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MR. GLOVER'S EXHIBITION of OIL
sad WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS !S NOW
OPEN, at she Great Rams, 16, Old Boadurtsiet, oppo-
site kfisffurd-street, frost Niue till Dusk.

Admittance Ir.—Catalogue 6.1.

THE GALLERY. ref, the CHEVALIER
!SAUEY, containing his igarbadruired and ezimrsive
Collection of HISTORICAL DESIGNS. POBTRA
dad LANDSCAPES, is NOW OPEN at No. 61, Pall-
hull (Iwo door, trot,. the British !minutia.).
The Artist, in isvitina lbe attention of the Asaatears
_the Fore Arts to his Works, bees !save to 111,11101111te 1144 it
is not inleaded are Gallery shall remain ripest loager thee
the Middle of the ensuing ?Bomb. The Pictures which it
criateias hire been really adhrired on the Coattarot, sail
the Portraits are at*e most digits:dished Beauties, and
oaost eelebrated gleamy wad Politic l Cksrartera who have
figured It the greetfel May 44 modem times.
Admittaaat, Oeg libllliter; Cataloger, itlipagee.

81t1TISH FIRE OFFICE,
MAY 22. 11120.
NOTICE is hereby given. tl at $t GENERAL
COURT OF PROPRIETQR% be Malden Si
ttie Ogee in the Strand, on WEDNESDAY NEXT. the
Slot slay of Mae iastaiii. at 'ratelav o'Clock at Noon. when.
• DIVIDER Wirth be 'teetotal for tile Helf.year (*den at
Lady-day last.
RICDAILD RARNES, Sertetary.
tile Chair will be taken at Oae u'Cluck precisely.

FINE PRINTS, CHIEFLY 11100F5,
TO. BE SOLD BY aucrturt,
By Mr. EVANS,
At his llosie, No. 96, Pali-mall, on WEDNESDAY NEXT,
May 31, and following Day,.
THE Private COLLECTION of PRINTS
of Mrs. Jane Boydell, ribooved from hbr residence
at Ha liford ; ronsistie• of a velvet mod brilliant aawsaMaee
of the chokes! Proofs of the.liocrsviogs of Woollott, Hall
Darioloui, aitarp, Heath, Earlom, Daitharton ; • coo-
siderable portion of the Wore. of that inimitable Artist,
Ms. &whom ; many of the most emiaent product' of Sir
J. lima* and West; some te Draatiort of Myers,
carious Ilearief Rata. .111LAL

HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, N4l. jiLV.
iireblialeni 'nil* DAY. •
it the Date of lierlitbelinagliee:
Memoirs of Joint Duke of Marlborough, with his original
Correerniiienee, collected frets the faintly Records at Bless.
helm, and other aothestie *Miro:est by William Coate, 11.4.
F.RS.A. Archdeacon of Wilts.—ll. Van Die 111441.11 Land,
Michael Howe, the last and worst of the Bash &lagers of
Van Diemetes Land. Narrative of the chief stratifies com-
mitted by this Great Id orderer sod his amoeiates, during
a period of Six years, in Van Diemen's I.and.-111. Coast
Forbin. Voyage dans le Levert.—lV. Reeds and Higb'sys
3. Report of tbe Select Committee on the Highways of the
Kingdoms. 2. Practical Resale es the Scientific Repair and
Presertation of Public Roads; by John Loudon fill'Adant.
S. Remarks on present 'mein of Ittiatl.making, by J. L.
M'Adam. 4. Casey on Constractoon of Roads, eke.;
Richard Lovell Edgeworth. b. Practical Treatise on Road-
making; by James Paterron.—.V. Perna: 1. Proceedinee
in Paris, and the losing !elastic, with a series of eterreepon.
&ace and other justilicatory &mimesis; by Lieutesaus.
Colonel C. P. de Basset. 2. Expose des faits qui wet pro_
cede et suivi Is Cession de Parts, nivrage &tit originaire•
meat es Wee per en Pargenhate, et tradeit et patine per
Amaury Duval, de l'lnstitut..-41. Modem Greek : Ohsm
rations relining to the Moller* Greek Laoguate; by M.
Curay..—Vll. Voltaire et Mad, de Cbktelet. Vie Pri4e de
Voltaire et Madame de Chitelet, pendant en %one de six
1110111 a Cirey.—Vlll. Poems, Descriptive of Rural Life and
Seesery; by John Clare, a Notihempionehire Peasant .—I X.
De l'Airgleterre; par Monsieur Reltiehos.—X. The Fall of
Jerusalem: a Dramatic Poem • by the Rev. H. H. Milmau.
—XI. Africa: Voyage stasis Poem;
de l'Afrique an.
Source. do Seuegal et de la Gamine ; per G. Mollien.—Xl I.
Private life and 3faimers of the Athenians.

