,

The I!HA Nelf;LIA /It of the EXCIIRQITErt thought that the
discussion the other night on this question, must have satisfied the
Lion. Gent. The fact was, that the Austrian Government had of-
fered stock in repayment of their loan, which was a very unsatisfac-
tory way of liquidating its debt, as the lion. bent. must be
aware. This government must have gone to market with it. and
a had bargain in all probability would have been made of it, for it
would have been subject to all the chances of the fluctuations of t`le
funds. It was then proposed by the British Government to re-
ceive the sum of 1,5111.1,0001. in lieu of stock offered. This pm
peal was acquiesced in by the Austrian goyernment, but it had t (IRI)F.IIS OF T 1111; DAY (THIS DAV}
no money in its own country to pay PUril a aunt, nor could sow of I I.—AVays and %tears ;—Third Resolution (11th February] (Fa-
its capitalists raise it. It was necessary, therefore, for the British rein Stunts and Sweets) t Further consideration of Report.
government to accept what the contractors could allied to give. It S.—L sury laws Repeal Bill ; Committee.
was true there were letters passed with the contractors. who at j NI/TICE OF MOTION (TRW DAY).
length sent io their ultimatum, which was scceltil to. because this. Sir Henry Ilarthuge.--Ordeence Rs:hniges. (In Coondrete of
government fat that if it could not get all, it ought to get what it Suprly.

%re heimi tm reply from the Charmilor of the Exchequer.]
Mr. utoe's retohrion Was then withdrawn.

The I lottse r...unicd, and the other orders of the day were then
tli.i.csed of.—.l.ojourned at II alt-p.i.t Tea.

PRICES OF DRIP'S)!
Junk stuck stssi I
3 per Cent. Reduced. 924
3 per Cent. COOL VI
3, per Cent.
per Cent. len 4 4a
Nell 4 per Cents. 1064 7
lAng Annuities, V. 11-16
Imperial 3 per Cents.
Bank fur Account
Cons. for Act. P.l 14 24
•
PRICES (IF FOREIGN
Austrian Scrip, 10 94 4 pr.
Ditto for Acct. 104 4 pr.
Ditto paid in lull
Chil!an Vends, 1311 80 791 80
Ditto for Acct. 884 80 4 I
Colombian Bonds, 67 it 74
Do. tor Account. 674 7 84 8 74
Danish Bonds, 994
Ditto Marks Banco, 95
Mot. Scrip, 71 4
44 1 Pm.
Do. for Account put.
Neapolitan Bonds,
Ditto fur Account
Portuguese Bonds 90 499
Ditto Scrip, 34
erasion Bond., 95 4 96
to for Account 964
),, Bonds (18•11). 934 I

!ACES YESTE RDA V.
India Stock,
India Bonds, SO 72 pr.
India for Amount,
South Sea Stock.
South Sea Old Annuities
South Sea New Annuities
Ex. Bill*, 1,0101. 45 42 44 pr.
Ditto, MI. 45 42 44 pr.
Ditto, Small, 42 44 pr.
Laney Tickets, 191. 19s.

I AsasrED-1

STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Russian Bonds, 1114
Ditto for Acct. 91$
Rumian Inscription
Exchange per ruble
Ditto Metallic Stock
Spanish 5 per Ct. Cons. 244
Ditto for Account 2-11
Ditto 170 & 255 DOWN
Ditto 5 per Cts. (1823) 194
Ditto for Aect.
Anglo ilex. Minn 74 7 pm.
United Ditto I jim.
Fr. Rentea, 110 f. sc. 100 f. 25c.
Do. Scrip 111 4 pm.
Ditto for the Arct. 114 12 pm.
Do. Ex. 25f.
lireek Scrip. :121 3 24 pr.
Peruvian Scrip 77

► Flinders, and ► French.

NEW THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
This Evening,. EBID.I V, February 27, will be performed
THE MERRY WIVES OF IrINDSOR.
faiton, Mr. Braham; Sir J•din Falstaff. Mr. Do, ton; Mrs. Ford,
Miss Stephens ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris.
To awtelude with the Romance of
LODI )11Sli A. . _ _

To-morrow, The Merry Witt. of IVindsor; with Rumfustian.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
This Evening, FRIDAY, February 27, will be performed
NATIVE LA;vil)._ _ _

Ftiocipal Characters by Alcss". Sinclair, W. Farm, Cooper, and
Fawcett; Aliases Paton, Love, sod Al. Tree.
After which,
HARLEQUIN AND POOR ROBIN.
To-morrow, Native .and : with The Poaches*.

