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London, England, 1808-06-04 00:00:00

SMALL NOTES.

•Mr. HusatssoN having given notice of, a Motion
for leave to' bring in a Bill to regulate and restrain
the issue of Promissory Notes re-issuable, stated, that
on consideration he was disposed to coincide -gene-
rally in the representations of those wbo were- of
opinion • that this credit, as well •as every other,.
ought to be left as free as possible. • But much MiS•
chief and confusion:arose from the froquentissnes Of
very small Notes, to the amount of 15 or 20 Oa,
the abuse_of, which was .very.general. To
Obviate this evil, he moved for leave to bring ih a
Bill to prevent the issue of
.Promissory Notes under,
the amount of 205. 4

Mr,MOMPSON represeMed,the'propriety of guard-
ing against the issue of checkS by one p4rtner of a
banking house. on. his fellow partners for teu or
Ofteen
Mr. Husxissor was aware of the variety of
ibapes in 4,1,ic1t the abuse existed, and. had t4ken
proper advice previous to the framing of this Bill,.
as to the best meads of covering every species of
abuse,

Sir JOHN' NEWPORT represented the variety and
extent of frauds formerly pratlised by the issuers of
.ribtes under il, in hetet-L(li ; and was therefore de.
airotts rbdt ri-rnedy by proper TeSisiotto'golowa ue
applicr.l i,) that country as soon as possible•.
tilt.P.ttNecc, said the circuLttioti of these small
note; was owing' to the deficiency of silver coins
end wishLd Ministers to apply the only effedual
t‘anetly, which was a new silver coinage.—Leave
was given to 4rini; inthe.

HACKNEY COACHES.
'Mr. Elusicissot.i rose, to trove for leave to bring
in a Biil for the better regulation of the FareS of
13acliney Coaches. According to a former it it
was provided, that when the price of oats waiubovo'
one guinta a quarter, an increase of eo per • cent.
should take place on Hackney Coach Fares in sotng
cases,' and 3t) per cent. in others. The price .of
oats had of late years been almost uniformly. above a
guinea a quarter, but the uncet minty of the calcula-
tion 01 tlit%a4Vance on all fares, had given rise to
great ahnses, without providing sufficiently for the
!mere:it or tie coaclitnaster. In order to gUard
against these ahuses'in future, and to give the coach.
'baster a fair and ecrt.iin profit, he proposed to
crOtince ti.,.e(.1 regulations in the present Bill: -It was
also meant to include a provision to guard against
the pi-eilice now tery prevalent, and very in;itirious
to hackneycopehmen; of totage-coadhes befoligaii to
thelillages near town, taking up passengers in one
patt of the town, and setting- than down in anotlier,
within the proper anti exclusive limits of the hack-
nev-c6.tchrireb.—Leave -was given to bring in the

SgottETAit at. WA it obtained leave r(i 1,1-',l")g
in a Bill i'() Oiliceis to, Account for
vai'd toft:iern nu,kr o.e Acts.
The CliANcLt.Loa 01 the Exclir.QUEIZ 1110Ved for
the Adjfitunment of the! Cointuittee op the Curates'
Bill till, \V,liwidny, lie.. pit.Pi),c±;;4l sl;(itAci be
the &tarot' lifter tint rcreess:—Ordered.
1)(1r. -Waixttpoti, brought ul.l' the 13..epr,rt- id the
Scottib Bill.--Ordefed,tch.Le.te:id 4
third 11iT);....4.0) \Vedoetiday. •
Th 4 llt-solatiotv;o(tht: cwrituittee on the Anirri
ean Trade were. 11,4-sorted, and a Bill ordered
sva 'tVserwards brotp lit in by
toi.F., read a'tir,,it- and ordered to beread a ?e-
-;mid time on Wedn4sday.
COURTS MARTIAL,

