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the hopes of man,—and of gratifying our imagination
with the prospect of the teizlity chan..x•-; and revolutions
which we, and the sy,t..na in which we ;tre placed, have
vet to undergo. Out of each, or all of these, many im-
pormnt questions arise; and by each of them many re-
searches are ruggested, which ,---nc:7e the understand-
ing both of the teacher a• r.e t'•_ ;.:t. The minds of
the poor, the illiterate, classes,.—of the
young, the thoughtlem, and the inconsiderate, if they
Rion- the reasonings and speculations of their instructor
in a range lilac that above stated, must be insensibly
eti-
largcd ; while, by the exhortations and persuacions that.
he mixes in his discourse, their hearts must be ameliorated,
and their aims exalted. Neither Pluto nor Cicero could
have imagined, that the time would ever arrive, when,
by the simple institution of the Sabbath, and a Christian
ministry, the lowest of our p.ople could gain access w the
knowledge of truths, or the conduct of researches, which,
in their time, were confined within the breast, or the
schools of the learned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
110179 E OP LORDS, MONDAY MARCH I.
Counsel were heard in the case of. ir W. Lewes •. Morgan.
Farther proceeding, on eduesday next,
Petitions against the Property:fax generally were presente
from Berkshire and other

TUESHM, %RCN 19.
The Earl of Shaftesbury brought up the Report of the Select
Committee on East India judicature.
The Earl of Lauderdale presented a petition from Rir rtford
against the Property Ordered to be laid on the wine.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20.
Counsel were finally heard in the appeal of Sir W. Lewes t.
Morgan--Judgment postponed.
The Marquis Chohnondeley took the oaths and his seat.
l'he Mutiny 11111 went thronzit a Cournitte,7.

MtRCII 21.
Mr. Came pre;ented several accounts :lam the Ordnanea,
Office.
The Mntiny fill, and the Marine Mutiny Mil, were real a
third time and passed. —Adjourned.
FXID %V, Mann: 22.
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a 5..., am- riga YTICIACIII, anti gape of (;unil Hope Trod, mu,
Lord DERN% presented a petit:on front the nantilacturers
and others or the town of Lancaster, ag.tio,t the Inaolvent
Debtors 11111.

FIN Ixcr.
The Marquis of L tasnows.t: rose to deprecate any endea-
vour that his 31ajesty's Government might make for the exten-
sion of loans. Ile contended that Parliament ought to watck
amt btkii earn thkt the system of raising supplies by loan dig(
not involve the ccuntry iu distresses more serious, if possible,
than it laboured under at present.
The Earl of Liven root. said, there was no disposition on the
part of Government to rake supplies by any means beyond tue
establishment required for the country.
The Earl of LAI:M.:RIME took the opportunity to impress
on the Hoase the necessity of an early investigation respecting
the state of the currency. He considered the Government and
Parliament bound to meet the question fairly, and to give the
public all possible information upon that important subject.

sT.vrr. OF lIZEI.AND.
The Marfinia of LA PI!DOWNE cave notive of the intention of
the 3larquil of Iteckingharn to make a motion on Friday next
on the State of Ireland.

EAST INDIA ACCOUNTS AND SLAVE. TRADE.
Lord GRENVILLE. previous to making hi.= motion on the
Slave Trade, which stood on order, gave notice of his intention
to x proposition on a future day respecting the coedit-
situ' which hail long occurred in the account kept of the politi-
cal and commercial affairs in the Ea.t Indies. His Lordship
then adverted to the state of the Slaves in the West India Cola
nits, and observed that it eta necessary the House be
put in possession of infiirinatien respecting the operation of the
Abolition Bill. The Noble Baron intimated his intention to
introduce such a measure, iniel come Imde il by moving for (topic'
of laws and estilatiens in f!ieee in the West Indies for the Ea-
vermeil! of slaves; also for ail docionvinsrebpectitiz ate egert
produced by the Abolition Bill on the Black population of the
Colonies.

