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have been presented to the Chamber, asking for
measures to relieve the distress of the Agricul-
turists. Some wish the importation of grain to
be prohibited or restricted ; others desire the
modification of the Salt-Duty."

An application has been made to the Board of
.Tradef in behalf of the Colonists in British

North America, to postpone the Bill for extend-
lag the intercourse in American Shipping with
the British West Indies until the next Sessions of
Parliament, that they may be afforded an oppor-
tunity to be heard upon, and to offer evidence
against, the measme—for although the subject has
been, we understand, long under considerationoio
communication has been made to them or to their
Agents in England upon it—it is,,therefore, only
reasonable that they should, as on all former agi-
tations of this question, with the t xceptioti of
1806, be heard, as well as the Ship Owners and
British Manufacturers, before any Legislative
measures are adopted to change the present sys-
tem.

We have received this morning Canadian Pa.
pers of the 16th February.
PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT of LOWER CANADA

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, FEB. 4.
Resolved, That an answer be sent to the mes-
sage of the Assembly, complaining of certain
words used in tne debate in the House, on the
25th January last, by the Honourable JOHN
RICHARDSON, a member-of this Rouse, to inform
the Assembly that the Legislative Council are
extremely desirous to preserve 'a good under-
standing between the two House's, and are will-
ing to inquire into the matter of the said mes-
sage,—but that the House doth conceive that
It is not consistent with the honour of.this House,
or with the rights of its Members, to proceed
Upon a presumed breach of the privileges of that
Assembly, which the said message alleges, until
the Legislative Council shall have received repa-
ration from the Assembly, for 'the actual breach
of the privileges, by their address to his Excel-
lency the Governor-in-Chief, praying him to
remove the Honourable JOHN RICHARDSON from
all his offices, and glades of honour, trust, or pro-
fit, which he may hold under his Majesty'siGo-
vernment in this province, and thereby censure
and punish him for worlds used by him in debate
in thiS House, where only a. Member of this
Roule, on account of words so used, can be
questioned.

RECENT PIRACIES-(By PAUL ALLEN, ESQ.)
If they find shelter and protection in Cuba,
and Spain is unable to drive them from their
strong holds, that island must be occupied by.
American forces. Robbers and pirates have a
right to enjoy no protection whatever; and in
this case aIL civilized Powers are warranted in
carrying the war into the enemy's territory._
Cuba stretches from one extremity of the Gulf
of Mexico to the other, and if suffered to remain
in the hands of robbers and pirates, will put all
the commerce of America completely at their
Mercy. Spain, therefore, when she pleads in-
competency to chastise her own pirates in Cuba,
furnishes an insurmountable argument.—(Frown a
rm York Paper.)

A daring experiment was made last night upon
the patience of the House of Commons, byla
scurrilous paper drawn up in the form of .a Pe-
tition, and bearing the signatures of four or five
thousand housand persons belonging to Newcastle-upon-
cyne. The object formally professed in this
document was intercession for Mr. HuNT, but
.the theme appears to have been selected merely
'°r the purpose of introducing a number of
good things which the Colliers had to say
the conduct and constitution of Parliament,
the administration of justice in the Court
t't King's Bench. The petitioners beheld with
P's'in, they said, the attempts which were made to
screen the notorious and avowed corruption
Which had crept into the Honourable House of
‘dommons ; they asserted that a disgraceful and
vindictive sentence had been passed upon Mr.
'lux; for endeavouring to procure a peaceful
reform of that House; and they sneeringly ob-
-lerved, cc. Your petitioners think the loss of
..ealth and the bodily and mental torture which
'lr. HUNT has endured, ought to be considered
sufficient atonement for the crime of shewing
2w your Honourable House might be made still
more honourable."
These expressions were of course immediately
resented .by Members, who felt with the manly
Spirit and good sense of English gentlemen, that
4 Public body surrenders once for all its dignity
and its independence, if it tamely suffers itself
t
c'%be insulted from without. The Members of a
great National Assembly might indeed be ex-
Peeted to perceive,that, however they may differ
111150 themselves, yet when all are outrageous-
' attacked, all must unite in vindication of
their common' credit and authority. In the
't'scussion of last night, however, Sir Ro-
.TIT -WILSON thrught gentlemen were fas-
tidious with regard to the Petition; Mr. BEN-
: Ll' (the most indulgent of all men with respect
:•° violations of privilege !) while he allowed
ittlat some parts of the Petition were 64 uncourt-
end cc "
might have been spared, blamed
t,w .etubers on the other side for looking at
es matter with a 44 minute and • microscopic
A,Te,” and voted for receiving the Petition ;
4r• lionuousu (whose private recollections na-
_turally render him an enemy to Parliamentary
17verity) agreed that more measured words might
broke
been used, but remarked, that " words
_woke no bones," and that allowance should be
when
for the generous feelings of the people
Znen they complained of injustice. But what
dPlear4 almost incredible in the report of this
~ bate, is Mr. LAMBTON'S alleged declaration,
that he did not in his conscience believe that
the Petitioners intended to insult the House !"'
Great stress was laid in this debate, upon ex-
pressions said to have been used on various occa-