LYTI'LIro?I, pursuant to hii nutice, ro-.ys: to
rnovc for kayo To bring in ar3ilf to Atnetid.the Con-
stitution <if Courts He was aWare of the
onje..-Tion again,t ihtLif,ering with the prerogativc.---
Bbt tl ititt....rit..rence that tie proposed would be fir
iron) infriszing thrjust rights of tne Crown. In.
ro.age h.,cl tht:Cro.wn the puWer of Tnaniging the
whole AdiuluiitratiOil uf 'the rny itS tintint4ecl
discretion, The Iiit?.„11 Cunstitble and Earl Marshal
in aricienit rimei regulated the afitirs..of toe. ,ifIAY
under 4nr rcvonsibilny. On 'the attainder at that.,
ford, Duke ot fitiek'n.2)-airn; High Constable in the
r !ign of Henry the Eighth, that, Monarch f,isSbined
and exercised the Whotc powers of the 'sttperit,tend-
vice and .2-,ovvrottlent the artny. But the arbi7
itr.try p;inciplcs at thJ Monarch, and hjsimmediaie
stte,:cors, rcndered thpse.practices no. precedent for
the jiist;ce of modern times: Alter the tievolution,

•when better principles and juster notions iprevailed,
William the Third conceived that by, the preroga,,
rive he had not pow.ers to punish the mutiny of a
Scotch regiment at Dumbarton, on the appointment
of a .Foreign 'Officer, the Duke of Schomberg, to be
their Colonel. King William applied to Parliament
fur powers a-del:lstate to the case, and Parliament paSse
ed the Mutiny AA; which was a sieindiug precedent
for Parliamentary interference in the jndicial admi-1
niitration of the 'army. He aliowed that Courts
Martial were, generally. speaking, so constituted es-
to form the most proper tribunal for judging mili-
tary cases. But he considered it es a defeat, that the
legal Officer who attended t 6 do justice between the
Prosecetor and the Crown, in the management of
the prosecution,
.weis, in, leaf, ao.Officer of the
Crown. The power of that Officer ought, there-
fore,' to be under proper guards. He adverted
,to a
recent case, (that of Mr. Cochrane Johnstone) in
which the officer was acquitted by the .Court, but
dismissed from his. Majesty's service by an invisible
and unaccountable power. He did not mean to.
'Cleuy the right of his Majesty to employ or to diimiss
what cfficvrs lie pleased. ' But when a court Mar-
tial was einploydd, it* was right that its decisions•
should be• carried into. effeet, or proper reasons be
given to the contrary. He adverted to' the superior
situation of the Navy on this 'head, and cited the
case of Capt. Coffin, tried at Halifax by Cburt Mar-
tial, and ordered to be distnissed his ship. The Ad-
iniralty assumed the right of dismissing Capt. Col-
tie from the Navy altogether. But Coffin appealed
by memorial to his Majesty against the decision; mid
the Judges to whom the matter was referred, con-
sisting of persons not inimical to the Crown, among
whom were Lord Kenyon, Lord Loughborough, Sir
James Eyre, and Sir Francis huller, reversed the de-
cisicin of the Adniiralty, and re-establishes the right
'of Cepte Coffin to be employed in his profession...—
! He saw. no rea3bn why a similar controul and revision
should not exist in the, army. The special cluty,of
LMilitary Officers to the Crown, and their looking for
' ipromotion to the Crown only, devoted them p,articus
!lady to the Crown, and rendered their deco ions at
;least nut properly open to be enforced in rigour by
the Crown. - He thought the right of Parliitmentary
.intervention clear; the exercise of that right he pro-
posed should he Moderate.' Ile proposed that the
sentences of Courts Martial should be immediately
' declared without reference' to the Crown ; and that
iit case of acquittal,, the decision of it should be
filial, and carried into immediate. c::ecution ; and, If
the Court, Or parties, or witnesses should be guilty
of any improper cOndedeluring the trial, the Crown
should be empowered to lowish them. He moved
for leave to bring in ii Bill to expedite the decisions
of Courts Martial, and to preveet undue interference
therewith. '. • . , .
The 'SECRETARY at WAR represented that the
measure proposed could not possibly be entertained-
