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the sweeping of chioosies.—lt war. read a fint time,
sod ordered to he read a aerosol iienat-pm Friday.
Lord CArTLVARAMI remarked, that the nok
hart of the Treat". with Spain that t.honlit he re-
ferred to the C tier of Supply, was the aricle
rel•itin# to the auto of money. •
The House lino adjourned.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,

TUESDAY. FRIMAILY 10, me.

Means have at length been adapted Ois ettscislafla
the transactions that occurred in end about Wm.
cheater during the month of March last, aid,
from which Ministers derived such. midair advmstri
rage in the execution of their projects against the ,
liberty of the country. Several Gentlemen of the
highest respectability in Manchester had undertaken.
to investigate the allegations respecting the eve
said to have occurred in their vicinity, contained la I
the Reports of the Secret Committees, and the re. ,
suit of their useful and patriotic labours was last
night submitted iu a Petition from them to the
House of Commons. The Petition was introduced
by Mr. PHILLIP*, to whose circumstantial detail of
those events we refer our readers with mingled
emotions of shame and horror—shame, that Minis-
ters mud our outland Guardians should have become
so grossly the dupes of interested individuals—and
horror, that I.ersons could have been found so ut-
terly devoid or all setae of common humanity as to
impel their innocent and suffering fellow-creatures
to deeds of guilt in the diabolical design of reaping
some pecuniary advantages from trafficking in their
blood. This document, which the Petitioners en-
gage to substantiate by evidence, if permitted,
places it beyond the shadow of doubt that the
agents of Government had, by every ;minas
endeavoured to inflame the people to acts of. rebel-
lion ; that their system was perseveringly pursued ;
and that their schemes were constantly frustrated
by the firmness and loyalty of their victims. It is
impossible, we thiuk, for the Secret Committees of
the two Houses of Parliament to present their
Reports without having investigated the state-
ments contained in this Petition ; and if they
be found substantially correct, the House of eogit.
mons would be wanting in its duty to the peo-
ple of England, were it not to compel the Lew
Officers of the Crown to commence noniethate' per

ending. against the cruel instigators of these events
which have bees repeatedly &romanced by Ministers
as insurrections and treasons. Lord HOLLAND has
been intrusted with a like Petition to be presented
to the flume of Peers.

The Treaty concluded with Spain for the sup-
pression of the Slave Trade, on recei►ing the sum
of 400,0004 from this country, was last night ap-
proved, in the House of Commons, by a majority
of fifty-six to four.

Yesterday morning the Duke of You transacted
military bossiness with the Pat act RiegllT. at Carl.
tom Mouse. At one o'clock the Putout Rigors
left town for Wiudsnr.

We understand Sir 11. WlLsou has declined
offeriog himself as d candidate for Hedon, having
made his election for Barnstaple.
We rejoice to hear, by the following letter frost
%Vellington. that a flourishing prospect opens once
again upon that busy times a►►d its vicinity
" Moos 000 D ■OD% TOR FfitUdinrox,—llenum
Jokes Collier, Esq. of Nlewp►rt, and a gentlesaa of the
saw of Foster (who has extensive concertos ti the inn
traJe as Stotirbridge), have agreed with the &mentors of ►he
late John iVilkiason, Esq. to real awl pat isle activity.the
iron sorts sad colliery at Kelley. They estered upon ,the
eis►e a Monday last, together with the ailjoisiog colliery
at;Woosbridge, shirts they have takes of Colowl Chadian,
of Apley : at this latter piece they mead tooted two blast
fersoces is the course of the present year."d{fikrewsbnry
Clirenfek.)

It appears from the average returns made from
the twelve maritime counties of England. that the
price of gratin for the six weeks preceding the 16th
of February inst. will be above the rate for restrict-
ing importations. anal consequently that the ports
will be open for the reception of foreign corn during
the next quarter. The laseaverage of wheat quoted
in The London Gazette. which is up to the 31st of
January. is 83►. I Id., being 3s. I Id. above the
mistimes*.

Norwich Corn Market wu exceedingly well at-
tended on Saturday. and plenty of samples were
handed to the merchants. Wheats obtained last
week's price, and gaud Barleys met a ready sale
titi rather better terms.—There was a tolerable
supply of Scots and Homebred cattle on the Hill.
but little variation iu prices. Pigs and Hogs were
plentiful, and the pens were tolerably well filled
with Sheep.
We stated ye.terday that Tnirmewoon. one of
the men who was, indicted with Dr. WArsox.
and Iligh Treason, had sent a chal-