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Sated his objections in a very able and a very powerful speech
speech that was calculated to make a considerable impres-
sion, not alone from its own attractive nature, and the very
sincere tone in which it was declared, but because it was sin-
gularly contrasted, both in argument and manner, from the
speeches of such of his Hon. Colleagues who had discussed that
great subject. But impressive as it certainly was, he trusted
to would be able to skew that it should not drive him one inch
from the ground he had taken. He should first re-affirm all
that he had laid down in his original speech. With respect to
the Hawkers and Pedlars being heard by Counsel, notwith-
standing the denial of the Right Honourable Secretary, he beg-
ged to say that he was supported by the Journals of the House,
for having just perused them, he found that the entry specified
the facts. He was equally borne out in the other precedents.
On the Massachusets Bill, a Bill which, for state and imperial
.Irpores, Went to interdict the whole trade and intercourse of
Aely England with Great Britain and her other Colonies, the
parties aggrieved were heard by their Counsel and Agents.
Not only the parties aggrieved were heard, but the Traders of
London and Pool • and not only these parties for their own in-
terests about to be affected—but the Society of Quakers also,
Who appealed. to the justice of Parliament in favour of their
fellow subjects of America, upon the principles of ao enlarged
humanity.—(Hearthanked his Hon. Friend, the Mem-
ber for Limerick (Mr. Spring Rice), who never rose in that
Rogge without giving strong proofs of his knowledge, and his
love of country, for another precedent, completely in point,
and which he (Mr. Brougham) had overlooked. It was a pre-
cedent of the Irish Parliament, and which, since the Union,
Was binding upon the Imperial Parliament. In that Parlia-
ment, on a Bill alleged to be for the security of the Protestant
succession, Sir T. Butler and Sir Stephen Rice were heard for
themselves and others, against the provisions of that Statute,
which declared that no man could hold any office who did not
take certain oaths, and subscribe to certain declarations, oaths ,
and declarations to which they, as Catholics, could not conform.
In that statute the Catholics were not mentioned, no more than
the Catholic Association was mentioned in the present Bill—
and Yet the Legislature did not refuse to hear the parties ag-
gTieved.—(Hear, hear !)—The present petitioners knew well
that the Association was the very object at which the present
Bill aimed; they knew that its real object was to put them
down, and by putting them down, to deprive the whole Ca-
thclic body ofits security and main stay. But we were for-
sooth told, that the Bill was not levelled against the Catholic
Association. Against whom then, he asked, was the whole
speech of the Right Hon. Secretary, the champion of the Bill,
and its ablest defender, that night levelled ?—(Hear, hear!)—
The Right Honourable Secretary, with the exception of the
Right Honourable the Attorney-General, was the only man
who has fairly grappled with the question. Where has lie
rested it ? What was its basis ? Against whom will it be ap-
plied ? Here was the issue on which he met the objection.
It was in vain to trifle with the fact. It was against the Catho-
lic Association, and that body only, that the Bill, as well as
the speech of its Right Honourable defender, was levelled.--
(Rear, hear !)—lt was because that Association, increasing in
Power and strength, and backed by the Irish people, from hav-
ing witnessed and felt the benefits of its exertions--it was be-
cause these petitioners had alarmed the jealousy and excited
the fears, and, perhaps, the envy of the Executive Government,
that they were to be extinguished by a penal enactment._
Hear !)—:.The Right Hon. Secretary had charged him with
Inconsistence in now supporting the right of these petitioners,
though in a case respecting negroes, he (Mr. Brougham) op-
Puled the interference of Counsel. What was the fact ? In
that case a highly esteemed friend—a friend of many years con-
nection, Mr. Stephen (the Master in Chancery) offered him-
self at the bar to be heard as Counsel. That enlightened man
came forward-from his own humane suggestions. He was not
connected with the parties—he was not employed by their
blasters, neither was he directly interested ; he had neither
With nor authority. But what similitude had such a case,
,Iyath. the present ? The aggrieved parties were now at your
4sar•—(Hear, hear, hear !) —The negroes from Ireland were
r,low waiting your 'decision. They declared themselves ca.
ttltinniated and slandered, and in the name of coalmen justice,
u,e,Y demanded to be allowed the opportunity of refutation.—
in ear hear, hear !)—As to the supposed inconsistency aris-
,l?g from the opinions he had expressed on the Bridge-street
"r„"ng, he differed toto sago from the arguments of the other
K'oe• The inconsistency might have been supported had he
taken any measure to put down that Association by any penal
statute.—(Hear, hear !)—Did he ever propose or proposed any
restraining Bill to extinguish it ?—(Hear, hear !)—No ; much
as he censured the motives and objects, he still thought that by
the mere enforcement of Constitutional Law a termination
Foula
abe_s_put to the efforts of jobbing, mercenary and meddl-
ing
cing- (Hear, hear, hear !)—He came now to the main
uSrecrguin• entv and here he must say, that the Right Honourable
s _ eLary (fir. Peel) did not keep his word by uniting him-
te fto the immediate question in debate. But it was perhaps