The motion, after a few observations from Lord Holland :aid
Earl Bathurst, was agreed to --Tiny House adjourm,,t.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, lio►nAr,ll[~Rrn ifs.
Prtitiona R.gaing the Property-Tax were pkv:zeitted fro,
Ab,•rk!e(ll, \l'oreeter,

The Marine Mutiny Hill was read s third time and pa•sed.
E Sir W. I.mon P.resentintz a retit.on :isainst the Propt rty.
T*% 6011) ealliUglOU, Stated his sent iniehts to be in unison wait
the petitioners.
Mr. limn Guam asked whether any As,istaint Surgeons had
been Appointed, since the peace, in the Dock-card:
Sir G. Warm Laimn replied, that there had been three ap-
pointed, the expellee of nitich appointments would be tiwnd is
the E.ntininte,.

A petition was presented from Southampton against the Pro.
perty•Ta•.
Lord Four FSTON said, in consequence of what hail passed,
respeeling the South .4444.1044 Petition hero:; In t, another meet-
ing %ram railed 4.n Satimtlity and to a minutes many hum.
duet', had signed it. A Rt. I ton. Geinle 'lnn had eased the
persons signing the petition paupers. 1,444.4 w, whether they

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were paupers or not, he would just mention a fact. A person
iu mean attire presented himself to sign the petition. On beteg
asked Wile was charged with the Income-tax, he replied, that
Me was charnel in this way—he rented ii house, and in conse-
litllgleV of the tax on property his landlord had raised his rut.
Now, he had reason .believe, that if the Property-Tax it as
nut persevered in. he shotdd hair hiS house at the old rent.
Thus for this person considered himself aggrieviid by the tax.
The petition was laid on the table,
Lord LASC:.:LI.E4 presented a petition from Sheffield, pray-
ing, that if the tax should be persevered in, it might puss in a
'monied state, considering it the best that could be adopted to
raise the Supplies.
The petition was laid on the table.
Lord Malang stated, that it was now SG years since the
county of York had bet n called together to petition on any
/abject; the populousness of the comity, and the vast mass of
beterogcne.,us matter emitained therein, were obstacles to call-
tug a gene.-al meeting. Lie hail, however, a petition to present
from a tut ruing, at vs Lich perhaps eight thousand freeholders
were assembled : at least he would say that upwards uf five
thousand aerially met. He could state, that as in the CUMe or
1a„,.01„. th.re were at York abuse some doxen gentlemen who
held up their hands agaiust the petition. The meeting was
held on Friday last, and though tits., time would not admit of sig-
natures sufficient to make the petition extend the length of
Westminster HAI, yet it was aimed by most of tke respectable
part of the county. He trustia, therefore, that alter the gote-
-
ral expression manifested against this tax, Ministers would lis-
ten to the voice of the people.
The petition was laid on the table.
Mr. Diet wioNu presented a petition from the county of
Perth in favour of the tux. wider certain modifications. He
shirt that it was signed by at persons (a laugh) ; inure would have
signed if time bad been allowed.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
THE CITY PETITION.
dir W. c., mils said, he held in his hand a Petition from the
. Merchants, Bankers, and Traders of the City of London,
which had been. agreed to at a public Meeting, convened by
AdvertNement ; and a more respectable Meeting had never
'Seen held, or one more determined to do that for which they
mei, namely, to petition respectffilly agaiust the renewal of the
Prorerty.tax. The distresses of th.: people vete so great at
present that they could not support tins tax any longer. They
*anted a breathtiug time. Cis e them that; and, afterwards
shew them the necessity for the tax, and they would submit to
it with cheerfulness. Besides which, it was necessity we
should have a something in reserve, in ease we should be again
threatened' m inveterate foe. Keep-the Property-tax in
reserve, and here would he a war resource of 14 millions—and
a war resource alone it ought to be.
"Yhe Petition was them brought up anti read.
Sir J. Suave bore his testimony to the respectability of the
Meeting at which- this Petition had been agreed to.
Mr. Alderman Amino was iu favour of the tax in a modified
state, but he should be ashamed of setting himself up against
the opinion of the people so generally expressed, an opinion
which he t hoped would induce his light Hon. Friend to
give lie measure lip.
Mr. BARING bore also testimom: to the high respectability of
the Meeting at which this Petition was adopted, and observed,
that the House had now the united opinion of the Corporation,
and of the commercial part of Londou, on this obnoxious Inca-

