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amendment that the Home proceed In the whir orders of the
day.
atr.llunsosiGvasi as' thonglit it would be much better in
every point of view, to adopt the plan tutgested by the
;:allont General (Sir It Wilson), of dosfr.dichisin: those
lioro,glis altogether, and transfernitg the eteetive franchise
to untie of those large nod populous towns which td preM:sil
were unrepresented. If toe Bailie Collitl pass a lan to this
effect, he was convinced it would tend to ei elite all the dis-
content and elamoor which had hero raised against the
present system.
Lord Jou% ltusseLL said, that the lion. Baronet who
had opened the debate had complained that the ieforthers
were represented to be wild and visionary theorists, and had
called upon the House to state where these w lid and vision.
:ay reformist were to bc found; if the HMI. Baronet did nut
know o here to find them, lie would tell hint : he would refer
him to those persons who had advised I • during the last
Session of Parliament in bring fern aid his celebrated
motion for annual Parliamentsjiiiversal Suffrage, &e.

Aldermen %i iiithonan and %10,41, Sir a-on, Mr.
li)nz., rte. Mhos ml ; utter lb hit it Sir F. lairdett tv plied.
The House then divided= the noodle', bbere, on 11i
amendment —,a)cs 153--noes sS—itiujusity against tue
tout ion 95.
I)tsst:vreds' MARRIAGE BILL—OiI the motion of Mr.
W. SMITH that this Bill be committed,
. .

Lord C ISTLERIE Atilt wished the lion. Member would
consider nheth,r it would not be better to postpone any
further proceedings upon it tin un rally day in the neat
Session.

Mr. W. SMITII replied, that after the suggestion of the
N ble Lord, he could not think of pressing it Bother, fen• it
mild he idle :dt•ctatieu in him to Bonk of currying it
notion the Noble Lord's consent.
The question ;sus then pot, nod the Dill was ordered to he
(intimated this day there weeks—(This of course puts oft
the Bill to the nest set,ion.)
The oth:rorders or the day were then proceeded with, and
they having been disposcd of, the llou,e adjourned.

