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'MOUSE OF COMMONS,-MARen 15.

Lir. CALVERT presented a petition from certain Merchants
of the City of London., against the St. Catherine Docks Bill.
Mr. S. WHITBREAD presented three petitions from
thEerent Parishes in Middlesex, against the Equitable Loan

Bill.
Mr. P. MORE presented a petition from the inhabitants of
Whitechapel, in favour of the Equitable Loan Bill.
The second reading of the Isle-of Dogs Coal Dock Bill was

proposed.
S.'n- J.-YORKE thought that unless the Bill contained a
clause to compel the colliers to go into the Dock, the pool would
remain as much crowded as at present.
Mr. .W.,lvlooltE said, that the Bill contained no such
clause. -
The Bill was then read a second time.
SIT E. K.IsIATCHBIJI.I. presented a petition from Rams-
gate against the Metropolitan Fish Company ; and also a
isuilar one from persons ccncerned in Fishing Vessels at

c;reenwich.
Mr. CA LCRAFT took this opportunity of explaining that
his observations on a former night applied, not to the prospec-
tus :ssued by the Metropolitan Company, but by another,• for
there were three Fish Companies. He still, however, objected
to the principle of the Companies altogether. He observed that
Lord 43eorge Seymour was at the head of the Metropolitan-
Fish Company. If that Noble Lord chose. to set up the busi-
ness of 'a
-fishmonger, he would not object to it, but he thought
be had no right to come to Parliament to obtain privileges which
ether tradesmen did not possess.--(Hear
Sir J: YORKE also objected to the Companies, which
w 591,1 interfere with the callings of honourable men, which
was extremely ancient, as the Apostles themselves could
testify:
Sir E. HARVEY disapproved of the Company.
ZIr.4"URTEIS opposed the Company.
i.-111,-;RNALL-said, that the prospectus of the Company
iczs a delusion.
Nlr. T. WILSON said, that the Company was formed for
-the benefit of the public, and would counteract the efforts of
fish-salesmen to keep up the price of fish.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that the Company was esta-
blished, not for the purpose of catching, hut of buying fish. A
retired fish-monger was to be paid 2,000/. a-year to go to Bil-
lingsgate to buy fish. The effect of such competition must be
to raise the price of fish.
Mr. J. SMITH thought that much good would arise from the
- establishment of the Company.
THAMES QUAY.
•

Colonel TRENCH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
build a quay and terrace on the north bank of the Thames.
Mr. CALCRAFT was sorry to show any disposition to
oppose a project which many persons considered an improve-
ment; but he was of opinion that it could not be carried into
effect without material injury being done to the property of a
large number of individuals. He interfered in this stage of the
Bill, because the standing orders of the House had not been
complied with, and the Bill was not, therefore, in a situation to
go farther.. His objections, in point of form were, first, that a
sufficient-schedule, descriptive of the alteration proposed, had
• not-been deposited in the proper offices; in the next place, the
list furnished of assents and dissents•(among persons interested)
-was not complete. He held a petition in his hand (as we under-
stood from the Duke of Norfolk), complaining of the insuffi-
ciency of-this list. The petitioner was a very large possessor on
'the Ene proposed to be cut up and altered ; and yet no 'applica-
tion whatever had been made either to him or his tenants upon
the subject. The injury which this quay, if ever erected, must
produce to the water-side property, was obvious. Independeni
-of the balustrade the foot-path was to be 22 feet above the level
af.the carriage way in Arundel-street or Surrey-street; so that
the inhabitants of those streets would lose the light as high as
their first-floor windows. But his chief reason for opposing the
Bill at present was, the total impossibility which he saw of its
ever succeeding. The cost alone put it out of all question.
-One prospectus had stated the probable expense at 400,0001.
Another afterwards raised it to f 109,000/. A third said some-
- thing about the Chancellor of the Exchequer giving 200,000/.
towards the plan.—(Hear, hear !)--But it was not five times
40,0001, nor much less than 5,000,000/., in his opinion, that
would complete it. The Hon. Member sat down by declaring
that ho saw no reason why that alteration and injury should be
thrust upon the Duke of Norfolk, to which both Lord Liver-
Tool and the Duke of Northumberland had refused to submit.
iIor,HOUSE was compelled to confirm every thing
which had been stated by the Hon. Member for Wareham.
-Ll..apposed the measure upon a petition from two individuals
who held half the Thames bank between them, from Craven-
street to Temple-bar; (Dr. Kitchner, as we understood• the
Honourable Member, being one.) The mud-dock contem-
plated v:ould he a great nuisance, and quite certain to create
miasmata. Ile opposed the Bill in the present stage, to save
the enormous expense of going into a Committee above-stairs
to no purpose..
Colonel TRENCH said that the conductors of the scheme
had aeted advisedly in not making the applications to which
toe Hon. Member adverted. He admitted that some injury,
for the preent, would accrue to the houses in Surrey street, and
others in the same direction ; but, in the end, all that property
would be materially benefitted, As they stood, the banks of
the Themes were a disgrace to the metropolis. The iMprove-
ment proposed, persons of the highest qualification would un-
tie:take to execute for fifi3,ooo/. The original estimate had
been for a plain erection, at 403,000/. ; and it was thought
possible that Parliament might perhaps give the difference, for
-the sake of malting the whole thing an ornament to the city.
Per the objection to • the mud-dock, he did not think the in-
-convenience suggested would arise ; but that dock had form- •
ed no part of his original project, and had beet added since,
at tile request of numerous parties interested in water-side
property.
Mr. CROKE a opposed the project, especially pending the
. alteration now making at London-bridge. When that bridge
was removed, there would be, at low tides, five feet less of wa-
ter at Sonaerset-house.—nearly the whole present depth—than
.there was now. It was impossible to calculate what might be
the effect of the new currents which would be created by the
r:,inoval of London-bridge; and he decidedly opposed the en-
tering into any new project touching the banks of the rivet un-
--til that edifice should be completed.
Sir JOSEPH YORKE opposed the measure.
Mr. AGAR ELLIS thought it fair to have the bill' read a
first time. •
Sir FRANCIS 03131 A NEY expressed his sentiments, but
was ciente inaudible from the cries of " question" which pre-
Lord PALMERSTON said, that the qOestion at present
was really no more than whether the House would entertain a
proposal for building a quay on the banks of the Thames.
Hon. Members would scarcely go so far as to say that such
a• plan could not be listened to ? With respect to. London-
- bridge, if the removal of that had been likely to increase
'the volatile of water in the river, it might have been some
reason for refusing to narrow the bed ;- but surely the. fact
that it would lessen it was all in favour of the plan: It was
impossible not to see that a new thoroughfare, uniting the
- two ends of the town, was much wanted. And, for the mere
• effect of the thing, a quay would be the sort of communica-
- • don peculiarly desirable. Every body, as they went in boats
up and down the river, constantly exclaimed, " What a pity
- it is that there is not a quay !" The Noble Lord concluded
by -declaring that he should at least support the reading the
Bill a first tame, and sending it to a Committee.
- Sir R. WI LSON supported the motion, in the hope that
if the measure were found practicable, something might here=
after be done for, the improvement of the suburbs; but in
giving it his support in the present stage, he begged to be
understood, that if in its progress he found it likely to be
injurious to individual interests, he would oppose it.. As to
what his Hon. Friend (Mr. Croker) had said about the quays
AC the Seine and the Liffey, and of those rivers being but
small compared with the Thames, he begged to remark, that
if .lUs lion. Friend had been in St. Petersburgii, he would
have seen-one of one noblest rivers in the world adorned
- with quays which-would be an ornament to any metropolis in
• the world.. .
. • Mr. PEEL said he was sorry that, as representing the sister
University, he should differ from his Noble Friend ( Lord Pal.. •
nierstorr) on the matter of taste, bet he certainly did differ from
tint on this occasion. He did not think the proposed plan was
at all necessery as an ornament to the city—particularly when it
' was to lie effected at the expense of particular interests.. At all ,
events, he would defer the plan until he saw what might be the
- effects of the removal of London Bridge on the north side of the '
Thames. lf, as was said, foreigners,' on coming to London,
complained of site Thames being hid by the surrounding build-
ings, what would they say when they found their view obstruct-
• •ed from the Strand side by a great-brick wall, 30 feet highs and
'3O feet wide ? He would adviae -kis Gallant Friend to defer-
the project for four or five years, and then, if it were found that
• that the removal of Louden-bridge had created no obstacles to
it, it should hove his support. .
Mr. A. BARlNG''supported the motion. Very great incon-
venience had'already beer) experienced by the- immense con-
, Course of carriages and vehicles of all descriptions. On some
days the great line of communication by the Strand, from the
- west end of the town, was literally impassable for hours to-
-
gethein by the throng of waggen/ -and carts. He thought ago-.
ther advantage from the proposed plan *mild be, that of,filling
-up the waste space near Ilungerford-stairs' and thus affording
a facility of forming a market in that neighbourhood, which was
so much wanted to the west end. On the whole, his thorough
conviction was, that this would be found not only useful, hut
.absolutely indispensable to the convenience cf the metropolis.