sions by Members of the House of Comm9ns, in
their places, imputing corruption and other faults
to that Assembly. How obserliations uttered in
this manner can be pleaded as a precedent by
persons out of doors, we are at a loss to conceive.
In the first place, the body of the people have,
strictly speaking, no right to presurhe themselves
correctly informed of the language used in Parlia-
ment, and cannot therefore justify themselves by
appealing to it as their model. But, further, expres-
sions which may, and perhaps ought to be adopted
sometimes by the National Representatives in
the discharge of their dlity, and with reference
to business actually before them,may become ex-
tremely indecent when paraphrased and garbled,
and cast before the House in mere wantonness,
by private individuals. The excuse,- however,
which has been drawn, on this occasion, from the
reported observations of Members in the course
of debate, may serve to show the mischief of
those contemptuous reflections on the constitution
and practice of the House of Commons, which
some gentlemen delight in throwing out within
its walls, which the cry of " Order" a4ways comes
too late to suppress, and which are sure to at-
tract general notice out account of that very in-
terruption.

But whatever may he allowed to pass within the
House of Commons, we are certain that the en-
couragement of libellous attacks from without
would have an immediate tendency to destroy
all that beneficial authority with which the
House is invested for the people's safety and
advantage. The Commons, whether acting in
obedience, or in opposition to the popular de-
sires, would become the mere effigy of a deli-
berative assembly, their labours would be ren-
dered nugatory, and their consultations frivolous,
by an unmeasured submission to injurious chiding
and licentious invective, from individuals not even
assembled face to face in a public meeting. How
could the House of Commons make a stand
against any proposed encroachment of the Crown,
when it had not sufficient dignity or determina-
tion to defend itself against the insolence
of private petitions ? The House is requested
to intercede with his MAJESTY on behalf of
Mr. HUNT: what respect can the Monarch
be supposed to entertain for the interces-
sion of a body that patiently submits to the re-
proach of notorious and avowed corruption, and
yields obedience to a memorial, containing sar-
castic imputations on its honour ?

We will not now dwell upon the scandalous
reflections levelled at the Court which sentenced
Mr. HUNT : thus much, however, we may ob-
serve: The House of Commons has, for sound
constitutional reasons, a right to entertain
and to circulate, within itself, observations
both on private persons and on public bodies,
which would not be tolerated elsewhere. It
is, however, a solemn duty of that House to
see that its privilege in this respect be not•abused
to such purposes as may render it a national
grievance ; and it is therefore a laudable and
necessary -vig,ilance in Members, which refuses
the sanction and allowance of Parliament to im-
putations either on public or private conduct,
unless gravely and temperately advanced, and
justified by apparent necessity.
• We are surprised that the contents of this pe-
tition should have given the House the trouble of
dividing ; a division, however, did take place,
and the dirty combustibles were sent back to
Newcastle by a majority of 123 votes to 22.

The Irish Papers contain some further in-
stances of outrage ; but we are happy to say
that they are not numerous. 77w Cork Adver-
tiser, (a respectable paper,, which we are glad
to see has lately been greatly improved) joins
us, however, in the opinion that no unequivocal
symptom of improvement in the state and temper
of the peasantry has yet been manifested. " The
punishments of transportation, of flogging, and
of death have not yet produced the expected
effects. Some half-dozen guns, it is- true, have
been given up ; but a very general surrender of
serviceable arms must take place before confi-
dence can be put in any professions which the
peasantry make of repentance and submission."

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.—There has been a little re-ac-
tion in the public funds, both English and Foreign' and Con-
sols for the account, which opened at mg, closed atllOg, with-
out much business having been done. The new Spanish find
buyers at 67i The French Fives in Paris closed last Wed-
nesday, at. 89, 50. The Dutch and German Exchanges are a
shade lower, and good bills are scarce. The demand for silver
continues, and none can be purchased under ss. and dollars are
at 4s. 10d. Nothing having been done respecting the reduc-
tion of interest by the Bank of England, is one of the causes
given for the dullness in all kinds of public securities.—Corn
remains in the same state of depression, and very few sales of
any article have this day, been effected. Stained Barley is evi-
dently 2s. lower. In some parts of Cambridgeshire, sound oats,
weighing 351 b. a bushel, can be purchased as low as Bs. a guar-
ter.—Rums are again rather fiat. Sugars maintain their prices,
and Coffee is-saleable at the late decline in its value. The first
arrivals of Tallow find no buyers, at 411. per ton ; 481. is a no-
minal price for St. Peter burgh, now in London.