NEW sußnier THEATRE.
This Evening, FRIDAY, February V, will be performed
B1)URAC1110 THE OUTLAW.

moan" Botrachio,
Mr. IL Kemble. N'ictoria, Max W. Cliffurd.
After which. •

MAIDS AND BACHELiIii;:ii;,:i.4,IETTLEWIG HALL.

To conclude w-ith
THE DEATH OF LIFE IN LONDON.

Iltitirittott

The BRITISH Pates commenced publishing yesterday morning
at five o'clock.

LONDON. FRIDAY. FEssuAity 27, 1824.

The Paris Journals of Tuesday and IVellnestlay reached
onr office last night; they possess very little intelligence.
The Moniteur announces the return to Brest of the Eury-
dice frigate, that took out the intelligence of the fall of
Cadiz and the restoration of Ferdinand to absolute power,
to the Havannall. The Spanish Colonel Barratlas was the
bearer of Ferdinand's orders; he reached, it appears, the'
Ilavannah on the 9th of December, and sailed again on
the 21st of the same month, bringing back despatches from
Vireo, the Governor of Cuba. Complete tranquillity, this
account states, prevailed in the island when the Eurydice
sailed.—Victor is said positively to have declined the em-
busy to Vienna; and the Marquis de Caraman is mentioned
as his successor. The jealous tyranny of the Ultratnon-
tome is again at work through Upper Italy : new measures
of police, it appears, are in activity through the Milanese
and Venetian Lombardy, and orders were forwarded from
Vienna, prescribing increased vigilance with respect to all
individuals, members of societies—even the few that are re-
cognized by the ordinances of the kingdom of Lombardy
and Venice. We do not wonder at the Italians being
discontented- From the period Austria regained her power
ewer that fine country, industry, commerce, and wealth
all retrograded. The administration of Mafia Theresa and
Joseph 11. was light compared to that of Austria at pre-
sent. Bspacious from the exhaustion of a twenty years'
war, and proscribing every trace of liberty, there is scarcely
an employment of any value wltiel, is not filled by an
Austrian : in almost every tribunal there are a German
President and two German Judges; the Director of the
Police, the Governor, the Commandant-General, the Arch-
bishop of Milan, and the Patriarch of Venice, are all Aus-
trians. For the army of Italy, which Napoleon formed of
sq,ooo men, under Italian officers and colours, and wear-
ing Italian uniforms, Austria has substituted a contingent
force of 20,090 Italians, commanded by Austria:, officers,
clothed in the Hungarian and Transylvanian uniforms,
and subjected to the degrading discipline of the cane,
Italy cannot be cantented under such a system as this ; and
she will yet make a desperate struggle for emancipation.
[From the itmiteur of February 24. J

- -
PARIS, FEB. ZI.
A telegraphic despatch fern Brest announces the rzturn to that
pirt, on the 4i):11 inst. of the Eurydice frigate, commanded ,by
Captain Cuvillicr.

This frigate, which was part of the French squadron before
Culit, WA% ‘l2,patehett on the 2i/th of October last, to convey to
the Island of Cohn the Spanish Lieut.-Colonel llarradas, who was
entrustal with orders front his Catholic Majesty. It reached the
Ilavannah on the 2.h of Deeetnher, and sailed again on the 21st
of the sant: month, bringing back to Cadu Lieut—Colonel Bar-
rsdas, who was the barer of despatches from 31. Vices, Governor
of the Island of Cuba.

The news of the deliverance of Ferdinand the Seventh, which
was already knmitn at the Harannah, being confirmed by the Eu-
rydice, ezeited general satisfaction, which menifeated itself in
public rejoicings and thanksgivings. At the time of the de-
parture of the Eurydice, the whole Wand enj led the most per-
fect tranquillity.

[From the Rioik of Wednesday, dated .31.1drid, Feb. 15.1
The candidates have been panoplied to the King for the Arch-
bishopric of rt Ira tios ; tbkri are thr Bishop of Urgrl, the Bishop
of Tarragona, Ltd t:le ecclesiastic named Arias.

The Spanish General Menchaca, who commanded under Ge-
neral Bailsman*, and had been for some time at Bayonne, has re-
ceived ceders to go to Agen, which is assignisl him as a residence.
The Bulletin of the health of the Princess of Conde, of the 24th
Feb. nine o'clock, A. st. says—" Ilex Highness has reposed pretty
well during the. nig,ht. It went, that she is recovering a little
strength, but excessively slowly."

German Papers to the lath February reached us last
night. They contain nothing of any interest, but a para-
graph under date from Odessa, to the Ist, stating that our
Ambassador to the Porte, Lord Smangfonl, had received
fresh instructions, authorising him to continue the nego-
elation for the arrangement of the difficulties between the
Porte and Russia.