9 be accounted for by the example given by his Majesty's
Solicitor-General, who had that evening favoured them with a
sePeech, which was evidently intended for the four nights' dis-
tssi°n•—(A laugh.)—But to this conclusion did the Right
Honourable Secretary come. " I dare not," said he, " for
Your cloud of witnesses, I will listen to no refutation, I want
penther proofs, neither shall this House receive any docu-
ts'_ And yet there is strong reason to believe that the
parliament were very near having laid before them some do-
;n'ents. It was supposed disorderly to know what passed
1 another place; and yet it had gone abroad, indeed it had
been heard by Members of that House, that by a Minister
.?,1 the Crown the present bill was declared to be not an
cnglish, buts an Irish measure. Perhaps the difficulty
7as to ascertain from what portion of the Irish Govern-
liment it proceeded, as that Government was of as diversified
~chequered a composition as the Cabinet of Great Britain.
t(1, this," continued 111 r. Broug;ham," I am quite certain, that
„," the measure came to the English Government, recommend-
-1:4 hY the Noble Lord at the head of the Government of Ire-
; if it had the sanction of the Right Hon. the Attorney.
zeneral for Ireland, whose honest sincerity in the Catholic
b Use I never have doubted, and never can doubt, until lie,
his conduct, compel me to doubt it (and although confi-
,`_lence is said to be a plant of slow growth, so also with me is
mistrust)--if 1 say there exist in the office of the British Govern.
is Is
a document from the Irish Government recommending
:!s measure, it is not the only document respecting it which
111 their possession. I have no doubt whatever that events
oz,ltt circumstances induced the Noble Marquis to advise
in adoption of such a proceeding as that which is now
bq Progress through this House ; by the same courier which
01;.?1,-ight that advice, was also brought an urgent representation
oLtne necessity of accompanying the measure of severity with
h 7 of conciliation. If so, those have much to answer for who
sre suppressed the milder part of the communication ; those
Much to answer for who have stated the severer, uncoil-
f;,.eQ with the mitigatinr, portion of the recommendation. They
41'elnuch to answer for to the country, they have not a little to
answer
fo, for to the House, but they have most of all to answer
for to the Noble Marquess at the head of the Irish Govern-
6rt, and to the Right Honourable his Majesty's Attorney.
4.7_0. for Ireland, in making them appear, contrary to their
ii"°,lrn and recorded principles, to recommend measures
tool arshness, unaccompanied by any mitigation, unac-
ast4auied by any qualification, unaccompanied by any
ote, unaccompanied, in short, by Catholic Emancipa.
eeou,(llear !)—Sir, the Bill before the House pronounces the
to eeemnation of the Catholic Association. It puts that body
rightutil• But, before it is thus doomed to destruction, it has a
tieo to be heard in its exculpation and defence. The Associa.
Melt toe
,charged with instituting prosecutions, with sending
tion,
ando ial under all the disadvantage of a previous investlga-
Ass_c.under all the odium of a declaration on the part of the
boar; lation of their guilt. As if such things had never, been
before! The Right Hon. Gentleman has said, that
the ‘`)IY subscribers to the Rent might be on the Jury ; and, by
the "Ye, he observed, that in this country those who paid for
rot, trosecution could not be witnesses, appealing to myself and
of/hrarned Friends on this side of the House for the accuracy
bate; °Pinion. As regards myself, the appeal was unfortu-
crieoiJor in answer to it I must say, that the expences of a
pms nal Prosecution in this country are generally paid by the
!tittle: 11t°1', and
.yet that nevertheless he is a very competent
Dy tils on the trial. However let that pass. But we are told
t:vvee
ieußtteight Hon. Gentleman that the Catholic Association
outraged the spirit of British jurisprudence, and
with Conducted their proceedings in a manner inconsistent
and a_u!tice and impartiality, by their previous investigation
they
_.claration of the guilt of the individuals against whom
ple'ollstatuted prosecutions. Is it so? A similar practice takes
Ih this the most ordinary, proceedings of the Criminal Courts
of Tuntry, even in the highest of those Courts—the Court
nlie—(pg 8 Bench ; for there, when a criminal information is ap-
tb I°r, under a Statute passed in the best times for the liberty
!,subject, namely, in the early part of the reign of William
‘loMiediately after that Act, the credit of which, by a
mannige blunder, has so frequently been given to his late Majesty
sat ofer the, Act by which the Judges were rendered independ-
whot Crown), when an ex-Vicio information is moved for,
;rime ,'"u°ws ? A speech enforcing the guilt of the accused is
by the Counsel; and though the rule may be refused,that
V7,tl is repeated and published in the newspapers, and the in-
person is thus libelled without the possibility of remedy.
1,4,1 he rule should not be refused, and the trial take place,
aba'a29Pens ? The party having been heard against the rule,
reply,",,,!nc..ulpatoryspeecli having been made in the shape of a
the sue tour Judges deliberately give their. opinion!, one after
ponroutther, Which opinions' are also published. So that the
asra who is accused goes to the Petty Jury with all this
sten Lur° IY published accusatory matter, hanging ltaantranill-
h,._ F orind his neck. But, Sir, with all these disc ges,
seenno chance of escape ?—A very great one. I have never
Yeta case in which a person has been tried on a criminal
"1 ralatlon, on a rule obtained in the Court of King's Bench,