Finney, JULY 2.
Mr. Alderman %Veen presented the Iteport of the Committee
on the I take of Kent's Lottery Petition. It was read. It set
forth the petition ; the petitioner's embarrassments ; the cat es
of them, loss of baggage, &e. the etthrts made to reduce the
debts by irouring Lis life, residence abroad, Ste. ; and the reduc-
tion of the debt, to about 70,00.)1.—The petitioner had only the
property at Castle-Bar. independent of the public supplies.
Mr. Alderman Wool) then moved for leave to bring in a Bill
in pur-uance of the Report, and in fulfilment of the prayer of the
petition. It was said that the pmceeding was without precedent ;
but what was the case with Adams's Lottery reenirdirtg the Adel.
phi, the Pigott Dia:ror.d Lottery. the Skinner and Pickett-
streets Lottery, &e. The Duke's property sae said to be worth
I 50,0e01. but however 50.0001. had been granted on n by way of
mortgage ; and lie had understood that 1 et,oool. had been laid
out on the property in gelation. He could assure the Boise.
that such was the poprelarity, the deserved popularity of the Duke
in the City of London, that the tickets were :dimly, in fact, sold :
if the Act wee: granted, the tickets would immediately be dis-
posed of. Why was he so popular in the City ; beeitu.se lie had
done so much good there, by supporting dormant charities, rais-
ing ethers, attending charity sermons. &c. Gentlemen opposite
might smile; he would only tell them to .• go and do likewise."
He was mai/tied with the value of the property , and he there-
fore moved thr leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Duke of Kent
to dispose of his property at Cuatlebar, Baling, by way of Lottery.
Mr. GRE NUE I. L ,aid, it this motion. woe acquiesced in, he
should like to know how they could refuse the appheasion of
himself, or any other person, to have this sort of opportunity of
getting rid of property that was not exactly saleable. If c thought
Ministers were bound to justice to themselves to take up the suu-
ject involved in the petition soil report.
Mr. Hu ME said, age question would he a very different one,
if this were the first time that such a measure had received the
approbation of the Rave ; and he denim that there was the -least
occasion for cvneulting the Ministers on the subject. A similar
course had net been pursuol in other eases where Lotteries had
been granted to private individuals ; and was the letike el Kent,
because he was tile King's son, to be deprived of the advantages
which had been granted to private. persons ? The Deke of Kent
had lived on 7,0m1. a year, devoting i7,..0n01. to the payment of
his debts, and now that his Royal tliglitiees applied to have that
benefit which had been extended to other individuals, he lamented
that the apphcati.iii had not received the approtenon e the
dieter,. licelecnied it due to the Duke's coal-teeter to enter into
sonic explanations. The Duke went to Canada at the age of 18;
he was for five Years with only two pistolee a week for poeket
money—the debts in consequence amounted to :'a,oool. Till
17ees he remained with only annypay, and daring dangerous
Campaigns he lost equipments, 6C.; and the orly.r.llowaoce he
ever received ( ikons excepted) was 2,ts s 11. granted IS years after-
wards. The Duke never abandoned his duty, but remained till
obliged him to return house; and at the age of 52, for
the first time he received an annual allowance—it was 12,11001. a
year. The Duke's debts were not site result of anymunsettentnce,
debauchery, and pnait ion, reuhl that be said tit others? Ilia
Royal I I ighnees had not had justice done lihn ; he ought to litre
hail hi • allowinere from the age of 24 ; and there was thereby a
deficiency of %extol. Had he had his proper alentance, there
would be no etexasain for this application ; but his allowance and
grants of Ifroite of ea.olial and WOOL had been without com-
plete success, applied t o the diatharge of his debts.—The
Duke was next appointed to the Governeretrip et Gibreltar,
and the circumstance* of the recall, arising out of the mutiny
there, required explanation.
Mr t:elertil•t: rose to ander, lie submitted whether the
inutitry.at lisbroltur. hid any just e ssssss triton with the apini.
Cali hefule the /louse, or ar het live- it would be advise-able
to recall the cis reinstate:es th event near, hear 4)

Mr. lICMc rrstioned..—bled it It en known abut he all.
about to say, he Ilatii4llrl he should out liner been intermpteill
hut 'the rrruortwt imptdamu riostiliZ in the public mind
fey uI ed 'to be re 00000 sed. (Utter A os, no'. ( The Dins.
Meonlier lb••n went ins to say, tout the allowances of tau•
senior had been regularly tenon ted to Loig land, hut had hero&
ait loheld frooto the Dukes They load nut been carried to any
;oolitic account that hr keen of•; possibly they had been al-
lowed to he could on ly sup, let the Duke have
allowances equal to a hut had been given In the utiles
DllKell, and his grant as tioveritoor, his Itu!1,11 111glnass could'
pay his debts; if they a ere refused, abut otatial auu.d
there he for resistini this applical 00000
Land CASTLEN t;11 laturnied that this case had been
hrouli.l forward, heal esperioiliy Ihat it had sllllllpm d
oor it had been by the Don. Member v Ito spoke last —( Hear,
heal ) I t ulsolvtd a reproneh on hi. AI •ty, I'.ll 111111
Douse. and oh the COunit); ;nisi as the Du iso sitcoms had
twice come brittle the Ilouse particularly, a by had not these
circomortatices been onenti 00000 then I--The Duke bad o ;
3.,0:0t. a sear—lns Menthe aus better th on that of has
brothers 'file f I. assured that a was not acting a. the
Duke's to iend, to brio% forward lut Cato lii but h a
( "'or, hear!) if this motion were 11C411Wterd 111. be kilt' IV
toot hoc they could idiot such applient ions from color r
_

Foanes dec tared that he would surpf 'it th•• tun, en:
and that the Duke of Kern bad not btcu trrittril lib %% l I a.