in:the present Session, .as it 'was incompatible w ids
several' provisions in the Mutiny Att, partieularly
with that which bound Members of Courts Martial
to keep their' deersiohs secret till they should kw
revised-by the Crown. But in answer to the gene-
ral reasoning of the Hon. Member, he should
argue, without going back to the times before the
Revolution, which afforded no precedent applicable
at present, that the interference proposed would be
injurious. The Hon. Gentleman allowed that his Ma-
jesty ought always to have the power of judging what
Officers he should emplby or dismieS. He Would as'
then, what difference the .alteratioe propesed in the
powers of Cowes 'Martial could 11,nike in the ease
allUded to (that of Colotiel Johnstone) ? SupPositee
• him acquitted by the Court, the. Hut). Member al4
lowed'his Majestytnight still dismiSs hirn. The irn,
Mediate promulgation of the sentences of the Courts
.Martial would be in many, cases cruel to the.Officeri
themselves ; for it would deprive his Majesty et the
exercise of that beneticial mercy by which he often
remitted a censure br reerimarid, in consideration of
matters diet were specified with honour to the Uitie
cer in question, so as to leave hiM still in tlee ser-
vice :with tenimpairedeand
,sometimes even eealted
eharaitler. The peal service and the Military were
distiat irt chargfer, constitution and GOverreeent,
'Fiore laws ,aepliceble to the.one were frequently in-
applicable to the other. There Was no good grotilet
tor interfering with that system !sy setneh the army
bad now been governed for a. century, without
any ,complaiet on the part 'of the soldiers or time
people. Any other eystem would, he was sure,
be attended with injury. The mutual revision of
the Mutiny Bill was the proper . Parliamentary
contruul, and *a WO amply suffitient for it,k.ry gilud,
purpose. . • ..' .
• , Sr Veerzcis 'l3l.lllDE:rri from the options fa&
cif eiaval divip!itte hi:Mg.. adequate to ie coy good
purpose, .saw. no reasee • why
,the more jest and
equitable constitution or Nmei CentteM areal should
' not extend to the Army. He adverted to the
case 01COlenel„ Cochrinie' JoheStone, and' ht4isted
• on the hardship 'orpuiijshiqg
.that Gentleman, after
lee: had been cempletely eacquitted by the Cutter
11startial. • .
, '. Sir A. 'WELLESLEY 'observed that the measure
proposed, would, go tiut only to alter the, Mutiny .4\ t,:
ten.elso all toe Articles of ear, The Navy was'
the'cltiratUriatie and celistitutienal fOree'elfiritain,
acid; May theiefore he governed 'mere by the re,
gelatieiss of the Legislature. But the Army was a:
iiew fore; arising but Of The • extrd,)rdiitary exigeik-
, cots' of iiicidern times, and, from every ceosideratido
, of expedieoFy and necessity,' must be left under the;
corniced-of the• Crown. . ' .
. ' General. FITiPATRICE; was ready to admit that
Courts .Martial required a reform-to render the eon-
- sthution of them, and come of. their tortes of pros
ceedinge.more eieisisteett ewitli the general spirit of
British law.: Bet the preseei proposition 'went moo"
far. If time power of the Cr6Ak;tl was -toe munch ,re-'
bleed, ilie.,Army would le:., omue highly, dairPL.rous
. to the People, ;kuid';o the Cre,,,va also. He alldWed
m .the extree hardsliiii. (it' tl:olonel Cochrane; ''.Johie-
stone's cam:, alio wound havt.t- been - happyie it lied'
, been 'in-hiS power to remove the liariship that Gen-
tleman had! Futfered. But its . the power Of the
Crown was uoiiiiiited, and very properly' propo4d
`'to he left so a 3 to 1V hat Odic,:vs it would employ, he
did not see' the'exeicisci of his 'Majesty's dis-
cretion'could be.remedied by any measure preposiee
net to meddle-With it. The. Commander in Chief?,
(Wiling by :the letter of the
.Judge' Advoctite., that
Colonel Johnstone was, not an Officer agreeable to
His Majesty; ah,;tatued from recommemileg 'him
ii his turn lot prohiotion. The only thing. , that`
was open. to rtinedy on that proceeding, was to seu,,,