sure.
Mr. Art NAN DER declared himself in favour of the measure,
though he vv:as suffering severely, as well as many of his Con-
stituents, from its operation.
Mr. W. sistertt could not refrain from expressing his asto-
nishment at what hail fallen from the Hon.elentbeit who spoke
lest. That lion. Member had talked of his suffering uuder the
Tax, aunt the sufferings of his constituents. He believed the
Hon. Member should have cottfined his last expression to the
singular number. The Hon. Member was the representative
rim the respectable R.orough of Old Surum,and he (Mr. S) be.
lieved had one constituent.—(Jl laugh).
Mr. ALEX A!4DEIt explained. By his constitnents lie meant
these persons, who in his connnereial character, had entrusted
him with their property.—(lfror,hron.
The-Petition was then ordered to lie on the 'fable.
PRISSINFRS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Mr. HENN Ell wished to know whether the Prince Regent
bad lately received any 'sport front die Recorder. If lie had,
how it could happen that there were at present no less than 58
persons tinder sentence of death,. iu Newgitte upon whose
eases the Royal opiniog had not yet been taken-
Lord CAVILEIMAGH mirk, no Report had recently been made
tis his Royal. Highness; first, on account of his Royal Highness's
indispre ition ; and next,on account of the diffierilty there was
is assembling a proper Council at so great a distance from
town.
Lord lkirr..rne could mit refrain livm expressing his surprise
and indignation at what bad jest fallen from the Noble Lord.
Whtd he would ask, was the indisposition which kid flues shut
up the course and current of Royal Mercy, the brigtest jewel
isf the Crown? and what, he would ask, was the difficulty or
distance which :should have prevented the assembling a Conn-
ed and the proper Officer of the Law at that Councils If in-
stead of the illustrious person who-now wielded the supreme
authority of these realms huvine been at Brigkon, lie hail been
• Siitherlandt, the Council ought to base been neld. Feeling
ee he did-, he should move instanter for a Return of the Num-
ber of Persons under Sentence of Death in Newgate, together
with the Dates of their several Sentences.
The ATTORTI EI'AiENER /A saw no necessity fur the present
emotiou.. The inconvenience of holding a Council for this pur-
pose, independent of the illness of his Royal Highness, would
lie great, as the attendance of the great Legal Charac-
ter, of the kingilum woitirl he necessary; whilst little iucon-
sienietwe could result from the delay of holding a Commit, as,
although the numbet confined was certainly great, yet few- of
that number,. when reported would setter.
Mr. C.IW IiNNE conceived it to be a most importent eireuni-
stance that no Conned should he held for receiving Ike Re cor-
der's report ter sa long a period. Could it be said, that keep-
ing these unfortunate victims of the law in suspend'. for so 10-g
art interval was no evil:—Besides, sae great injury which tits
Public sustained by the delay. Piiiiisliment for the sake of
example !Moth' fellow quickly upon sentence. If in lung de-
layed, the crime Gm whiedt the of suffered was forgotten,
arid half the eilvets of punishment was Wet.
Tue mention was the!, agreed to.
THE PROPERTY-TAX.

The Hone then, ua the motioned' Mr. VA s strrAzr went into
a Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. VANsgrrAgx said. it was with considerable satisfaction
that he at tenth tuna(' the Haase in a 6 ituaticii and temper for
receiving Isis statement ou the proposed renewal ..f the Pro-
perly-tax. With respect to the nece.sity of the restive, the
Ihmse had, after the fullest discussion, declared itself satisfied
"that the proposed Military Ditibkatilllellt was IleVittaX)