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EAST INDIA 31A DEI RA WINS.
FOR SALE,
Al the East India donee, oa WEPNESDAT NEIL?, itrk
31st !sublet, at Twelve o'Clnek precisely,
VIGtITY PIPES EAST INDIA MA.
DEIItA WINE, imported by the Cowrie, from
Bengal, sad bow lying in their Cellars, under the EWA Irak
Hew. Presto', Six Months,
Applications to be made three days preceding the Sete
to Sir. William Evans, Baggage Wsrehouse-korfer; or to
Richard Martin, the Company's Ceilermaa.

IMP [MIA L PA R L 14,11 ANT.

'Pith Bruin, any friendly conneenicatibe had passed upon
the subject to which be slltided!
The Earl of Lteseetsot. replied, with respect to Spain
easnowooi ation hall certainly as yet bee 111114,11` vier. the
late sherri ~,,, ui her policy, because lICI appreinii.iiiii what-
ever WI, eiiii•riiiised that her policy hod lei gone any
change since else had stipulated fur the abolition of the
Slave Trade at a gives period is the prevent year. Govern-
ment had so remise to doubt the readiness of Spain to
f.16l all her eisgaginneeht. With respect to Bemis,
certainly no spplicatiore had been made respecting the incest
or demerit of thePerticalar preference alluded to; but err-
minty commercial anointment. would be solably consi-
dered between the said Powers, sad the neetseary Ludt sac.
Lions traiismitieS to the British Minister at St. Pesersbergh.
CIVIL LIST.
After a few Weeds is explaastion from Lord flot.t.aed
soil the Earl of Livatteoot. the latter moved the Order of
the Day for their Lordships going tato a Committee ea the
Civil List. The Earl of Liverpool also stated, 'that he had
it in command (rum his Majesty, as a substantial power of
his Majesty's moat gracious 4.1411600, to state, that it was
the wish of the King their Lordships should !proceed with
Ibis Pill aS they thought it, upon a review of the whole
cirruomtamemef the new estaMishiseist.
bs dr OM Mdbie 'OK lb bikes, 'Mawr
was mu Ms Majesty for this geode.. koindieeicatioe.
Their Lordships then went ibto the Colliitil4NO est the
Bill. ,
Lard D4C112 said, that in a future stage of the Bill be
irould propose a clams to prevent in future any niisappli-
ratios of the Drolls of the Admiralty. He would propose
this oe the third reeding of the Bin.
The Earl a I.:Tearoom said, it would be competes* for
the Noble Lord to make his esotioe on the third readies,
which be would ix for either Tuesday or Wedaesday nest,
to suit the Noble Lord's convenieset.
The Bill then west through a Committee, the Report war I
received, and the Bill ordered to be read the third demos
Tuesday mgt.
TAX ON ABSENTEES._
Lord BOLILIZET wished to ask the Noble Earl opiinsite
a question wpm &subject to which he had already tolled his
arention some years ago. Oe the former oceasiou the
Noble Earl regretted he could sot yield to his view of the
ease, sad Isit(Lood Bulkeley) wee at the time rather tom
romddy handled fee a peer little Welshman—(A iuupk) by
somber Noble Lord. His questions was, whether it were not
poseibie to devise seine plan for the prfrpose of taxing eh-
sestet., either by • charge on their passports, or iii some
other way? There were interest aselbers commonly going
shooed, either.. besiaess or pleasere--aed the couatey, in
its present slate, ought to have some of its hardens shared
among those who were absenting themselves in the matinee
be had mentioned. The evil of these absentees " had in-
creased, is iscreasing, sad might to be diminished."
The Earl of LITIMPOOL remembered \Beteg isiforniell
the Noble Lord when he put a similar question to him us
the fernier period, that he had au objectiou to the principle
of such a tax, if the difficulties attending iti imposition'
could be removed. But upon all the consioleratioa which
be could give the subject, he brefessed he could ant see his
way through any sereemoseet that eoeld be practically ad-
emanates hp the country. Thosigh the Government were
unable to institute any such measure in their view of the
case, they were perfectly ready to adopt soy suggestiuua
which should appear to them practicable with reference to
the subject. He certainly doubted the wand of the Noble
Lord's propositions, that the evil " is iairremiug;" foe feet
year the absentees were certainly less sidesteps. thao at aa
asieeedeet period.
Lord Itot.te said, that there could be so objection is the
state of the contour, M a property tax epos absentees, rated
•es the onsamet of property they drew frown the rewoMy. H.
Moped •Miwistess woeful menhir, the griped/tee, of moth a

HOUSE OF LORDS, FairAT, MAY 16.