At all events, it would be only an act of usual courtesy to the
Honourable and Gallant Member who introduced it, -to ex- .
amine all the bearings of the question, and then to aive their
opinion.
The House then divided, when there appeared-
- For bringing in the Bill • - - 85
Against it - 45
Majority - -40
Sir R. SHAW brought in a Bill for allowing the Imperial
Mining Company in Ireland to sue and be sued in the name of
their Secretary. The Bill was read a first time.
MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAIL-ROA D.-
General GASCOYNE presented a petition from the 51ayor
and Corporation of Liverpool, praying to be heard by them-
selves, Counsel, or Agents, against certain parts of the above
Bill. The Hon. Member observed, that the road was to be
carried about 480 yards beyond the line laid down in the ori-
ginal plan, which would be found injurious to the interests of
the petitioners.
. Lord STANLEY objected that the petition did not state
the precise parts of the Bill to which it was intended to object.
General GASCOYNE thought, that what he. said was suf-
ficiently specific of the objectionable parts.
The:petition was then referred to the Committee on the Bill,
and leave given to the petitioners to be heard, by their Counsel
against any parts to which they objected.
MARINE ALLIANCE INSURANCE BILL.
On the motion of Mr. F. BUXTON this Bill was read a third
time and passed.

011 i GAS COMPANY.
Mr. Alderman BRIDGRS presented a-petition from the City
of London Gas-light and Coke Company against the Oil Gas
Company Bill. •
The petition was referred to the Committee.
Dr. LUSH INGTON presented a petition from 309 Me-
chanics and Artificers of Limehouse in favour of the Equitable
Loan Bill.
Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD presented a petition from .the
Grand Jury of the County Clare, and Mr DAwsox a petition
froth certain Noblemen and Gentlemen of Ireland, in favour of
the Provincial Banks in Ireland Bill. •

Mr. S. RICE brought up the Report of the Committee on
the petition for the above Bill, and obtained leave to-bring-in a
Bill upon it.
Mr. DAWSON presented a petition from all the respectable
Merchants in Ireland, prayini; for a removal of all restrictions
on trade between England and ireland respectively. He stated
that the petitioners particularly prayed for a repeal of the duries
on Coals, as they were convinced that the manufacturers of Ire-
land would be undersold in every market if they were allowed
to continue.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir JAS. INVIKENZIE presented two petitions from the
county of Ross, one praying for an extension of the jurisdic-
tion of Justices.of Peace in-the recovery of Small Debts, and
the other for the amendment of the scotch Judicature Bill..
Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition from the parish of
All Saints, Bristol, praying for the repeal of the House and
Window Tax.

CATHOLIC CL A ISIS.
Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition from the Chan-
cellor, Masters, and Scholars, of the University of Cambridge,
against the concession of any further claims to the Catholics.—
The petitioners declared, that though their apprehensions on
this subject had been often previously stated to the House,
they had recently been much strengthened by the violent lan-
guage used by. the Catholics in this country. Tile petitioners
discovered, both in that language and in the language used by
the Catholics elsewhere, proofii of their entertaining principles
hostile to religious liberty. They were convinced that if the
concessions which the Catholics now asked were granted, they
would lead to fresh demands. They also thought that the mea-
sures which they sought to carry could only be devised with the
intention of producing a great change in the church establish-
ment of England. They therefore prayed the House not to en-
tertain the question, and more especially not to entertain that
part of it which went to admit Roman Catholics into the great
council of the nation. The Noble Lord, without any further
observation, moved that the petition be brought up. It was
brought up accordingly.
On the motion that it be laid on the table,
Mr. BA NKES, jun., rose to say a sew words in support of
this petition. lie should be sorry if it were laid upon the table
in perfect silence, and without obtaining some portion of that
• attention to which it was entitled,on account of the quarter from
which it came. On a former night, when the absence of all pc--
' titions against these claims was alluded to, as a proof that a great
change had taken place in die public mind upon this question,
he had taken the liberty of warning Honourable. Gentlemen net
to lay too great stress open that circumstance, as he believed that
many petitions were at that moment in preparation. In that be-
lief he had not been disappointed ; indeed, he had at the time in-
formation on which he thou;;lit he could rely, that the University
which he had the lionoiir to represent intended to petition against.
He would mention a fact connected with this petition, which
might, perhaps, give it a stronger recommendation to the notice
of Gentlemen on the opposition benches, than it wnuld other-
wise possess. Those who were at all acquainted with the in-
stitutions of our universities, were aware-that it was but seldom