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hi. !Loyal Brothers. It was a high tompliment to the Dukt 't
ebprarter in returnint to the Country its lie INA done.
Sir C. IttJu R ELL observed, that Mr. IftllTlt'S Sl:Wulf nt of
Ineotur W:IS 110 in agreement u itit the Pailiamesititry docu-
ments: Mr. 11. said, that 17,000'. un..et apßrt to pay
hii dills, leuvitig 7,000/. to lite nu I the document, said,
that, with allnuaoce., the amount u.al 31,G00/. odd.

tt; r. HCwe replied, that this was correct ; ts,OCOI. a
~-cur
had been added on the ma r I lap%
Lord LOWTHER thought th.s subject had been most ilidig•
Iletely, most unaiit isedly brought forward ; and he trusted
that the proprir i) would be seen of withdraw int this 11.11/111111.
A iderlll.lll 1% oon replied. It did not result from thi
Duke—the plan originated in the suggestions of the Duke'.
friends, and bad been b! them pressed forts at d.— (Hear.)
Lord C A eTLEREAGH expressed the sat isfactson with which
he had heard this litter coinaluatcation ; be was glad that
the Duke was thereby rescued float the feeling that had
arisen in the House, iii consequence of a contrary opiteim
bring enterlainell.—(//ear.';
Mr. Gat%f ext. explained; after which the motion war
nithiirsiwn.

The How theu proceeded to dispose of the orders of
the day.
CAMP:I.'ORn E LECT 10•4.—,Mr. D. W. II A Win', founiSit:4
his proceedings no 11 11 it had heed done in the rases of
Penryn, Barnstaple, &c. and presuming that the Camelford
et idenue Kav knono to eery Mends'', twisted, that t,ie
tanielford report be akeii ii:to further ee:nideratio•. arm
day three mouth•. Ile should then move that the is uing of
new Writs for Catuelford be delayed till the first day of next
Session.

Mr. C. WYNN moved, that the report be taken into
consideraton on Monday next. Averd t
The rentannniz Oudes ci Übe day being disposed of the
Hull!! udjuurued.

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S G AMITTS.
CROWN OFF WE, .frst 29.
ME MBER returned to a'!TVe in thi. pre,ent PA RIA A NtENT.
Borough of Ileyiesbury.—The lion Win. Mary John Scott.

BANKRUPTS.

..... .
R. P..lackann, liverponl, merchant.
J. Doheil, Cranbmok, Keut, brewer.
T. Pickton, Hammersmith, grocer.
W. Hardy, Nlanehebter, Mr/titer.
A. Allen, Pall Mall, calico furniture manufacturer.
ti. W. Voolrich. titatfom. druggist.
H. and E. Eddhaton, Blackburn, Lascaahire, cotton shanufar,
irers.
H. Lanham. Dorking. grocer.
C. Law, Minories, victualler.
DIVIDENDS.

July c.." 0, .1. Bullocke,7;tllerine.;;;;;et, Strand, button and
trimming seller-.-24, T. Weaver, Ili;;' Holborn, floor cloth
manufacturer-15, 3. Nowill and J Burch, Jewry Street, Aid-
gate, wholesale stationer,. t 4, W. Salvage, CJrporatioa How,
Clerkenwell. watchmaker-..`24, M. and NI. C. (Barth. Broad
Street, Ilatcliffe, latationet—‘24. 3 0. Mosley rand H.. 1. Keach,
Sidmouth l'la.ce, Gray's Inn Lane, I.lanufacturers of ornamental
toys-24, W. Aldha:n, Borough Hills Mill, Great Totham,
I:vreat, aniller-20, H. Swan, Gainsborough. Lincoln. merchant
—en, C. Carr, Bridge Street. Westminster, jeweller-IM, l'e,?,
C. Harding, and W. Wilack, Fazeley, Staftbrd, coanufuturen
and spinners of cotton.