der the Judge Advocate responsible for 'the advice
be should give to his Majesty, and that had alreadv
been done by a clause in the Mutiny Act, s adopticl
.by the House on- his suggestion. The system of
the Navy was inapplicable to the army in many
cases : fir instance, a, Captain of 'a Man of War
had the power to.order a man to be flogged without
a trial. Thefirst Officer in the Army t:ad no such
power,
.and he should be sorry to think.hcbad. He
allowed it: was desirable . that the powers of the
Judge Advocate should be defined and understood
and recommended .to the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man who filled that office, to introduce birnsellsotne
sneasure to that effea.

After. some explanation from the SECRETARY at
WAR., Mt RshOrt reply from Mr. LYTTLETON, in
which he recommended the general principles of
his olotion to the consideration of the House, and
deseanted, at some le4gth; on the hardship of
„Johnstone's case, Mr. LYTTLETON withdrew • his
motion.

Sir W. ELFORD deferred till 'Wednesday his no,
tice of motion relative to Plymouth Dock.
On the Motion of the CHANCPLLOR of the Ex-
CalliQUEli, it was ordered, that the Houseishonld, at
its rising this day, adjourn to Wednesday next.

Sir fOUN NEWVORT moved, that the Memorial
of Messrs. Simmons, complaining of the detention cf
certain Irish Woollen Goods at Liverpool, under
'the demand of .a fluty contrary to the Articles of
'Union, should be printed; and it. being obvious
that the charge of breach of the Articles of Union
was made good by them; he gave notice that he
should make a motion ,on the subjefit on Thursday
next.

SUGAR DISTILLATION.
• Lord BINNING having moved the second reading
of the Sugar Distillation Bill, ,
Mr. BRAND, while he all&ved that if a. real scar-
city were apprehended) such a measure would be ad—
visable as a precautionary measure, contended that
no such appearance of a scarcity existed. .
Mr. MARROTT defended the principle of the Bill,
which was similar to the principle that had keen en-
forced three yeais.ago by the Gentlemen opposite
against the West India Planter, on whose recom-
mendation 'Parliament allowed the "importation of
sugar from the East Indies. Adverting to an ex-
pression used by an BonoUrable Gentleman (Mr.
Coke), that the West India Islands were of no More
use to this Country,than so many osier beds is the
River Thames, he'shewed the advantage with Great
Britain derived from 1110'4 islands, by the trade ext.
cited, by which even, the lands of that Honourable
Gentleman himself owed: their great increase in ta-
lue. .11etwean this period and 06tober,• 300;000
hogsheads of sugar wou,ld arrive in the various ports
of the United Kingdom. AS 400,000 hogsheads
Was the extent of the annual consumption 9f the
Empire, what, ip the present state of Europe,
t 4 become of the surplus? The enemy had avowed.
,that he had two ohjeels in view, the ruin of our
trade, and the withholding froM us food: 'This'
measure would coupteraa both. these (Meets.
Mt. Bpsts spoke against the

vided.