• that a layman filled the office of Vice-Chancellor. A layman,
however (Dr. Le Blanc, Master of Trinity Hail), now filled it,
and fully concurred in the prayer of the petition. It was con-
sequenny a petition which expressed the sentiments, not merely
of the clerical, but also of the.. lay members of the University,
and thereforemight be received without exciting the sneers anti
laughters which had been excited by some petitions on the same
subject, from no ocher cause that he could learn, except they
came from clergymen. He protested against the scoffs and
scorns which were cast upon the petitions of the clergy : consi-
dering their education, their rank in life, and their importance
in the country, they were entitled at any rate to attention and
respect. As they were the only class of men who had no per-
sons is represent their interests in that Hcuse, it was unfair,
impolitic, and unjust, to treat them with ridicule when they
presented to its consideration a humble- but honest declaration
of their opinions. They were, besides, the only class of men
who were so treated ; for if a word were said against the army.
the navy, the law, or the commerce of the country, there would
be numbers of Members belonging to those different occupations
ready enough to start up, and retort with interest the sarcasm
on the offender. The clergyman, however, was obliged to si-
lence, ann could not defend himself by the eloquence of any of
his brethren. He ought, therefore, to be defended by the gene-
rosity of the House against sneers and sarcasms, which, if they
meant any thing, could only mean that he ought no: to come
there as a petitioner. He, contrasted the different modes in
which the petitions of the Catholic Clergy and those of the'
Established Church were received by the House. The former
were heard with kindness and attention, and were made the
subject of lofty encomiums : the latter were flouted and tits-
countenanced, and all but laughed out of the House. He
thought that lion. Gentlemen would perform their duty in a
fair and candid. manner by listening to the arguments which
the clergy urged against these claims, than by denouncing them
without examination as absurd and ridiculous, and by assailing
them with laughter as soon as they were brought into the

House.
Mr. HUME protested against the language of the lion. Mem-
ber who had just sat down as utterly unealled for by any thing
which had occurred in that House. No language had been
used by any Gentleman • on his side of the House which could
warrant thal on. Memberin asserting that there was a wish on
their part to denounce and get rid. of the pe-titions of the clergy.
It would he preposterous indeed for men who professed liberal
principles to adopt such an illiberal mode of proceeding. (Hear!)
The Hon. Gentleman had raised a phantom, which had no ex-
istence but in his own mind, for the scile purpose of demolish-
• ing it after it had been raised.—(H ear !)—What he (Mr.H,urne)
had said regarding the clergy on a former night, he was ready to
say again. lie had explv..'ssed.his regret, and he would again
repeat it, that the clergymen of England,. who were so superior
to the generality of the people, in education and rank in life,
should be a century behind them in mildness and liberality of
feeling. With Christian charity always in Their mouths, they
-ought to exhibit a little more of Christian charity in their prat- ,
tice. Enjoying civil rights themselves, they ought not to seek
to debar others front full participation in them. If there was
any difference in the attention which the House bestowed on the
petitions received from the Catholic and established clergy, it
was owing to this circumstance---4hat the for former petitioned
for justice, whilst the latter sought to perpetuate injustice.—
(Hear, hear !) •
Mr. BANKES, jumsaid in explanation, that the.remarks he
had just made were not so much intended to applyeto what had
been said as to what had been done by. Gentleman on the..other
side. He recollected that when an Hon. Member presented
petitions from the. Clergy of. Essex and from the Clergy of Ely
against those claims, they were received with a sneering laugh,
instead of the fair attention to which they. were entitled.
Sir ELIA B HARVEY begged to observe,- in corroboration
of what had just fallen from the Hon. Member for the Univer-
sity of Cambridge, that when he presented the petition from
Archdeaconry of Essex, which did equal honour to time hearts
,and heads of those who signed it, it was received with an up-
• roar and clamour which was more worthy of a bear-garden than
of the House of Commons.—(Hear,. hear !)
Mr. CA RUS .WILSON said; that as a member of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, he felt himself called upon to support
the prayer of this petition. He contended that the ridicule
thrown upon the petitions of the clergy was most undeserved,
as they had always been the guardians .of our religious rights.
Mr. SPRING RICE said that he also belonged.tO the Uni-
versity. of Cambridge, and was most anxious not to ,speak of it
in a-disrespectful or. disparaging manner. .He allowed that the
petition was entitled to every attention; but at the same time,
it ought not to be taken as speaking the unanimous opinion of
the University. He knew that there were a great many of the
resident members who dissented from its prayer; and he be-
lieved he might say, that among them were some of the most

enlightened and vopular members of the Senate.,
fti With regard
what had fallen from the last speaker, about the clergy being
the guardians of our religious rights, he thought it was more
'of a Popish than a Protestant doctrine,—( Hear !)—Every man
ought to be the judge of his own opinions; and the best de-
fenders of our religious rights had always been found in the lay
members of the coromunity,—(llear !)
Mr. BANKES, 3un. admitted that there were many respect-
ble members of the University, who differed from the senti-
ments expressed in the petition.
Mr. C. WILSON, in explanation, observed, that he had
never said that the clergy were the guardians of our religious
rights.—He was contending that any thing which tended to
lessen the influence of the clergy would be dangerous to the wel-
-1 fare of the State, when he was stopped by loud cries of " spoke"
and " question."
The petition was then laid on the table. It was not ordered
to be printed.
Mr.W. SMITH presented a petition froin a parish in Nor-
folk, praying for the repeal of the duties on coals carried coast-
wise.
Mr. GRATTAN postponed till Tuesday next his Bill for
the Relief- of the Poor in Ireland.
A BOLITION ok"rriE SLAVE TRADE.

Mr. iVILMOT-HORTON said that he rose in pursuance I
of his notice to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
Act of last Session for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. He'
understood that the lion. and Learned Gentleman intended to
oppose the introduction of the Bill, unless certain clauses were
Inserted in• it to prevent the refugee slaves being returned f:sm
one of our colonies to another. He wished to know whet:ler
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would postpone his opposi-
tion to the Bill to the second reading ?
Dr. LUSH IN{4TON said that he could by no means con-
sent to give up refugee Slaves, who had once established them-
selves in any of our Vest India Colonies. Such a power could
not be justified either by any law of nations, or by any law of
man. If the Bill created such a povier, he could make no con-
cession upon it. A t the same time, he must regret that he was
obliged to refuse a facility to the Hon. Gentleman.
Mr. WIL}IOT-HORTON said, that if such were the Ho-
nourable Member's resolution, he naust postpone-his motion
to a future day, in consequence of the absence of his Right
Hon. Friend, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs.—Motion
postpcned.

WASTE LANDS IN CANADA.
Mr. WILMOT HORTON rose to move for leave to bring
in a Bill for the incorporation and sale of Waste bands in the

province of Upper Canada. Ile said that-when the Bill was
presented to the House in due form, they would be better in
possession of the details of the measure, than he could presume
to put them in the present stage. It would, he thought, be
universally ad►aitted, that nothing could be more dqrable than
to faci'itate, by a proper application of capital, the colonizt-

tion of their waste lands in Canada; and for the particular
purpose now reconmiended, it was intended that certain grants
should he made to an incorporated company upon a valuation
of the particular lands required by thenk in the development of
their local plans. The anangements were to be carried into effect

by two Commissioners appointed by the Crown, and two by the
Company, with conjoint power to decide in such doubtful cases
as came before them respecting the purchase of the lands ; and
the basis of the general value was to be taken from that recog-
-.