The Duke of Dit•ONtullit, the Marquis of EirtiA,
and Lord YARISORoUOIII, look the oaths and their mats.
The Stage Coach amendment Bill, and several private
Bilis, were brought Iron the House of Common*, sad read
• firm time.
AGRICU LTURA L PETITIONS.
lord Stigvirticam prevented a Petition froth certain
Oworis mod Occupiers of Land in the custody of Snob;
praying foray iuquisy into the present state of the Agritul-
heal Distress.
The Duke of thearrox sod Lord Suasion permuted si-
milar Petitions from (ranee' sad Occupiers of Lead is the
tonsil), of Suffolk.
The Earl of H•assroon, in presenting tiro Petitions is
the fame effect from Owners mid Occupiers of Land in the
neigliburribourl of Honeaster, said, that he did lot mem to
pledge himself to any particular line of cuudebt Nepotist
these Petitions.
The above Petitions were severally laid on the table.
SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.
Lord aistrrOn rose to preseut • Petition froin a member of
Newsreaders, against the publication of Sunday Newspapers,
which they considered extremely mischievous, es emmossegbig
• breech of the Sabbath. The Noble Lord slated, that he
concurred with tin Petitioners in their view of Sunday
Newspapers. The number published on the Sabbath day
amounted to 43,000, WillCll 011 the smallest calcolation were
teed by 200,000 ;wrootis oat the day that, were it uol for *Me
Papers, ibsir wAbbls Ihmprelobiliti.
In ossearposinirs more storable es tionChristins dello
they ought fo perform. Besides the violation of the
committed by those who devoted their time on the Sudsy
to reading the papers to which he alluded, there were alb a
number of others who were equally induced to forget their
Chrieilin Jahn by the occupations they enjoyed Its the
different departments of the publications themselves.
Numbers were thus diverted, bulb by the reading and circa".
lal ing of the Suuday Papers, fiom those pursuits in which they
*mild otherwise be eugaged, were it not that their aileik
Hop win Called off in the manner he bad already
He objeeted to those Papers, bath for the doctrines Ibby
mineoined, as well 4 the breach of Sabbath they canted. mad.
Ihright the subject certainly entitled to the interfereace of
the Legislature. He would perhaps himself subunit a Bill
to their Lordship@ on the subject. He concluded by vinseiogi
that the Petition do lie oat the table. •
Lord liOtbaten said, that if sack • Bill were introdutted;
he should oppose it in every stage. If the Sonday papers
asalaisid soy objectionable doctrine', they were, like all
Warr pablicasiuss, amenable to the law, @flitch was tarok
essesgh to meet any evil of that kind. He ceitalely sew he
mike reason to interfere with the &mint thus with the daily
papers, in the manner hiuted at.
Earl GROSVENOR concurred with the Nob* Lard who
protested the petition is the impropriety of permittiag the
publication of Sunday newspapers, and In the breach of the
Sabbath occasioned by their establishment sae eireehillie.
He bad bug since elsewhere (we presume Wile, his Lordship
was " Neosho of the Hulse of Comennes) entlearmared to
fall the attention of the Legislature to this evil, bet he
petted without effect. He wow, as well as them, lameined
with the petitioners the consequences which sprung tress
the pnillicatiou of newspapers on the Sabbath day. Whe.
titer the sentiments they promulgated were loyal or disloyal
mattered little to his view of the question, fur he thought
the publication in asy shape an evil, ea the day which
ought to be universally appropristed to the performance of
religiose duties. The practice was iudecent sad highly dr.
Itimental to the religions principles of the people. It was
Most desirable that the publication of Sunday papers shoold
be prwitdied.
The Earl of Latutegetiv: entirely differed from his
Noble Friend who spoke heel on this sullied. First, as a
matter of , he thought the Sunday papers entitled
to consideration; but next, on the point of fact, be believed
that so far from the mechanics of the Sunday Papers being
towlected on the Salithadt by; it was finished on the Ss-
herds, sight, and the only papers that were really in warm
of working on the Sunday, would on inquiry be bead to
be, he apprehended, the Monday moruiug papers; as that
as against the Suodsy piper", the *bilk weight of titan:dal
part of the argument mast fall.
The Petition was thew Maiden the table.
SPANISH SLAVE TRADE—RUSSIAN SUGAR
TRADE.
Lord HottAnn rase to put a question to the Nola*
Earl opposite, respectieg two points connected with the fo-
reign relations of Me coonery. The Snit was, whether any
communication hail been made So the Spanish Goverontent,
"Mee the rreent events which hail taken place is that coon-
try, reopening tie immediate fulfilment of the condition of
tier lipitaish Treaty, for which Eugland paid 400.45)01 for the
abolition this year of the Shirt Trade, withoi the jurisdiction
dihe King of Sii,j, mutt/he second inquiry he 41311 10 maks
Was, whether any application had been made to Ramis, te.
opening some Ice regulations of that pulite iu her impet-
ration of sugars, by which be British Colonial trade to
sugar was discouraged, and the Braid encouraged y Now it
was siupular that Russia, after the free and religious diets-
rations of the Emperor Alexander, should take any step,
the result of which was io discourage the sugar trade of dame
Colonies, wht le the Slave Trade was happily for ever slotobah-
ed, and encoassinge the frac of his subjects for stripe
wills Biped, the only Power that still bail valued btu
SO
specific compact for the shot • of that odiessa trade.
lie did nut ilesite a remonstrance with a foreign Power re.
erecting the mode of traffic she judged right for herself to
adopt ; be did not desire this sort of interkrefer, even
when rights of blomepdy might mem to teuelesumeit it.
He at . ely inqnired, whether, 'lauding et this. Country did