Mr. BATIIVBST declared that na one was more
disposed than himself to espouse the. interests ofagri-
culture, and to contend that they should be as Lttle
interfered with as possiiile; but he maintained that
this was a ease in which that interference was ren-
dered necessary In same pa; ts of the country there
certainly was a want of the necessaries of Pt4e, and
it appeared to him that by the present BR the
dOublef'Objea ‘Aould "be gained of supplying that
want, and relieving tkie distress of the West India
Planters. .
Mr. D.. GIDDY did not objet to the Bill on the •
ground of an alledged scarcity, but on the groprid
which 41 been ,further stated for it, of its operating
Nvourably on. West Iti.dia commerce.
Mr. Conn,. defendingr comparison of the West
India Islands to osier edi in the ThaMes; observed,
that .tliy..‘,vcre the caw tired' islands alone to which
he.had alluded. The West India Planter had brought
their distresses, in a great tneasurei upon themselves;
and he could not consent to giving them relict by op-
pressing the people of this country. 4it the same
time he lamented that they were so distreised, and
would be happy could any unobjectionable Mode be
devised.of relieving them. 'He slid not contend fbr
a high price of corn ; the present increase of bar-
Joy to !WS. was owing entirely. to the agitation of this
sobjea. •This conformity to fortrler
rience. When the crop of ode sort of Corti failed,
- the farmer must' have • a larger price' for other de-
scriptions of corn to. mike -it up. The Distilteric..s
were one of the greatest vents for c,qn, if you wisik.
for a surplus, you ,must, give every encouragement
for consumption that human natur9 can devise. He-
ridiculed the idea of a scarcity, and expressed his
complete" dissent from ll;le Bill: .
Mr. EYRE said, that if he. thought the rneas,,ra
before the HOuse were at All calculated tcoatrea .the
intertiftts,of agriculture, or to Pr4duce.that scarcity
which it was intended to prevent, he should be one

of the last men in the world. to 'vote for it,, The

landed interest had taken a folse alarm on the sub-
ject. He highly approved of relieving the West In-
dia' Merchants, from wh;ch the Ittnded interest itself
would
taltiolatcly derive the greatest.benefit. * ,
' Mr. WILBERFORCE 'Was of opinion that thointer7,
est of the Planter and the interest of the Farmer
tviire- not outs'
manufacturerti of the 'populous county which he had
the honour to represent were eniightened enough to
he completely. convinced, of this tact.' So far was this
fiomi a rash and injudicious interference with ihe'in-'
terests at agriculture; that be was satisfied the mea-
kure under consideration would operate as a protec-
kidn to theta ;, and, he felt, and believed the country
at large would.
,fetil, that his Majesty's. Ministers
exercised a sound discretion. in the support ui
tido' Bill.
Mr. N. CALNERT
w opposed. the, Bill.
,
J:'NE'rowr was convinced of the implol
priety of tampering. with this subjeet. It. it is ere.
intended' in-ad as a precaution against scarcity, the
time at Which the, •11111 was to operate would be too
late: By the agnatimi of the question the Distilleries
sethad been sto work, and a -much greater quantity
df corn had been used by heel) than would okherwi.te
have been dohe in .tlte same period. He was per-
fe fly It would to a tail measure to the
tillag .40'20:
' "After some ,further discussion,- in which .Mr.
Maiming, Sir J. Hall, :Mr. Western, Lord W.
• iit,owll.,•anct several other Members; whose baNes