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nized in the purchase of the other adjacent 'waste lands. The
Company were to agree to pay the Government 20,0001. a-year.
upon being put in possession of particular lands.; and the
amount so paid was, in the first instance, to be applied to the
local expenditure of the colony, which had hitherto been de-
frayed by the Treasury at home. These details would, how-
ever, be rendered more explicit when the Bill was printed.
Mr. W. SMITH did not rise to oppose the application for
leave to bring in the Bill, but merely to. sugir,est that proper
pains should be taken to prevent the Indian tribes on the bor-
ders of the new incorporation from being prejudiced .by the
new settlers. Pains-were taken in New Brunswick and Nova.,
Scotia for a'similar purpose, and he hoped it would not be, lost
sight of here.
Mr. WILMOT-HORTON had the most perfect confidence
that no danger of the kind alluded to would be incurred on the
present occasion.
Mr.IIU,NII.;: expressed his regret that five years ago when he.
bad strongly 'recommended a change in the colonial system.
seine preposition of this kind had not been made. He bad said
then, ani the result verified his
proedulidetbilen.Clefeal
that
tec by the
the
SystenLd
of
f
emigration held out at the tiro! w
system of the colonial authorities, the inordinate demand of
profit--.-a system so different from
augmented fees for indiVidual
that pursued by the United States in their sale of waste lands—
and the other abuses which, prevailed in-British Colonies. He
could now support the'arguments which he had used five years
ago by_ the offieial returns since received from Canada,• which
eneWed that of 39,600 emigrants who had gone out, only 100
families had been able to obtain a footing on the waste lands :
50 that the • great bulk were actually deprived of the intended
benefit held out to them in the first instance. If the present
Bill, then, were calculated to amend the vices and errors which
wire the repro.e,'h of the Honourable Gentleman'S predecessor
in office, it ehould have his (Mr. Hume's) approbation. He
H would repeat, that fir the la->t 12 or 14 years tlee colonial
system had been a disgrace to the Government; so much so,
that if theta were a reformed House of CoMmons, he would

impeaeli Lord Bathurst for a breach of duty, and move an
addrees to the King for his dismissal from the colonial office.
His reasons for such impeachment would not be confined to the
mat-administration of Upper 'Canada, but to the general abuses
of the'Noble Lords system in the lonian Islands, the Cape of
Good Ilhpe, and the other settlements. That was his honest
conviction of
-Lord Bathurst's system, and that it ought to have
led to a general colonial inquiry, to see if a more efficient check
could not be put upon local abuses. Look, for instance, at the
Cape, where the grossest and most glaring injustice was daily
suffering-.-wheie Britieli subjects were transporting from thence
to Botany Bay, under circumstances of the most aggravated
oppression, and where complaints were daily-made which called
for redress from any man who had a heart for human feeling.
lie wished it was in his power to do more than utter the lan-
guag,eof complaint with reference to those abuses, and at least
to remove the inefficient head of the department, who had ap-
plied no corrective to them. Respecting the present Bill, he
was anxious to know whether it was intended to cede 07 grant
to the new company all the Crown reserves and church returns
without qualification ? Did. they mean to sell the land, and
leave the new purchaSers to retail at their own prices ? If they
did, they were likely -to create a private monopoly, as injurious
as the previousesystem. In fairness, all this ought to be ex-
plained in the first instance.
Mr. BARING wished to know if this Bill were intended
merely to admit the principle of the proposed change of system,
or to enable the Crown at once to execute it in all its details ?
mA UR ICE I'l TZGE RA LD said that he could not
concur in what his Hon. Friend-( Air. Ilume) had said respect-
ing the abuses under. the late system of emigration e for he
knew that many of those whO had emigrated from that part of
the country (tlie south of Ireland) with which he was acquaint-
ed, had written home, speaking in the highest terms of their
treatment, as well as of the conduct of the Government agent
to them; and, as a member of a Committee, he could further
speak from official documents of the gratitude and improved
condition of the new-settlers within the last 2 or 3 years.
Mr. GORDON defended- the character of Lord Bathurst
from the Hon. Member's severe and harsh attack. Why-did
he attack that Noble Lord, at the. same moment that he ap-
proved of this bill ? His great complaint appeared to be, that
thiS bill had not been brought forward five years ago, without
knowing whether there was at the time he spoke of, either
capital or private enterprise to promote such an undertaking.—
( Hear !)—The appointment of official heads of colonies be-
longed to the Government generally, and Lord Bathurst had
no right to be rendered particularly responsible for individual.
errors, if they had arisen in such appointments; at all events,
he was sure the Noble Lord carefully attended to all the details
of colonial business.
Mr. BRIGHT heartily approved of the proposed plan,
which was absolutely necessary to increase and rourish-the co-
lonial population.- He thought, -however, that the measure
ought to receive the previous sanction of the local authorities,
.before it was finally decided upon by Parliament.
31r. BARING said, that upon the general question he was
of opinion that they could not look upon these colonies as likely
to remain permanently in their present relative situation to this
country—they had no separate interest which could promote
the continuance of that relative connection—they- were agrict
tural, and as such identified with the chief produce of
could
northern European countries in the home market—they
not, therefore, in tile nature of things, remain permanently
co-
lonies to this country: The question then arose,
and it
very important one, how far it might he wise
and dignified
for a country like Great Britain to do early
and liberally
of doing
vas a
that which she might be under the absolute necessity
a quStiori which he thought the time had arm
• hy of the Canadas
nender
f :orthdaisteuss
in a few years hence, in a very different manner.
was
discuss-
ing. Any person acquainted with the geograp
mccuusnttrkynotowbtehelsrhreelhaat
di v
de
esccorigende commercial no
ttoo
wthheicmh,ottiheyr
r-
had, however, another important impulse not tro
g
ni.mely, the prevailing feeling of Al i:aliosiottuhautti
to lose sight o
l the new Governments to

got rid of European domination.—(Hear!)—lt was time then
for Government to consider at what period of maturity they
would be fairly and honourably ready to allow the colonies the
benefit of a separate system. He admitted that this was a bold
but a pressing consideration, which in the nature of things ought
to govern the principle. of the projected new arrangements.--.
If he understood the object of the pre,ent Bill, it went to en-
courage colonization by locating emigrants upon those waste

lands..
Mr. WII4MOT HORTON said that colonization and emi-
gration were only incidental to the new system : there were

other beneficial measures in progress.
Mr. BA RING said, that still the Crown was to invest cer-
tain privileges in the hand of a particular company, who were
to pay a large sum for these wastelands ; to indemnify them-
selves at a profit, the company would raise the price necessarily
upon the emigrants : how, then, would this encourage coloni-
-zation in the way held out? lie would rather, he confessed,
have the whole put under the management and discretion of the
local legislature, who would be best prepared to Meet and ex-
pect all attendant contingencies: The best security for the con-
duct of the new company, to prevent them from holding their
monopoly without making any attempt to clear and cultivate it,
would be to provide that all the lands which should remain un-

settled after a certain number of years, should again revert to

the Crown.