Printed for John Wormy, Albemirk•etreet.

No. XL. containing the Second and concluding part df
the Index, wee published at the seine time.
CoMpleie Sets may be had of the lest X.X. Vol.. of the
Quarterly Review.

BRIDGES, Mairrm.
A COMMON COUNCIL, boldest it. the CHAMBER of
the GUILDHALL of thi CITY of LONDON, or
FR I DAY, the 211th day of May, 1820;
ItssoLvio,
HAT. it appears to this Court. that the great
T
excellence of the elitists Constitution neat arise
from the indcpendesit. exercise or tire I powers vested
la the King,Larda, sad Commune.
That as the Ring, ho iii. creation of Pam, caw at say
time whit(' the Membert of the House of Lords, If these
powers were to unite under cad Counsellors, or if; by pa•
fruitage or amine influence, they cosh command a Majo-
rity of Voles its the House of Cutaneous, a destiotic PnVIVr
might be established, without filtering the forms of the
Constitution.

That this Court will not yield to any clam of their fellow-
subjects in loyalty to the King, in obedience to the Laws,
sod in attachment to the Constatutioti; but wheat they re-
elect un the distressed state of she Agricolture, Masafae-
tores, sod Commerce ; the state of the Fiesuce; together
with the daily mod overwhelming innate of Pauperism,
they conceive that such misfortures, to have fallen upon •
nation enlightened, hominoidsy aud enterpriiint; possessed
of sueh vast resoorres, most have arisen is some measure
from misrule stud bad policy, occasioned ht the People not
bangle • due share in the choice of their Representatives.
That the frreduni and purity of Election is an essential
principle of the Couststvition, as appeals from assay of our
moat sacred Laws, passed in various periods of our }Cp.
tory, especially the 311 of Edward the First, the Bill of
Rights, sad the 2d and Sth of Georg • the Seeosid; in which
it is declared, that the Election of Members engirt to be free
—that Our Election of Members of Part/areal should be
freely and ioiliirrrestly man, without charge of expense—
and that the freedom of Election of Members to serve in Par-
tinniest is of the utmost consequence to the preservation of
the Rights soil Liberties of the Kingdoms.
That it has been declared by the House of COOllllOllll to be
• high infringement of the Liberties sad Privileges of the
Cummoss of Great Britain fur say Lard of Partitionist in
mowers himself in the Election of Members to aerie for llta
Commune in Parliament.