in which there' liars not been 'it faVourable disposition towards
hint in the Court. There is:: tendency to bear him up. It is
the same thing when this House causes any criminal proceed.:
ing to be instituted. The party, in that case, goes to trial
with all the impression that can be created by a previous
vote of the House, declaring him guilty of the charge pre-
ferred against him, and instructing the Attorney-General
to prosecute him accordingly. The speeches made in the
House,. in aggravation of his guilt, are published in_ all
the newspapers. . But does , that produce any injurious
effect on the accused ? The instances are rare in which they
have been convicted. Sir, ought not the same thing to take
place with respect to those persons who are prosecuted
by the Catholic Association ? They send a man to trial with
the same advantage of a disposition on the part of the Court
in his favour because he is so sent. Nay, he has a greater ad-
vantage ; for the probability is that he will be tried by a Pro-
testant Jury. And what have been the actual facts ? That the
Catholic Association, with all the power imputed to them of
oppressing innocent men by the weight of their authority, with
all the means of success which money can afford, have twice
tried to convict individuals, and in cases where those indivi-
duals appear to have been justly prosecuted ; and in neither
case have been able to induce the Court and the Jury to
concur with them in opinion. Thus, Sir, the issue of these
trials is in the very teeth of the declaration, that the
proceedings of the Association were injurious to the cause of
justice.. But a graver charge against the Association remains
behind. And I entreat the attention of the House to this part
of the subject, because it relates to an absent and a most meri-
torious individual. That individual has indeed already been
most ably and honestly defended by my Hon. and Learned
Friend behind me (Mr. Hutchinson), who has always the courage
boldly to meet, not only any attacks on himself personally, but
any attacks on absent persons, whom he knows to be unde-
serving of censure., But I wish to add something to what was
stated by my Hon. anti Learned Friend ' • and I call on those
who heard the speech of the Right 1-lon. Gentleman opposite,
and particularly that part of it which seemed to make the most
Impression on a large portion of the House, although it was
certainly addressed to their feelings rather than to their
reason. Sir, if Ido not presently convince the House that the
accusation made by the Right Honourable Gentleman is utterly
groundless, as it regards the Catholic Association, if I do not
at once spew this, and from the very circumstance itself of the
groundlessness of that accusation, derive a new and triumphant
argument in favour of inquiry, before we pass the measure
which has been introduced here; if I do not instantly demon-
strate, from the fallacy of the statement by the Right Honour-
able Gentleman, which were so loudly cheeredellis night, the
hazard we shall incur by trusting to unexplained documents,
and unsupported assertions in our proceedings on this important
subject, I am ready to abandon at once the cause of the
Catholic Association. "We have," says the Right Hon.
Gentleman, " the sentiments of the Association under their
own hands. No man will deny what they have said or written.
Why call a cloud of witnesses to prove that which is self ac-
knowledged ?" This is the Right Hon. Gentleman's charter.
Now for the merits •of this declaration. The charge against
the Catholic Association (for it is only with the charge as it
affects the Catholic Association that I have any thine. to do),
is, that they talk of Mr. Hamilton Rowan as a man entitled to
the utmost respect and love of his country, "and yet," said the
Right Honourable Gentleman, " if, amidst some of the most
extravagant cheers that I ever heard in the House of Commons;
I heard hint right—and yet Mr. Hamilton Rowan is neither
more nor less that a convicted traitor !" or, I believe it was—
"an attainted traitor." The charge, then, against the Ca-
tholic Association is, that they have treated with respect an
attainted traitor. Now, Sir, in the first place, the Association
state as a fact, that Mr. Hamilton Rowan's name is most
highly respected and most dearly loved in Ireland. For the
truth of this assertion, they are therefore certainly responsible.
If Mr. Hamilton Rowan's name is not pronounced in Ireland
with reverence and affection, then the Association have been
guilty of gross misrepresentation. But it seems that the As-
sociation not only state that to be the general feeling in Ire-
land, but declare that they themselvesjoin in the general feel-
ing of respect and veneration ; and this is the second and the
gravest zharge against them. Now Sir, in the first place, I assert,
and I offer to prove my assertion by witnesses, that the Associa-
tion are not only borne out by the fact, when they assert that no
man in Ireland is more respected or beloved.than Mr. Hamil-
ton Rowan.—( A loud " 1\o!" from some Hon. Member.)—
Sir, I have offered to prove it. lam therefore obliged to the
Hon. Gentleman for his No! for he must give me his vote. I
say aye ! On that ground we join issue and go to trial, and I am
ready to call my witnesses. But Igo still further. I will show,
if the Catholic Association hare not only asserted that Mr.
Hamilton Rowan is treated with respect and affection by
all Ireland, but hare treated him with respect and affec-
tion themselves, by whom they have been instructed.—Who
does the House think have been their teachers ? his Majesty's