Letters from Cadiz state, that several of the British
transports had been discharged, not from their being
no longer wanted, but because the Captains would'
not submit to new conditions the Spaniards wished to
impose upon them. It appears that the experience
acquired by the purchase of the rotten IZessian ships
has made the Cadiz Committee extremely cautious,
and they now insist on the British ships,'neing strip-
ped before they proceed to sea, though many of them
were fresh coppered before they left this country.
With this the Captains refused to comply.
A series of Madras GazcHes, to the 6th of Fe-
bruary last, have arrived. We learn from them
that the epidemic still con tinned at Bombay and the
neighlaiurhood, but nut severely. Partial hostilities
are still carrying on between *nine of the-native
Powers and our troops. By letters from the Camp
at Synkurah, in the neighbourhood of the Nerbud-
dab, duet, December ;22, it was stated that rein-
forcements were expected, when our troops were to
be formed into three divisions, and it was antici-
pated that .hontilities would he commenced with the
ex Rajah about the 15th of January. The whole
forte of the eaemy was estimated to amount to
10,000 men. including Arabs and Goands. Other
letters contain an account of the dispersion of a
Isody of these hill summaries, who had recently
firmed apart of the garrien of Borgagurh. They
had pined a strung pass, in which they pos!ed
themselves after a march et 28 miles, when Capt.
Pedlar, with a squadron of the Bth Bengal cavalry,
and a party of auxiliary horse, killed about 100 of
Ahem, wounded a still greater number, and put the
rest to flight.
NI Mee From a Boston Azprr of 2d of
—Credible -accounts from Vera Cruz to the 7th
April mention, that with the exception of a wan.
deriag party of Patriots, under father Torres, of
about .1.0;on, the whole of the Vice-itoyalty of
Mexico was in a state of tranquil loyalty, and the
communication between the mines of the interior
and • Vera Cruz of course wholly uninterrupted.
An English frigate had just sailed, with 1,000,000
of dollars on beard ; and a Mr. Parker, a British
agent -there, had a license to ship 10,000,000 niore
to England. (It is understood that a conventinsa
exists between the English and Spanish Geyer'.
milling, by which the former engages to transport its
Europe the product -of the mines of the latter at:a
stipulated commission ; and that the English meat
of war, to ensure the safety Of the treasurea•shail
be employed in the transitj

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L 0111) PYRuN'S NEW POEM OF
"MA Z EPP .1."

~nauuc::—

" But he wis: most enriso.l Ics: such
An accident should chance to touch
Cann his fu:ure pedigree;
Xurlas awam.d that such a blot.

Our reader; doubtless remember a trial of skill
between two Poets as to which could write the most
i^teresting Poem on the mast trivial subject ; and
however accomplished they might be, we have no
hesitation in declaring, that had it been a triple
test of excellence on such a poinr, his Lordship
would have unquestionably borne off the triumphant
wreath : but as we mean to give more than our own
opinion, as we wish our friends to possess the power
of forming their own judgment, we proceed to an
analysis of the Poem itself.

" The Advertisement" is what Milton and our
elder Poets called " The Argument," or an aLssiract
of the story, and is compoqed of three extracts from
Voltaire's " Ffistoire.de Charles XII. Roi de Suede."
Whether the publisher relied upon the general
knowledge of the French language, or whether he
was short of room (the first eight pages of the book
only contain its title) we know not ; but he has not
amsidered the convenience of that portion of the
community who do not understand French, by giv-
ing them an English version of this " Advertise-
ment: We proceed to supply thisdefixt by stating,
that