we could na leap, pacticipatt, the

On the diviskon the numbers wee,
For the second reading . . . go '
Againt it . ,
The Bill was then rats a second titre, aid ordered
to be committed.
The Committee on the Dublin Police 81l was put
off to Thursday next.
ENGLISH LOCAL MILITIA BIIL.
Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Order a the Day
for the further consideration Of the Reptrt on the
Euglish Local Militia Bill ; after which tle- Bill wgi
ordered to be re-committed, sn far as rated to tilt
two. Clauses reserved on a former night On the
Clause for requiring persons who claim esemptions
in consequence of having paid the fine under the
A6l, to sign
,a declaration that they had uat'paid
rmeans of itty, insurance, or otherwise than
%vim
'their own property, being read, I
Mr. BaNets objeeted toothe Clause, on .he grotm"
that it would make the Measure bear heavily new
the lower classes, whilst it would operate ligilOY °n
the higher classes. If personal service %veto ell-
forced iu every instance, the measure would net
operate se unequally. But as substitution was not
allowed, he thought that the lower classes Should be
permitted to relieve th m
eselves from the pressured.
the fine by insurance, as otherwise the meastir°
would be odious in the Country.
The SECRETARY at WAR was surprised at the
opposition made to this Clause, because it would go
to the whole of the Bill. Tiiis Clause Was absolute-
, ly necessary to render the Bill operative; as, if'''.
surance was allowed, the Bill would never talte'ef'
feet. The burthen of the service could riot •
be, •
heavy, • or' the ntintia6r of Volunteers who offered
to serve as Local Militia wailed not be.
as great as the faat proved it'to be.
Mr. WINDHA* thought. this Clause mosthghlYi
objectionable, because it unposed a heavy palb,a
burthen .oti individuals at the lower class
public service, without allowing.
theta settle
'• themseves ttainst 'it by insnrance. The loeilor,sie
ought either to enforce in eVery•i eistance person-1'
service, or insurance should .be -allowed; becauie
ia
every case the lesser evil will be. preferred. In the
lower classes the fine will be a gre:ater than Peir't
sonal service, and they of course must serve,
with the higher classes the fine will be te6 lesser
evil,. and they of course will pay the title, and nor
submit to their personal service. The service W.
be ruin to many persons in business, h
w-0 ma!
serve; and if:the service be ruin, the fine \%;lllCh
for the
tx
to compel it:tuust equally be rtkinous. O. •
,11terefore, was given, as Was -stated by the No',;
Lord, because either alternative must be rt)in.tet,l7,
iedustrlouS:clesses, whom wteuld be tnos. t
destt
to proteet.
Lord CASTLEREAGU stated, that thtno were otilY
two ways of mitigating the severity ef'couscrieto,
byballoc-rrnitigation 'by tine, or mitigation by atID
stitution. He preferred the mitigation by flue, and
:
was not surprised at the opposition of the Right
nourable Gentleman, because etc was most anilll3"
in resisting any principle that was borro%ved teem
himself, the fine being the principle Of. his To, igl./;nag
-
Bill, which did nut aJmit of substitution: rril
surance he looked upon as Injurious to the vnntta7'
Service. In .t.he case of insurance Offices, t'!'
endeavoured, as was oatnral, to obtain
the men on the cheapest terms, and so far neer-.
fered with the recruiting of the army. The sani°
etre& was produced by the Insurance Clubs, and Ell'
the assistance afforded by the parishes to individuals,
of a particular description. The insurance, if
lowed in this instance, would have the et e°
°-
e-
wiehdrawing the men from the service. The
vice under .this Bill was different loom
(he permanent Militia Establishment ; for wiltel.
persons. could not enter into the latter without 6e;
sire:ition to all their domestic habitaand prosPebe.
in life, the service under the former would ['net
attended by that ruin which the Right Hon' ['Gall'
stleman apprehended. The peratiss ton of insurap,
would have the effea of throwing the Whole berth. 'n
vithdra,,,k neig
of service upon the poorer classes,
all those whose means enabled them, by
to cover them,elves from the personal service-
that ut:der.
was cotiVinced that insurance was at ceniplett v j
riance with ;the pritiipits of the measure,
therefore he could not consent to allow it, ender no.),
circumstances to interfere with the operatioe of tio'
Bill.
worded, appeared to be too severe; le!cause,:;
Mr. DAVIES GIDDY thought that the chose, 11',
would seem that in every iostimce, the nue
to be the property of the eel paying" it, wheel
p
he was of opinion that parents should 00 „
to Pay for their and .masters for their ogre"
t;,ces-or. servants. a a*
Mr.I.IAI3INGTON spoke at some length, an-
tilt)
far as we could collect,. was suit adverse