GOvernment and successive Lords Lieutenant, in Irelande—
(Hear, Lear, hear !)—Mr. Hamilton Rowan, Sir, was a man
of large and even princely fortune, of the purest and most
amiable private character, endeared to all his friends by' his
domestic virtues, and attached to his country by the
,most
ardent and irrepressible patriotism. He was one of those men
who, in the agitated times of 1793, 1797, and 17984• when
the wisest were often misled, and when the honestest, from
the very excess of patriotic feeling, were roused to frenzy by
the injuries which they conceived their country was enduring, ,
underwent every species of vituperation, and in that wretched
period, were swept away in one general act of attainder,
although many of them could never have been brought to trial
with any hope of conviction. " Fuerint cupidi,"—for the cha-
racter is applicable not only to Mr. Hamilton Rowan, but to
the Fitzgeralds and others, who went too far, in the times of
which I have been speaking; and Godforbid that I should deny
that they went too far, although God also forbid that I should
charge them with crimes of which they were guiltless:—
" Fuerint cupidi, fuerint irati, fuerint pertinaces, sceleris vere
crimine, furoris, parricidii, liceat. Gn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat
multis alias carere." Such, Sir, are not my sentiments alone,
with respect to many of those unfortunate individuals.—
Pardoned by his Prince, Mr. Hamilton Rowan returned to the
bosom of his family. Again he became the dispenser of bles-
sings to his attached tenantry. Again he drew around him all
the tender and endearing connections of life. He exercised all
the functions of a 'country gentleman ; he attended all the chae
ritable meetings, which are so frequent in Ireland ; by the man.
nor in which he expended his liberal income, and by the whole
tenour of his conduct, he became the darling of his neighbour.
hood ; he served on the Grand Juries, and he acted as a Magis.
trate—(Loud cries of hear !)—And under whose superintending
eye did Ile so act? Under that of my Lord Manners. Of my
Lord Manners 1 who so readily purges the Commission of the
Peace Wherever he sees any one whom he knows to be a friend to
Catholic Emancipation going, as he conceives, too far in the
support of his opinion, Lord Manners leaves Mr. Hamilton
Rowan— the attainted traitor; Lord Manners—that pink of
loyalty, that upholder of the Church Establishment, under
that tutelary Saint, the late Chief Secretary, leaves Mr. Ha-
milton Rowan, the attainted traitor in the Magistracy, to teach
treason by his example, aided by his authority.—( Hear, hear !)
—Nor is that all ; Mr. Hamilton Rowan attends the Courts at
the Castle, and is received with uniform favour, courtesy and
kindness, by one Viceroy after another men of every shade of
opinion; not only by Lord Wellesley, but by Lord Whit-
worth.--(Hear, hear?)—And this, Sir is the man whom the
Catholic Association are to be attacked, vituperated and de-
nounced, unheard and without the means of defence, for declar-
ing to be entitled to, and to be enjoying, the respect and affec-
tion of his countrymen. Sir, I declared, that if I could not
repel that charge against the Catholic Association, if I could
not convince the House from that unexpected quarter, if I
could not commend the chalice to the Right Honourable
Gentleman's own lips, which he had prepared for his oppo-
nent, if I could not elicit new arguments from his assertion
on this part of the subject, to chew the necessity for inquiry,
to prove the incalculable angers which we are incurring in
this course of hasty legislation, I would at once abandon the
cause. But, do I now feel myself called upon to redeem that
pledge by abandoning that course ? On the contrary, I feel
that the cause stands on grouud a thousand times higher than
that on which it stood when those tumultuous cheers followed
the Right Hon. Gentleman's statements. And now, Sir, I ask
every honest, I ask every reflecting, I ask every conscientious
man, if lie could have believed, before this explanation, that
in the crime of which the Catholic Association were accused by
the Right Honourable Gentleman, they were, in fact, only
the accomplices of Lord Manners, and of the successive
Lords-Lieutenant and Attorneys-General of Ireland—(Hear,
hear, hear !) ?—And now, Sir, I beg the House to look at the
consequences of what they are about to do. :They have now
an opportunity in their power, which, if they let it slip,
they may never be able to grasp again. Conciliation is in
their power. If the measure now in progress should pass,
if it should receive the Royal Assent (that of the Lords, I
suppose, is considered a matter of course), if it should he
found to accord with the unanimous voice of the country, even
under all those circumstances, in order to render it a state mea-
sure, you must have the assent and the co-operation of the
Catholic Association itself. You will find this to be abso-
lutely essential. If; therefore, you pass the measure at any
rate, make it a safe—make it a wholesome measure—make
it a measure which may give permanent peace to Ireland. To
make it acceptable, not merely to the hundreds of thousands
for whose particular interest you conceive that you are pas-
sing this measure, but to the millions who inhabit the country
in which it is to operate, you must accompany it with concili.
ation : and nothing else will do. Sir, you have at this mo-
ment, at no great distance from you, within the walls of this
House*, the chosen Delegates of the Catholic Association. In