Mazrrra was born in the Palatinate of Pa tiolie;
was brought up as one of the pages of Prince John
Casimir, in whose Court he became attached to
the Belles Lritres, but being discmered in an in-
trigue with the wik of a Polish nobleman, the
enraged husband ha .1 him tied in a state of naked-
ness on the back of a wild horse of Ukraine, and
turned adrift ; the horse naturally fled to his native
fields, where the superior ability of Mazeppa shone
an brilliantly as to obtain from the Czar of Russlu the
Principality of Ukraine. The suffering] Nlareppa
endured in this perilous journey form the intewst of
tke story; which he relates to Charles XII. in a
wood (where he was concealed idle:. the memondile
and unthrtnnate battle of Pultowa), with a view to
alleviate his sorrow. Such is the whole of the subject-
matter of this now Poem, yet Lord Byron has ma-
naged to create an interest in its perusal, although
no one who has read his other wories will finish this
without heaving a sigh prompted by regret that his
transcendent abilities should be prostituted on a
hubject so contemptible.
The Poem commences with a description of the
tinfriended state of the defeated Monarch and his
friends after the battle, anl describes the soldier-like
anxiety of the veteran Cossack Prince, as to his
horse and accoutrements, in the following natural

Rut first, outspent with this long course,
The Cossack prince rubb'd down his horse,
And made bir him a loafy bed.
And imootri'd his fetlocks and his mane.
And s►ack'd hi:igirth, and stripp'd his rein,
And joy'd to see how well he fed ;
For until now he had the dread
Ili. wearied courser might refuse
To browee beneath tpe midnight dews;.
Rut he was hardy as his lord.
A nit little cared for bed and board;
spirited and docile too;
Whatc'er was to be done, would do.
Sham and swift, and strong of limb,
All Tartar-like he carried hint
Obey'd his yoke, and came at call,
And knew him in the midst of all :
Tbough thousands were around.—and Night,
ithout n star, purstied her tli„:llt.
That steed from sunset until dawn
111, chief would billow like a fawn.

This done. Mazeppa spread hie
And laid his lance tiencath his nak,
Fah if his 3171i6 in order good
Thc long day's march had well itlistood—
If still the powder fiTil the pan.
And flints unloostn'l kept their lock—
His sabre. hilt and scabbard felt.
And whether they had chatitl his belt—

Charles then praises him fur his services of that
dead day, and alluding to the great exertion he had
borne, he asks to be informed " the pithool wherein
be learnt to ride." This request leads to the story.
Mazeppa describes the husband as rich, foolish, vain;
of his wife he says—

.. Ili.. junior the by thirty ycars-.-
Grew daily tired of his dominion;
And, at er wi.ther, hopes, and fears,
'Io virtue a few farewell tears.
A restleas dream or two, borne glances
At Warsaw 'a youth. some songs, and dances..
Ate.sited but tic usual eliar.ces,
Thoee happy traidt.nts which render
The coldes. dames so very under,
To deek her (,unt w:th titles given,
"I is said, as pa:sports. into heaven ;
But, strange to say. they tartly lama
GI these who have deserved them most.

After this folio* some of the sweetest descriptions
of the attachments, the difficulties, and the enjoy-
ments of the lovers, that, peril*, cur language can
produce. They remind us of Ovi s_but "he (Byron)
did it with more true touches of nature." The hus-
load's rage is well described—

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ilia noble 'seutrlseon should have got,
While he was highest of his line •
B vas se unto himself he seem:sl
The fist of men, nor less he deens'd
In others' eyes. and most in mine.
'S death ! with a pore—perchance a Ling
Iliul reconciled him with the thing ;
But with a stripling of a rage—
I felt—but c.uilitit paint hue mgr."

The rest of the Poeta is solely occupied with the
description of the dangers of Mazeppa's unwilling
ride, and closes with—

Comraeo. god night!"—The flatman threw
Ills length beneath the oak-uee shade.
With leafy couch already made,
A bed nor comfortless nor new
To hint who took hi, rest whene'er
The hour :wired. no matter where :
is eyes the Inutening slumber steep.
And if ye marvel Churls.. forgot
To thank his tale. Ire wonder 'd not.—
The Lisi, had been an hour asleep.

To the Poem are appended " An Ode to Venice"
and a prosaic "Fragment," each of which we mean
to uouee in a futu►e Paper.