Mr. ROBERTSON said a few words.
Mr. WILMOT HORTON replied. In Upper Canada
there was an indefinite extent of lands, capable, under culti-
vatiozz, of absorbing the largest population contemplated by any
gentleman in the House. The object was to bring considerable
portions of this land into immediate cultivation by the capital
of a company, under regulations dictated by this Government.
As to the security proposed for bringing the lands into cultiva-
tion within a certain time, the Hon. Gentleman who urged that
must have a low opinion of Goverament to think such advice
necessary. That was already and had been long been a condi-
tion of granting land. This was no measure of monopoly.
There were abundant allotments of the lands in the possession

of private individuals. Government was not to be charged with
indueing emigration. The States. of Canada were not in want
of population. Labour could not Command a price as in the
United States ; but capital was most materially necessary, and
this measure would facilitate the transfer of it.. He promised
any information upon the details which might be required of
him. He must revert for a minute to the general charge made
against the Colonial Department by an Honourable Gen-
tleman opposite ; he could not separate the parties im-
plicated—the charge was against the whole establishment.
Why did not the Honourable Gentleman make it More spe-
cifically against some one member of administration, as he was
bound to do, rather than indulge in vague clamour and idle
declamation ? He claimed, on the contrary, for the Colonial
Department, and the Noble Lord at the head of it, a • full
proportion of that approbation with which the, anxious labours
of all departments in the Government were rewarded, in their
zeal to remove shackles and embarrassments laid upon the
colonial and mercantile interests by the. supposed wisdom of
our ancestors. At any rate, he wished that the Hon. Gentle-
man would give him, by a specific charge, a specific opportu-
nity for justification.
Mr. HETME explained. It was hard to charge him with
being indefinite, who had taken up so much time in each of
' the -last five Sessions with complaints against the conduct of
the Colonial Governors, and the neglect of the Colonial-
office.—Leave was given to bring in the Bill.
VAN DIENIAN'S LAND.
. .

Mr. IVILNIOI`2I-ibidON obtained leave to bring in a
Bill similar to the foregoing, for the enclosure and cultivation
of waste lands is Van Dieman's Land.
• BANKING COMPANIES IN IRELAND.

•Sir GEORGE HILL moved for leave to bring in a Bill for
the regulation of Copartnerships of certain Banters in Ireland.
His object was to amend and enlarge the Act of last year on
this subject, without, however, interfering with the Charter of
the Bank of Ireland.
Mr. DAWSON supported the motion. He presented no
fewer than six petitions from different parts of Ireland, calling
for the improvement and 'extension of banking establishments.
There was but one opinion as to the utility of provincial banks.
Those Companies were -Calculated to unite all parties—Ca-
tholics and Protestants. It was for the want of such banking
phrtneraltips that the south-west of Ireland fell into such mi-
sery some few years ago, when all but ten of the private
bankers failed. He wished to assimilate the law of Ireland to
the law of Scotland. in Banking Companies. Neither he, nor, be
believed, any person connected with the Company, wished to
trench on the privileges of the Bank of Ireland. He could
not hut perceive that it was through fear that establishment be-
Came lately so liberal. It was only "list year, after his own
notice of motion to repeal the restrictions on Banking in Ire.
' land, that the Bank of Ireland.reduced their rate of discount.
For the same reason the Bank of Ireland was now establishing
branch Banks through the country. He thought that these
' large copartnerships would be the means of introducing capital
into Ireland, and would give to that country all the benefit of
the Union. H e hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would see the advantage of these Companies to Ireland, and
that, by the diffusion of capital, • the revenue, as well as the
wealth of the country, would be increased. Increased revenue,
and the general prosperity,- would enable the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman to made a farther reduction of taxation. -
Sir HENRY PARNELL said that the conduct of the Com-
pany of the Bank of Ireland was improper and inconsistent
-with what was expected from it. It was to that Company was
owing the failure of the private banks. of Ireland a few years
ago. Such conduct, on the part of that bank, should induce
the House to be sparing of giving monopolies for the future.—
lie asked the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, how far useful .it was to keep the law of England
and Ireland different on that subject? Why was there one
system in Ireland and another its this country ? He hoped that
this whole. question would be taken into consideration, and that
the laws in both countries would be equalised,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured his
Hon. Friend near him and the Hon. Baronet, that he was
as anxious as any Mentber that the country should profit by
the Banking system, and he would" give his best assist-
ance to the improvement of the laws. He was not tohe in-
fluenced by any partiality in favour of -the .Bank of Ireland,
farther than , that they had a Charter, and it was the duty of
Government to see that that agreement was not violated. It
was easy to say that it would be advantageous if they were not
hampered with the consequences of the Charter to the Bank in
Ireland ; but they were hampered with them, and that was not
any reason for violating such Charter. Before he could consent
to the measure now proposed, he must ascertain all the circum-
stances of the case, and know whether as to the equity of the
contract, the Bank had not done all that they had any right to
expect. He should feel it his duty to look 'after the interests of
the Bank ; not because it was a Bank, but because it was a body
with whom the Government had entered into compact. The
Bank might, like every body else, have looked after profit ; but
if the House meant to interfere with existing contracts as a
ground for doing so, it must first be ascertained whether any
undertaking had been violated.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that if the measure which he
proposed last year were renewed, it would he more beneficial
to Ireland in causing money to flow to that country than the
measure now proposed. This measure would only cause a
greater circalation of paper. -
Mr. S. • RICE approved of the Bill now proposed to be
brought in: Discounts could only be had in Dublin ; and the
bills must be accepted by some individual in Dublin; so that
,
the agency of 1 per cent., with the discount of 5 per cent.,
pa nndr,expensesprovinces
in
oaflPitr
Yta perr' cent. The introduction of Provincial
Banks would be most beneficial, by introducing English punc-
tuality in buSiness as well as English capital.
• Mt. TRANT supported the motion ; provincial accommo-
dationes jte' &c. made the discount to those in the
was much wanted.
Mr. 111. FITZGERALD spoke to the like effect. The Irish
Bank had refused to discount provincial paper, except there
were acceptances obtained in Dublin.. That was most inju-
rious to provincial interest.
Mr. SNEYD said be was a Director of the Bank of Ireland,
and he denied the charges brought against the Bank. The
distresses of the South of Ireland had been mainly relieved by
assistance from the Bank.
Mr. A TTWOOD supported the measure. -
SI r. M. FITZGERALD and Mr. SNE VD mutually explained.
—The motion was then put and carried.
IRISH BUTTER TRADE.
Sir 11. PARNELL said that the subject was one of great
importance, both with respect to its amount, and the number of
the persons who were employed in the butter trade. The
trade was perfectly, free until 1812, when it was placed under
several vexatious regulations. The principal regulation
required that every cask of butter must be sold, tasted,
and marked in open marked. The taster had the power
to mark the butter, Ist,
2d, or .-3d quality, and so ma-
terially affect the sale. The taster was always a person of no
tasting took place e
ach
cask
kr
se
2Ad.c t;
but
ts
scarcely very g r
respectability of station, and was liable to abuse his
power. The extent of oppression and corruption which
cafister
where 20d. anti 25d. was pot charged. The taster was gene-
rally a creature of the Merchant. As the abuse was no older
than the year 1812, he hoped the Ilouse would consent to its
correction. There was at's there The any case
. no case more deserving of its atten-
tion. lie.moved for copies of all Memorials presented to the
Treasury relating to the butter trade of Ireland.
Mr. C. GRANT said, that the argument dwelt upon by
the Hon. Baronet were equally good
against the linen trade.
He would not originate any measure
himself on the subject of
the butter trade, but would leave it entirely in the hands of the
lion. Mover.
Air. HUME wished all restrictions should be removed from

the butter
.trade in Ireland, as they were from that of Scot-
land.