• Messrs. O'Connell, Shiell, and Bric, were seated on one of
the benches below the Bar.

' those Gentleinen the Catholic Assbciati®n have unanimously
reposed their confidence. The Association itself possesses the
' entire confidence of the whole Catholic body in Ireland. if the
House do not believe this, many days will not elapse before pe-
titions in crowds will attest the fact. Here then you have vir-
tually before you all the Catholics of Ireland, anxiously await-
ing your decision—your commands. Depend upon it, Sir, that
they will comply more readily with your requests than with
your orders. With far more kindly feelings will they depart
from this Ilouse, and with much more kindly feelings will.you
regard tliettt, and yourselves, if you consent to gratify their
wishes. You can easily dO so. Open your doors to their
Counsel. bet their witnesses •be brought to the Bar. If they
fail in .ptciVig their case ; if they fail in vindicating them-
selves, in God's name pass the Right Hon. Gentleman's mea-
sure; you will then pass a constitutional, a just, an effective
measure,which may succeed in giving peace to Ireland. Of this,
however, I am sure, that you cannot hear the details-wthey
are prepared to lay before you, you cannot listen to their honest
exposition of the motives • by which they and their friends are
actuated, without entertaining a higher sense of their con-
duct and merits. On their parts they will be duly sen-
sible of the indulgence of your treatment. By the mu-
tual intercourse which will thus take place, whether you
pass or whether you reject the Bill, will beccm t- a matter
or comparatively less mdment ; you will give contentment, and
you will,-for the first time, lay the foundation of peace in Ire-
land. They offer to prove at your bar that whatever their
conduct has been, it has been strictly legal and constitutional—.
that it has been, neither an infraction di the letter, nor an eva-
sion of the spirit of the Constitution. They are ready to lay
before you every document, every letter, every scrap that has
crossed the threshold of the Association ; they will read them
to you, and they offer them to your inspection. Their books
are here. Black book there is none. The names of their suL-
scribers they have entered in a book; as it was indispensible
they should do; for they would Neve been charged with dis-
honesty by their opponents had they not done so. But a. book
of prohibition, a book of exclusion, a black hook, as it has
been called, there is none. They are prepared to prove the
efforts which have been tirade by the Association to tranquil-
lize Ireland. They are ready to prove, that when disturbances
existed in the two Ormonds, the Upper and Lower Ormond,
when the Ribbonmen made an alarming progress in those dis-
tricts, Mr. O'Connell and others repaired thither to check
them ; and that in the name of the Association, and with
the Address of the Association in their hand, they did
cheek the spirit of Ribbonism, and retore tranquillity. I
have selected these from many other details which the
delegates are ready to give. Examine them your-
selves, and you will find that there is no -point on which
they are not solicitous to afford every possible explana-
tion. If, in the teeth of all these advantages, which are held
out to you, if, in utter neglect and contempt of the signs of the
times, you persist in the course, not of passing the Bill, but of
refusing to enter into any-inquiry with respect to the facts on
which its authors profess to found it—if, notwithstanding the
most astounding instance of a misrepresentation of the truth
Which I,have just exposed in the case of Mr. Hamilton Rowan,
you still persist, I beg to deliver myself from all share of -the
responsibility. On - your heads be it !—(Loud cheers, which
continued fir several minutes.)
The House then divided--
For the Motion
Against it