The report of a connubial treaty between a
very exalted Personage and the daughter of a
Northern Monarch gains ground in the higher
circles. We, however, are -inclined to think,
notwithstanding the confidence with which the
rumour is Circulated, that it is mere fashionable
gossip. •

BRIGHTON, MARCH 21.—The KING continues
in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health. A
local paper of yesterday stated that his Majesty
had not been entirely free from indisposition of
late,. It gives, us sincere satisfaction to observe
that the statement was completely destitute of
truth.

Letters were received yesterday from Oporto,
which mehtion that in their sitting of the 4th
inst. the Portuguese Cortes had determined that
henceforth none but those who were natives of
Portugal, or who bore letters of naturalization,
should be permitted to officiate as Consul where
a salary was annexed to the office. It was left,
however, with Government to decide upon the
policy of depriving such foreigners as held those
offices at present, of their employment.
A policy has been opened at LLOYD'S, giving
40 guineas premium, and the Underwriter to pay
1001. if the Consols be done at 85, before the
31st of December next.

Mr. Serjeant BLOSSET is appointed Chief Jus-
ce of India.

FAS FI lONA BLE ARRIVALS.
Lord Gosford, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from
a tour ; the Hon. Colonel Howard, M. P. from his seat, Ash-
tead park, Surrey ; the Hon. Mr. Foley, at Reid's Hotel,
Lower Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Worcestershire ; Mr.
and Mrs. Wells, at the Earl of Arran's house, in Dover-street,
from their seat in Kent; Lady Frederick Bentinck, at her
house in South Audley-iireet, from a tour ; Mr. and the Mksses
PerCeval, at their house, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from
their seat in -Herts ; General and Mrs. Crosby, at, the Claren-
don Hotel, Bond-street, from their seat in Sussex:
DEPARTURES.—The Marquis of Sligo, from the Clarendon
Totel, for Ireland ; Major Milner, from the Lincoln Hotel, for
Worthing ; Captain P. Maughan, from ditto, for Cheltenham.
BAT II • An RI vAt.s.—Earl of Ilchester' .Lord Bishop of Chi-
chester, Lord and Lady Arundell, Lord Northesk, Lady' Car-
negie, Admiral Sir D. Gould, Sir John and Lady Kennaway,
Sir B. Codrington, Sir John Eustace, Sir E. Poore.—Admiral
Sotheby, Gen. Bridges, Lieut.-Gen. Orr, Col. and Mrs. Strode,
Col. Lumsden, Capt. and Mrs. Laivson, Capt. Fenton, Capt.
Greville, Capt. Huntley, Capt. Holland, Capt. Ricketts, Capt.
Silvester, Capt. Trevelyan, Capt. 'raswell, Capt. Walker, Capt.
ward—Rev. Mr. Gooch, Rev. Mr. Haines, Rev. Mr. Bedford,
Rev. Mr. Wrey.

The Marchioness of Londonderry gave an elegant rout yes-
terday evening, at her house in St. James's-square which was
attended by all the leading and distinguished fashionables in
town.