Mr. S. RICE thought, after all that had been said upon
the subject, the Government should remedy. the grievance
complained of, especially as they admitted its existence.
Mr. DAWSON said the measure would have his warm sup-
port. He wished these restrictions should be taken elf the
butter trade; but he' trusted the House would not meddle with
the linen trade, which was at present most prosperous in the
North of Ireland.

Mr. GRArrAN„ thought every thing should be done to
advance the butter trade, as it was next in importance to that
in linen.

Mr. 'l'. WILSON concurred with the Honourable Member.
in the importance of this trade, and thought it a fit subject for
inquiry.
Mr. NV. FITZGERALD .said the subject was most im-
portant to Ireland, and the prosperity of many cities in that
country may be traced-to those regulations now condemned.
He was inclined to think the restrictions imposed on the trade,
when considered in the abstract, to he grievances, but he
wished for the opinions of those interested. If any Bill did
pass upon the subject, he trusted such a clause would not be..
smuggled into it as into the last Bill, which, for the purpose
of serving the cooperinf, trade of Cork, compelled persons to
send for their casks to that city, from a distance of 150 miles.
After a tew words front Sir G. HILL,
Sir H. PARNELL said, he thought it the duty of the Go-
vernment to bring in a Bill. He brought the grievances of the
system before the House, and the responsibility rested with Mi-
nisters.—The Papers were ordered at cordingly.
The Bill for impounding Distress in Ireland, was read a
second time.

The Bill for the Recovery of Small Debts in Scotland, was
ordered to be read a second time on Friday.

, -
The Caledonian Canal Bill, and the Jury Consolidation Bill,
were ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.
ASSESSED TAXES.
- -

On the motion for the third readbg of the Assessed Taxes
Bill, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he
had three clauses to propose ir, additiom The first was, to
exempt poor people, who were now exempted, from paying a
tax for one dog, but the condition of whose exemption was not
paying the Assessed Taxes, and which condition would cease
by the present bill, from paying any tax for their single dog.
On the clause being proposetl, Air. HUAI E asked the reason •
for it, and inquired of the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he
meant to take the tax off shepherds' dogs in Scotland, which
was a sort of vexation without yielding any revenue ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIJEQUER explained that
the criterion of poverty, on which the -eXeroption was before.
founded, was done away, and this clause was to continue the
exemption. He understood ail the persons keeping shepherds'
dogs were at present practically relieved, and exempted from
paying duty.
Mr. HUME thought this tax should be done away.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then present—
ed another clause, to exempt interior windows of houses from
all duties; or such as derive their light from other windows.
Mr. HUAIE again pressed on the Chancell64-attention the
Shepherds' dogs._

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, every
dog would be a shepherd's dog, if Mr. flume's principle were.
adopted, and the tax on dogs was, in his opinion, a proper one..
111 r. Alderman WOOD pressed on the Chancellor's attention
the propriety of removing the tax
.on windows altogther, rather
than have these different clauses and this constant legislation.
He hoped the tax would. be- removed altogether. lle com-
plained of the trouble of appeals, and thought if the Right
Honourable Gentleman knew all of it, if he Were a CoMmts-
sioner, he would certaiely give up these taxes. The measupes„
of relief granted by the Right Hon. Gentleman had given_no sa-
tisfaction out of doors.
Mr. HOME SU3INER.and Mr. DRUMMOND said a
few words on the Shepherds' Dogs. The clause was then.
agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed an
other clause, granting allowance to the Clerks of the Coikra_isr
sioners for Assessed Taxes.

Mr. HUME stated, that he had lately received a letter from •
the Mayor of Yarmouth, informing hint that, at the last Court
of Appeals held in that borough, upwirds of 700 cases under
the Assessed Taxes had been gone into.- He thought ,this wag,
e good reason why these taxes should be repealed.. There wss
a bounty for the surveyors to make surcharges by the pre'
sent regulations, as they obtained something whenever they
i CHANCELLORe o l ra tie, every.
exempting
surchargeempting pot-boys under 15 years of a, e.—
were successful, and were never punished when they failed.-- •
He suggested that the surveyors should be subjected to soros
mulct
of thee EXCHEQUER,ydid'Dotniakegd.
iproposed his
fourth
Bill, with these clauses, was then' read 'a third time and passed.
Upon the Wine Duty Bill being read a second time,
Mr. HUME complained that the present measure ailbrded
no relief to the importer of (34e xVioe. The Colonists at the
Cape had been induced to extend their Plantations on the faith
of an Act of Parliament; teclaring that their diities should be
only bee-third of the duties imposed upon ether wines: NOW
the duties had been reduced upon every species of wine, excePl-
that from the Cape, which was allowed to remain as Lavit.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that
the former low rate of duties had been held out to the Colonist
of the Cape, as perpetual. On the contrary they had been duly
warned. that thg low rate of duty upon their wines would no!,
be continued. He was not prepared to say that the case a
the growers and importers of Cape wines might not deserve-
some consideration in the Committee.
Mr. Alderman WOOD stated, that many retail dealers iii
wine were now taking. oil;' 12s. a-doien• from their stock, but
they were apprehensive that this reduction might not be allow-
ed to them by Goveenment. • o
Mr. HERR lES stated,. that the wine duty bad :3een laid ?
at so much per ton, and although the allowance now to b!
made by Government would extend much lower tan to that
quantity, it certainly could notebe carried so low as ten 01.
twenty. gallons.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at $
quarter past Twelve the House adjourned.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, March Ot

BANKRUPTS. -
G. Graham, Sunderland near the Sea, master-mariner, to
surrender April 5, (1, 26, at the Bridge Inn, Bisliop-M'ear'
mouth. Solicitor, 51r. Blakiston, Symond's Inn. l
T. Taylor, Ashton-under-Line, draper, March 30, 31, APT
26, at the Coach and Horses, Manchester. Solicitors, MessrS,
Willis, Watson, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse.yard, Lodi'
bury.
J. Ashton,. jun. , Fenn cy-Ben tley, Derbyshire, cheese-factorf
March 29, 30, April 26, at the Green Man Inn, Ashborne•
Solicitors, Messrs-Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New-inn%)
Drant, Kingston-upon-Hull, perfumer, March 18, IY'
April 26, at the Angel Inn, Sheffield. Solicitor, Mr. Wilsol%,
Greville-street, Hatton-garden. -
J. Hirst, York, cloth-merchant, March 19, April 3, 26, a`the Bankrupts' Court, Basingball-street. Solicitor, Mr. Rusly
bury, Darth usian. street, Charterhouse-squ are.: '
R. B. Hawes, Horsley-street, Walworth, carpenter, Marc!!
19, 26, April 26, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-strecT
Solicitors, Messrs. Watson and Son, Bouveric-street, fleet'
street.