- - - 222

Majority - - - - 133
Adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock this Morning.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEED INGS.

110 USE OF COMMONS.
Veneris, 180 die Februarii, 1823.

NAvtamom—Lough Neagh and Lough Erne, and Clyde,
Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. Portsmouth and
Arundel—Bill ordered.
RAlLWAYS—Liverpool and Manchester—Bill read a first time.
Festiniog, Festiniog and Port Madoc, Wormeslev, Birming-
ham and Liverpool, Stroud and Severn, Tees and Weardale,
Stratford and Moreton, and East London—Petitions for
Bills referred to Committees.
IMPROVEMENT—Liverpool—Bill read a first time. Dundee,
Londonderry, Brighton, Pontefract, York (3), and Bognor
(1 and 2)—Petitions for Bills referred to Committees.
liecLostruus—East and West Ilsey, and Twyford (Berks) ;
Ent wisleK Lancaster) ; Kentford (Suffolk) ; Strensall (York';
Hockering and Moton (Norfolk); Abbotsley (Hunts); And
Wilton (Wilts)—Bills ordered.
Roans—Cockermouth, Rochdale and Oldham, Barton Bridge
and Worsley, Rochdale and Burnley, Greenwich and Wool:.
wich, New Cross, Greenhill Moor, Little Sheffield and Dore,
Leominster and Hope, Cork and Ballyboolv, Glasgow and
Parkhead, Ardglass, West Wycombe, Birmingham and
Tewkesbury, Winchester and Petersfield Petersfield and Al=
ton, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham, Alary-le-bone and Pinch.
ley, Huddersfield and New Hey, Bawtry and Sheffield, Baw-
try and Rotherham, Kingston-upon-Hull and Perriby, Mel-
tham and Wessenden Head, Barnsley and Grange Moor.,
Doncaster and Thorne, Shepley-lane Head (1 and 2 , Wake.
field and Denby, Barnsley and Pontefract, Rotherham and
Tankersley, heeds and Whitehall, Leeds and Stanningley,
Shiffitall, Tavistock and Plymouth, Fulham and Kensing-
ton, Trebarwith and Condolden, Haslingdon, Glasgow and
Redbur.l,lArrington and Biggleswade, Manchester and Aus-
terlands, North{ Fleet Market), Tewkesbury and Cheltenham,
Commercial, Exeter, Dawlish and Exeter, Denbigh and
Llanrwst, Cirencester, and Leeds and Halifax—Petitions for
Bills referred to Committees. Penworthatn—Bill read a se-
cond time, and committed. Bridgnorth, Gatherley Moor
and Winston, and Wivefiscombe—Bills read a first time.