The Earl of Aberdeen entertained a distinguished party yes-
terday at his house in Argyle-street.,
The Countess Lieven has issued cards of invitation for an as-
sembly tomorrow evening at her house in Harley-street.
The Countess of Essex gave a splendid rout 'on Thursday
evening at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. The
drawing-rooms displayed great brilliancy. There were present
upwards of 200 distinguished ifashionables.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell entertained a distinguished party at
dinner, on Thursday, at their house in Charles-street, Berke-
ley-square. • .
Lady Wodehouse had a fashionable party yesterday evening
at her house in Upper Brook-street.
On Thursday the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress enter-
tained a distinguished party of friends at dinner, at the Man-
sion-house, among, whom were the Lord Bishop of Chester, the
,Lord Chief Justice Dallas, &c.
A splendid ornament, describing the shield of ,Achilles, to
hang over a sideboard of solid gold, and a plateau of the same
precious metal, both of great weight, are nearly finished for his
Majesty,
The Duke ,of Dorset, as Master of the Horse, has taken pos-
session of the Stud-house in Hampton Court Park, and the very
large p.atronage attached to his Office, which, during the pre-
sent reign and the late Regency, was exercised by a newly
created Baronet and Secretary, recently about the immediate
person of the King.—( Morning Chronicle.) • ,
The Marqnis of Conyngham, as I4ord High Steward, and the
Duke of Montrose, as Lord Chamberlain, are said to bave
claimed the extensive patronage annexed to their respective ap-
pointments, which, whilst these posits of honour, as well as that
of Master of the. Horse, were held by their former occupants,
was enjoyed by the Honourable Baronet, whom report states to
have retired from the- confidential situation which he has held
for nearly the last twenty years.—(ibid.)
'The will of the late Thomas Coutts, Esq., was proved in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury on Wednesday last, by five of
the executor* viz. :—Mrs. Harriot Coutts, .widow, the relict,
Sir Edmund Antrobus, Sir Coutts Trotter, Edward -Majori-
banks, and Edmund Antrobus the younger,, Esqrs. ; a power
being reserved of granting probate to Andrew Dickie, William
Adam the younger, Thomas Atkinson, and John Parkinson,
Esqrs., the other executors. The testator by his will, which-
is dated the 9th of May, 1820, appoints Airs. Coutti3 universal
legatee, and bequeaths to her his share .in the; banking-house
and business in the Strand, and all benefit and interest to arise
therefrom. There is a codicil to the will, which relates to trust
property only. The personal property within the province of
Canterbury is sworn under 600,0001.

I" OETR Y.

A GENTLEMAN'S WAKING WISH
SENT TO A LADY IN CONFIDENCE.
Imished that two vowels were join'd,. -
In wedlock so holy and true,
I could not but think in my mind - •
Those vowels should. be I and U.

I turned it in each point of view,
And turn'd myself round with a sigh ;
Still this was the state of the two,
For inverted they came U. and I.
C. 11. O. E.

It is said, in a party print, that JOHN %VII,.
LIAMS, Esq. is likely to succeed Colonel Sin-
THORP in the representation tlf Lincoln, and that
his hopes chiefly depend on his having been one
of the late Queen's Atkocates. Perhaps we may
apply the lines of PRIOR on the occasion :

" As sure as I* look over Lincoln, ,
" That Weer shall happen which you think on."
* The Devil.

Mr. COLMAN, according to report, has resumed

his dramatic pen. He has, it seems, sent two
acts of a new Comic Opera to Covent Garden
_ _

Theatre, and has promised the third in the
course of next week. He is also preparing a
Comedy for next" season, at the same theatre. ,

The Haymarket Theatre, it is said, is to open
about the middle of next month. The only per-
sons belonging to the winter theatres who are
engaged for the ensuing saason, are Mr. C.
KEMBLE, Mr. TERRY, and Mr. LISTON. The
stage management of it is to'be entrusted 'to Mr.
T. DIBDIN ; and, according to report, Mr. CON-
WAY is to be the Prompter.
The Proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre has
kindly given a copy of the popular piece en-
titled Toni and Jerry, to Mr. HARRIS, for per-
foro.lance in Dublin. Mr. WRENCH is to assist
4nd sup( r:ntend its•lepresentation in that City.
He would be an irreparable loss to the Adelphi
Theatre on this occasion, if all the other Per-
formers did not remain there in stain quo.
TIIE ORATORIO.—A. new Musical drama, en-
titled Bgjazet; was performed last night at Co-
vent Garden Theatre. It is said to have been
composed by Lord BURGIIERSII,4I Nobleman well
known for his musical talents. it is a proof of
his Lordship's scientific knowledge and taste. It
was well performed, under the direction of Sir
GEORGE SMART and Mr. BOCHSA, and much ad-
mired by ,the audience. The chief vocal per-
formers employed on it were SignorasCAmpouEsE,
ItoNzi, Mrs. BELLCHAMBEIIS,SAPIO and BEGREZ.
Mrs. SALMON' was delayed by an accident
which happened to a carriage, but she made
ample amends on her arrival by her excel-
lence in an air, admirably accompanied by
BOCHSA on the harp, and' Sir GEORGE SMART on
the organ. HANnEL's " Israel in' Egypt" formed
the second and third parts of this grand enter.;
tainment. The audience was numerous, and the
correctness and spirit of general perform-
ances excited universal applause.
On Thursday three guineas . were sent from
Edinburgh to, Perth, for the purchase of one
barrel of ice. 'On Friday, ice and snow were to
be had every where for the gathering.—(Perth-
shire Courier.)

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