That, itevertheless, try Various changes which have gee.
dually crept into the system of Represestatimii it has beetria*
sock as to prodice a notorioant violation of them essriffil
I.aws ; as it appesn by a Petitions presented Ingle Hougeof
Commons by the Hutt. Chutes Grey, im the par 17 111
which it wee offeerd to be proved that IN
about SS Voters 4.11113114Mait
House areeeturned by
Voters not exceeding 100 earn ; 00 other, bp MMus SNP,
ceeding 200 or 150 each ; Host Si Membent MOO fOSOOSS4
by Peers pinsestiog liorgage tomes, sod ISO teem big.*
haterferepee of Peers. •
That while the right of electing so considerable • nermitre
of Aletibera of the House of Commons remains vested
such small and inconsiderable bodies of me*, all meteors
to secure purity of Election must be grails ; sod the punish.
meat of • few detected offenders will only he subversive of
respect for the Law., and rather lend to the coomaliammt
than the prevention of such offences.
That though this oyster) of Government, which has beat
by degrees substituted foe the aucient and legal Constititiott
of Parliament, has Irmo openly defended by persons high is
office, under the specious appellation of the Comitilutiose as
h exists in practice, it is quite trident that the protest
practice includes the violation of the laws of the Manaus,
which has been folly exemplified by the disclosures of Bei.
bevy and Corruption, under prosecutions ordered by the
House of Commons; *hi:* the Moral and impressive sea.
team pronounced by the Lesnied Judges ors the offenders
must convince the most incredulous of the oeceseity of re.
tient; the present System, especially when it is said that per-
sons of high rank bargaiu sod pay large sums for Scabs in the
House of Commons.
Asd slthough this Court are of opinion that the exten.
Sion soil better regulation of the Right of Voting, with/
aborteinig the dnratiun of Purliansents, Merl.' be is great
and effective ffefirrist, they will Not presume to dictate soy
Plan to the of Cortisone, but 411101141/ implore a
full sad fair inquiry into the subject, which will lead to
allay the prraeut direouterts,secore the stability of the Go.
vernoteet, mad promote the prosperity at tie Country.
Resolved—That a Petition be presented to the Hos.
House of Commons, yrityiug for "an Immediate logorry late
the Slate of the lepresesitetior of the People is Perlis.
meet, foioded on the foregitiog Rcsolellosss.
VIGUbTHORPE.

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Lord ,Boutet.c* was glad to hear such a soggestion,
though he feared it would be hopeless if such,
Government
could aot see their way *biomes the subject.
FREE TRADE.
The Marquis of I..atteciows presented a Petition frost
the Menehants sod Mansfarierers of Newcastle-upos-Tyne,
pswybig that the Legislature would resume all restriction
'spoil foreign, trade.
Lord GIAIIVILLS presented • similar Paitio• frees the
Mem-lasts and Masorfacteirers al Wolverhaniptde.
Tess Petitions were laid on the table.
STATE OF THE NATION.
The Marquis of Lent:tomt rose to bring foe.
bard his promised motion for the appointment of a
Committee to consider or the best means of re-
viving the foreign trade of this country. He
was impelled by an imperatiie sense of duty to
brine forward tile important question, and he
held himself booed to state to their Lotdships
some reasons in justification of the task he had
thus imposed upon himself. He assured their
Lordships he felt as became him, that ibis task
might have fallen into other hands among them
better calculated to bring it forward, to introduce
it mote correctly, more powerfully, and more satis-
factorily, than he had it in his power to develope
it lot their consideration, lit much better hands
still Might it have devotees!, if the Government,
with all the information before them which the
subject required, brought it forward either within
or without the walls of Pariitment, with all the
sanction and weight which wutild necessarily attach
to their authority. But yeari having now elapsed
since the ionblic distresses becitate severely felt,
since inquiries were repeatedly called for by various
Classes of the people into the situation hi which
they found thethselvei placed, slate the subject
had engaged the attention of every thinking man in
the country, end nothing having been yet done, it at
length behoved their Lordships to recollect, that if
the Government failed in calling their attention to so
Intpottant a subject, they had; nevertheless; a duty
to perform themselves, from which they could not
depart, without compromising the iutereits of their
Country. After their Lordships had seed the poli-
tical horizon obscured by cloud., Whet. Instead of
dissipating, continued tii increase in density and
darkness, they must feel that they were no longer
' justified in teiusiiiiug silent speCiortors of I prospect
so vitally iliecting stl the intetets of the coamou-
nity ; they must be sensible they could Ise !orbiter
refrain from instituting an inquiry into those evils,
of the exiltence of which the countiy so lon corn-
phsined iu all ber classes from one end of the em-
pire to souther. Seeing no dispesitiou to take up
the subject in any of these quarters in which it
could be more efficiently examined, he felt it his
duly to take it up with the feeble lights he had it in
his ',cower to cast tifion a course ito general and so
complicated. In proposing the inquiry. he felt it
his duty to restrict himself to one branclri and he
preinived that In (Wog so, he begged distinctly not
to be understood as in any shape wishing to tooter.
fere with the province of any rfoble Lord wins
1
may think any other branch of the subject de.
1 serving of their Lordships' particular consideration.
The 'reason he set out with instituting the inquiiy