COMPANIES—London Portable Gas, United General Gas,
Hibernian Mining, Apothecaries, West India, Provincial
Portable Gas, Imperial Mining (Ireland), Herring and Cod
Fishery, Tlalpuxhua Mining, General Investment; Corn-
mercal Banking (Scotland), Sea-water Baths, South Devon
Insurance, Imperial Gas Light and Coke, Atlantic and Pa-
cific Ship Canal, Cornwall Mining., Manchester Equitable
Loan, Fishing and Steam Navigation, and British Gas—
Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. Edinburgh and
Leith Water—Bill ordered.

HARnouas—Tremadoc, and Bridgewater—Petitions for Bills
referred to Committees. Grimsby-13111 read a first time.
CAusEWAY—Hayle `Bills read a second time, and com-
l'AV I x —Arclwick muted. _

Docxs—St. Katharine's—Petition from Kingston-upon-Hull,
in
.fircour—to lie on the table. Bermondsey Collier, and
Kingston-upon-Hull—Petitions for. Bills referred to Com-
mittees.

RESERVOin—Leith—Bill ordered.
Poou—St. Andrew's, Holborn—Bill read a first time.
BRlDGEs—Chesterßill ordered. Athluncard, South Esk,
Great Bow, and Tewkesbury—Petitions for Bills referred to
Committees.
BANKS—Provincial (Ireland)

Ass tr RANCE—RoyaI Exchange
WATE RW On
Paisley, Almond, Li-
merick (2), Oldham, and Stockport
PIER—St. lves _

111:11—K n ger ford

DRAINAGE— lrainfleet

Cu urtcHYAnn—Stratford-le-Bow
Gns—Hinckley _ _

Petitions for 13i11s
referred to Coin-
mitteeS.

THEATRE—Cheltenham
CarraL—Liskeard and Loot
IllaxticaTortiEs—lreland
THAMES QUAY
CHURCH—Baketrell (2)
POOR RATES— H enley‘upcin- Tham es
STREET—Greshambury (Southwark)
CHAPEL—Hastings—read a first time.
HOUSE AND WlNflow Tax—Petition for the repeal thereof,
from Cordwainers Ward—to lie on the table.
Coar. DUTlES—Petition against, from Royston—to lie on the
table.
COUNTY COURTS BlLL—Petitions from Northwich, in fa,
your ; anti from Henry Donkin, Esq. of Durham ; C. Short,
and K. Fitzgerald, Esqrs. for compensation—to lie on the
table.

ROTMA7I CATHOLIC CLAlMS—Petitions from Ely and Wells,
against—to lie on the table.

JOINT STOCK COMPANTEs,
Go IMEN-LANEBREWERY.—Wp understand that
a plan has been submitted to and approved by some of tfie largest
Proprietors, having for its object enlargement of present ca-
pital, increase of trade, and improved management, -which
bids fair to restore this once.extensive concern to its former
rank !amongst the leading breweries in the Metropolis. To a
number of persons who were led to embark their property in
this concern, and to whom the value of shares may be of conse-
quence, any advance in the price of them will be gratifying in..
telligence. At the same time the recollection that the splendid
capital of near " Five Hundred Thousand" Pounds, originally
advanced under the most promising circumstances, ought to
act as a salutary hint to those who are now daily sacrificing
their property in proposed RAIL #9.ps and other visionary
schemes, that even if it were probable they could be tarried
into effect, it is impossible that they could .repay either prin-
cipal, interest, or profit.

Yesterday workmen commenced the opera-
tions of pulling down one side of Downing-street, extending
nearly to the house of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
which will not only widen, but otherwise contribute to the im-
provement of that street.

TO COR RES
For HYDERABAD PAPERS

PRICE OF STOCKS T)liq
Ilaak Stock
:3 per Cent. Red. , '
per Cent. Cons.
&per Cent.
Ditto Red. ~.,....: , IOIH
Dissd. ..,...
4 per Cent.
{ New
Bank Long Aiin. 134 5-16ths
Imp. 3 per Cents. -,-
India Stock , 2041
Ditto Ronds
South Sea Stork

PRICES OF FOREIGN FU
Austrian Bds, 5 per et.
Brazilian lids •
Scrip