Clause. - .
theywhO insured would. not do it to wittuloto
Lora H. PETTY contended, that by insuranco
themselves from the service of the Counq, 1)1"r if
enable them to tweet an optkm held out to tne'll Dhje
the LegiSlature. He insisted also that kt
middle class of. industrious persons that wonk" I .y'
the prohibition of insurance, be ruined, eithed),..
the fitie, or by personal service, .to the ottw.
struction of their.- business or, professions. , e'.
ti rely disapproved of the Clause.
Lard CAM-EBB/WM acceded to the principle Og;
gested by a GentTean (Mr. Giddy), 'and laid., e
m t/
doubt, that a provisio 'might be prepared to abeero
fathers to pay the tine fOr their sons, And !Pas!
tur their-apprentices, or *ea yams, ‘vithout interte`
in, with the general operation Of int.;
Mr. WINDUANI again insisted that this 103"
would operAte lightly on the higher clasself 41. 1!
heal,
tier a'
fete e poor. • divine
After awords from Mr. WYNNE, a
lion took place. When tlw numbers were--
- .For the Clawc,
. Aviiist it

... -
Majotity _
,„ ..--9, • -..
I The other Clauses were then agreed to, and
',tilt
I-Touse having resumed, the Report *was t''"`,:rgt.
up, when the Spealt.:r informed the HoLl'". ',;',l '
the tl,ule Report was now belore-the }-IJose; "",„
that the Muestion would be that the Atueuthoc;l!;,
of the Committee •oe agreed to, which, i'Aiss:.l /
the affirmative. • .
.
I se, • •
_ Lord cASTLERE.IGII .hen brought up tile. C.t3tri
requiring the Clefks of SibilivisiOns to 6ive ,:ii
j•rity by bc;nd to the Deputy Lieutetunt, Or ''' •

r

i{

,
sums aatney snouto receive; Whieri were sere-
' ially agreed to. • • , •.•
Also a clause to regulate the mode of "making
Returns of the' days of attenctance• of Volunteers at
drill, and Clauses for apportioning and raising the
number of Local Militia in the Cinque Ports, to-
;ether with several other ClauseS, Which: were seve-
,.ally agreed to.
The Amendments having been gone through,
Lord CASTLEREAGH proposed Wednesday next for
the third reading of the Bill.
Mr..WlNbaxxt expressed his surprise that the
Noble Lord should be so anxious to precipitate the
last stage of the Bill, the more. so, as it had this
:light been allowed to `proceed into two stages.
Lord CASTLEREAGH felt no less surprised at the
surprise 'of 'the Right Honourable Gentleman, for
surely no hurry had, taken place in the progress of
•• t;,6 Bill; Cu Wednesday last the Bill was m a Com-
wittee, and then the yuly clauses to which the
[tilit Honourable Gentleman had objeCted 'were
under consideration. There was now to occur
an interruption of businesis for three or four days,
and during that period the Rie,ht Honourable Gen-
ileman would surely be able to make up his mind
with respe to any further objettions which it might
he his intention to offer against the principle or the
protisions of the Bill.
Mr; W. WYNNE, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. CAL..
CRAFT, were exceedingly anxious the third reading
of the Bill might not be pressed for IVednesday.
next, especially.if. the Curates Stipend Bill was to
take precedence of it. The Bill was unquestion-
ably of More importance than any of those which
. were said to stand in the. way. It was therefore
their wish that the Bill should take precedence of
any other, if not on Wednesday next, at least on
Thursday or"kriday.
. Lord CASTLEREAGH and the CHANCELLOR of the
"EXCHEQUER observed, that the business which stood
for thoz.* days could not possibly be postponed. The
second reading of the Curates' Bill was to have come
on immediately utter the Easter recess; and the
Dublin Police Bill was with universal consent fixed
for Thursday, it being utterly inconvenient for many
Irish Members !io attend after that day.
Mr. WINDHAM and Mr.•CaLcaxim still pressed
their objections to Wednesday ; when the question
whether the Bill, be read a third time on Wednes-
day, betore the discussion on the
,Curates' Bill, ;was
rut, and the House divitied
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,A yes
Noes
, Sir 4', NEW ORT was for postponing to a future
gay the Repott of the Committee on the Irish Ft-
4arice, as. far as respected the admission of Catho-
lics into the DireCtion of the Bank of lieland. This
VroPosition produced a very warm conversation,
which we cannot undertake to detail ; we have only
to Say that the worthy Baronet's proposition was

• The 'other Orders of the Day were then deferred,
and the House adjourned at two o'clock till Wt•d-
uesday next. . i ,
. .

• MAILS.
. ,
Akitl.V&D-a Dublin, ',Waterford. Duz—t Gottenburo,
Waterford.

T 'S U N.

SOLZU QUIS rICL&L VALt'Uld AUD&AT t

LONDO
s&I'UIUMY, JUNE 4, 'l4OB.

, Yesterday some intelligence reached Town froth
Spain, which, confirths the account we some days
ado laid before our Readers, respelling the determi-
nation of the People of Seville to maintai their in-
dependence agalast the Fiench. They have talien!
Possession of the Arienals, .in which there. was an
immeuie quantify of arms. The accounts from
whieliCithe doWn to the 1•501 ult.lare rathet
est a wntradiclOry nature.. Some of them say,_ that
event ofimportanCe had taken place in that City;
white according4o others, the' Patriots had got pod-
l':-'s*ll°n of the Forts and the Shipping in thetlarbour.
The British, Troops did not 'sail ,from Gibraltar till
t 4th ult; and if, is we have every reason to be-
, Iltve, they sailed in Consequence of an arrange-
.lneht between the British Admiral and the Spanish
G'vertior, it is most probable that no measure of
141Pottance would be attempted in Cadiz until their
arrival.

Li

WE hav6 eitraded from the Foreign Papers '
liel)Ptt made by the Minister of the Home Depart-
mera of Naples, to KibgJusgru, in which that,Mi-
b lister labo..,rs with great earnestness to detail all
.2'e benefits for which the people of Naplei ace in-
"bted to their beloved Soya 4ion. It appears, however,
fr6irithe same Report, that. these Neapolitims are too':
'"Pid to perceive, or too ungratefulto acknowledge, ,
tr"e advantages which have been heaped upon them..
their new SoVereign,lor he has found it neces.:
33TY to keep an army of 5.0-,(.0 °Trench Troops in Na:,
Pit's. It may perhaps be Said that these o,ooo.Fiencla-
-I't(4)ps are no,; stationed in Naples to keep the pea.
°t in submisbion, but to defend it against the Egg-
; but at the conclusion of the Report we.fuld it
o°6itively stated that no apprehensions whatever
'11.4 entertained of any attacks of the English—that
ti'e Neapolitan Artriy amounts to tfilwards of 2 1000
'nen, and' that the English Troops in Sicily do- not'
tacked 10,00 u men. We believe, .however, that
the real fad is, that King JossOn is seriously afraid,
Both
ta ily)nfhis own subje&s and of the English, and he
er
has no slight grounds for his apprehension.

It Was yesterday reported that the' Russian Mini-,
'ter'had quitted Paris in consequence t.)f the recent
''euts which have I.appened in Spain. It is ob-
"Qus, however, from air examination of the dates,

that the, intelligence of the depotiltion of the KIVG of
Sti4tN Could not Wye. reached retersburgh time
enough for the Russian Minister to hare received orders
td Olt Paris, and return borne, andhe certainly iyoLld
riot lthre taken upon himself the responsibility of

such a Step without orders. It is possible, howeVer,
that the Russian Minister may have gone to Bayonne,
and that may have giVen rise to the report in clue's-