DIVIDENDS. •
April 6, J. Moore, I. Tennant, and J. Foster,
Monkton, Yorkshire, flax-spinners—April 12, S. and k•
Nichols, New Woodstock, - Oxfordshire, spinsters—April •,"
W. Phillips, Bristol, linen-draper—April 7, G. Rees, Haler
fordwest, linen-draper—April- 7, E. L. Edwards, Cardig3`"?
linen-draper—April 16, W. Rooke, Noble-street, silk-manuf3''
turer—April 19, B. Wainwright, Hereford, maltster—Aprill);
'l'. Fox, Great Surrey-street, Elackfriars-road, woollen-drone
—Aprils, P. Murphy, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury-squaere:
wine-merchant—May 7, N. Gilibee, .Denton, Kent, coal-riled
chant--April 6, W. Robinson, Liverpool,• upholsterer--APr"
5, T. Gray, March, Cambridgeshire, common-brewer.

•
CETITIFICATES, Antic. 5. re,
J. Williams, Kentish-town, coaeli-master—E.
Caroline-street, Bedford-square, tail,,r—T. It. Dixon, George,
Spital-fields, 'sugar-refiner—T. Wragg,
Maiden7lane, Islington, and Ave Maria-lane, brewer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. af'
T. Penny and J. Willis, Bristol, painters—H. Carter talicy,
A. Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Kitchen and J.
Salford, Lancashire, house and furniture-paintel:l;—B. 30,",irst
Bagshaw, Little Ilubklow, Derbyshire, farmers—G. Brod"'
and T. Smith, Derby,
.briziers--,W. Marsh and R. Good woo,
Glocester, pin-makers—N.- Nicholson and H. T. ThomPlott,
Cockermouth, Cumberland, attornies -7 H. Holbrook, H. Val b 9,
H. Spencer, and J. Johnson, Spondon, Heanor, and Pe'
bobber or twist net lace-machine-makers.

•
• nOt
SLEEP AND SUPPER-F.ATING.— Some L'Bl a 1
~/11
sleep if they eat.any supper, and certainly the lighter this 11)11-ot
is the better. Others need notput on thair nightcaps, if they (I°tit9
first bribe their' stomachs to good behaviour by a certain qua"or
of bread and cheese and beer, &c. and go to bed almost per
mediately after. As to the wholesomeness of a solid suPPP•aI
se., we do not think it advisable, but habit may have made "wee
dispensable, and we know it is often the most comfortable bore
among the middle classes of ,society, who have as large 11 9thef
of health as any. We caution bad sleepers to beware bow ael
indulge in the habit of exciting sleep, by taking any of tileapd
paratlons of opium, they are all injurious to the stomai"
often inconvenient in their effects upon the bowels.

PARLIAMENTARY FROCEEDINGS.

HOCSE OF COMMONS.

Midis, 150 die Martii, 1825.
TANDING ORDERS COMMlTTEE—Resolutions. reported :
That, in the cases of the Birmingham and Liverpool Rail_
ay Petition for a Bill, and the Petition of Mr. Thomas Eyre
'ee, relating to the same, and the Evidence taken before the
`ornrnittee thereon, the Standing Orders ought not to be d;s-
cnsed with.—Postponed.
That, in the cases of the Cockermouth Roads, Lough Neagh
oil Lough Erne Navigation (Ireland) Petitions, the parties be
unfitted to proceed with their Bill.—Agreed to.
That, in the case of the Barnsley and Pontefract Road Pe-
tion, the parties be permitted
to proceed with their
ad that leave be granted that the List of Owners deposited
Li the Private Bill Office, and the Book of Reference deposited
ath the Clerk of the Peace, be forthwith amended, by striking
gut the name of 'Mr. Brinkman, and inserting that of Mrs.
Broadhead instead thereof.—Agteed to.
irhat, in the case of the 14- ainfieet Drainage Petition, the
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that leave
L
granted*that Notices may be inserted three times in sonic
one newspaper of the County of Lincoln, and affixed for three
'Ondays to the Church doors of the parish of Wainfleet Saint
'arY, in the said County, and also affixed to the door of the
fe'sions-house at the next'Easter Quarter-sessions of the Peace
or the said County.—Agreed to.
That, in the case of the Athluncard Bridge Petition, the
IPatties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that leave
~,Kranted that a Plan, Book of Reference, Lists of Owners
Occupiersa and Estimate, be forthwith deposited in the
tat Bill Office ;---and that the Committees on the three
ht-illentioned Bills do respectively examine, in the first place,
d" • "far Cle said Orders shall have been complied with, and
o
elePort the same to the House on the Reports of the Bills.—
to.
'';',ssaal-; from the Lonna—That they have agreed to—
`'atherley Moor and, Winston, and Bridgnorth Reads Bills,
Without amendment. •
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, and Act for
furalizing Edward Richard Benyon, Esq.
''o3lpaNlEs_Metropolitan 'Waterworks—Petition from Pad-
dington, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill,
Counsel ordered. Stockport Waterworks, and Commercial
Banking (Scotland)—Bills read a second time, and con-
/flitted. Equitable Loan Bank—Petition from St. George's
Hanover-square, St. Botolph (Aldgate), and St. Martin's-in-
the-fields against; . and from 'Whitechapel, Commercial-
road, Sec. in'favour, to lie on the table. London and West
Minster Oil Cias--Tetitions of the Imperial and City of Lon-
don Gas Light and Coke Companies, against—referred to
the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Metropolitan
Piste—Petitions from Ramsgate, Greenwich, Barking, and
hlanningtree, against—to lie on the • table. London Wa-
ter—Petition of Owners 'of Mills on the River Lea, against
/ •
—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Connsefordered.
Imperial Mining arelandy—:Bill read a first time. Alliance
Marine Insurance—Bill read a third time, and passed. Pro-
vincial Bank (ireland)—Two Petitions in favour, to lie on
the table ; •Bill ordered.
4tAlLWAYs—Liverpool and Manchester—Petitions from Pen-
dleton and .Li against—referred to the Committee on
the Bill, Counsel ordered; Members added to the Commit-
,tee. West Lothian—Report on Petition for Bill referred to
lae Select Committee on Standing Orders. East London—
Petition of West India Dock Company, &c. in favour—to lie
on the table. Ed:nburgh and Dalkeith and Portland—
Bills :read-a second time, and committed. Stratford and
aAioreton—Bill ordered.
4'oa.ns_Shaldon and Torquay, Weymouth and Melcombe
Regis Baivtry and Tinslep, Barnsley and Grange Moor,
and Regis,
and Alton—Bills read a first time. Win-
chester and Petersfield, Whiteburn and Dunse, and Green-
law—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Alidburst and Peters=
field—Bill read a third time, and passed. Cleobury Morti-
'llr, Renfrew, Lanark, and Ayr, Shepley-lane Bead, and
Meltham and WeiSenden Head—Bills read a second time,
and committed. Tewkesbury and Cheltenham, Denbigh and
I4lanrtast, Rotherham andTankersley, Kingston-upon-Hull
and Perribr, Cockermouth, and Lockwood and Meltham—
Bills ordered. Huddersfield and New-Hey—Petition of J.
11°Imes, against --referred to the Committee on the- Bill,
Counsel ordered.
"?novEmtarrs—Derby, and Leek—•:.Bills read a second
kr; and. committed. Burslem-=Bill read a first time.
ogi
ttiraloC
,iand Rochdale--Bills ordered. Stroud---Bill read
'ne, and passed.- •
Cu A Chesterfield
—LlrightonDtv -
"uu St
I)tr. onshaven Bills read. a second time,
OrteEs_Bi•• ,
DEirrs ring sanu ei.anne s and committed.
RECOVERY (Scotland) ,
r.,AOT.,EbesZiAN CANAL
Katharine's--Petition of Merchants, Sec. of Lon-
against—referred to the Committee on the-Bill, Counsel or-
dered. Isle of DogS—Bill read a first time.
yeral rcations—,.agninste-to lie on the table.
NAviGAT Petition's, against, to lie on the
table, and one referred to the Committee on the Bill; Re-
port on Petition for Bill referred to the Select Cominittee -on
Standing Orders. Calder and Hebble.Bill reported, Re-
port to lie on the table.
THAMES QUAY-Bill ordered. Petition of the Duke of Nor-
_folk, against—referred to the Committee on the al.
Two PENNIES SCOTS—Dalkeith—Bill rePorted, tol be in-
grossed.-
INonoSunEs—Frampton Cotterell (Gloucester), West Miley
Iferksj—Bill read a first time.
--ANALs—Liskeard—Bill read a first time. Western Ship—
,. Petition of W. H. Inglis, against—to lie on the table.
Esk—Bill ordered.
OUSE AND WINDOW Tax—Petitions for the repeal thereof,
frOm All Saint's, Bristol—to lie on the table.
ROMAN CATITOLIECEAIMS—Petition- against, from Cam-
bridge—to lie on the table.
COAL r; TlES—Petitions !from Brockdish and Harleston,
. against—to lie on the table. -

NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.
~
11r. Bright—Bill to revive, and make perpetual, Act 57
„ Ge.o. 3, e.lOl (Arrest for Debt).
z. 14r. Williams Yi7"ynn—Bill for regulating the transportation
of Offenders from St. Helena.
3.
111 r. Hume—Return of all persons in Holy Orders holding
Offices in Borough Corporations, and other Civil Officet.
Number of Parishes in Ireland where Comppsition for
Tithes has taken place under late Acts, and Retnrn of the
number of Suits for Tithes in the last tbree• years. Re-
turn of the dates of the Accounts of Military Paymasters
and others, in arrear before 1798, and not settled. Return
of the quantity of Wine in bond, and in the hands of
dealers, on 28th February last.
ORDERS' OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.
Peruvisn Mining Company—Second reading.
.4: Assessors at Elections Bill—Second reading.
(aledanian Canal Bill—Committee.
~.
Julies Bill—Report.
‘.;„
'"PPly—uommittee.
111utiny Bill—Third reading.
'-'7larine Mutiny Bill—Third reading.
vanes Bill—Report.
10. ways and 111 eans—Committee.
. Salaries to Judges in India, and to Bishop of Calcutta—
Committee thereupon.
NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Friday, March 18.
Goulburn—Trish Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Com.
mittee of Supply.)

Tuesday, March 22.
2. .17,1 r. Grattan—Bill for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland.
it Horton—Bill to amend Act 5 Geo. 4, for
amending and consolidating the Laws relating to the Abo-
. lition of the Slave Trade.
PRIVATE BILLS.
Second Readings for This Day.
poacaster and Thorne Road ; Dublin and Kingstown Raib.
wa Y ; and Southwark Gaol.

HARRIE'fTE WiLsoN—(Bozo-Street.)—ln con-
4t9'.nce of the directions of Sir R. Britim3, orders have been
given to the otnee,3 of this establishment to apprehend any. of.
,
those hawkers who should be found vending The Adventures
aHarriette Wilson." This was to be done under the Paving
ct. Accordingly a search was commenced, and in consequence
a hawker was apprehended by Herring, the officer, under the
'lte way of New Inn, exposing to sale a number of. pamphlets,
which by means of a placard he held in his hand, the Public
was informed were " The whole of the amourous Letters from
yriette Wilson to the King, the Duke of Wellington, and
Noblemen."—Mr. HALLS, the sitting Magistrate, ex-
Pressed some doubts as to the power vested in him of interfering
;!1_ cases like the present. If the inscriptions on the board were
101,bellous, the parties aggrieved had the means in their power of
ti?tainiug redress through another channel. The defendant was
_.u_en asked if he had got a licence to hawk his merchantlize ?
It;lee answered in the negative. Mr. HALLS therefore ordered
.I_r defendant to be detained until he had an opportunity of.
e carefully considering the mode in which he ought to
Proceei

The Paris Papers of Sunday contain news from
Constantinople, which represents the Ottoman
capital as a scene of the greatest disorder, owing
to the mutinous spirit of the Janissaries, and the
extreme misery to which the people have been re-
duced by the exactions of the Government to carry
on the war against the Greeks. Notwithstanding
the boasted plan of operations for the next cam-
paign, made public a few days ago by the Turkish
Government, it is manifest by these accounts
that the Porte, from the distracted state of its
affairs, will not be able to carry that plan into
execution, or even perhaps be able to make an-
other effort against the Greeks. The following
are extracts of the intelligence above allud-
ed to :

( From the Etoik, dated Monday, March 14. )

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 1!.

The Sultan has lent to the 111iri, for the service of the State,
19,000 purses, that is, 9 millions of piastres. The Pacha of
Egypt has sent to the Sultan 5 millions. Abdallah, Pacha of
Acre, whose pardon has been negociated for 15 millions, has
sent 200,000 piastres.

FEBRUARY 2.

Last, Friday ten persons were arrested, and most of them
executed on the spot. Ali Pacha, the ex-Grand Vizir, who
has retired to Philippopoli, has just received orders to raise the
money for the extraordinary wants of this year : similar orders
have been sent to Asia. Each of the continents is to furnish
15 millions of piastres.
'

The forts on the channel are being repaired and put in a
better state of defence. The children of Ali Paella, of Joan-
nina, have been sent for to the Grand Vizir : it is supposed this
family will be again called upon to act a part.
FEBRUARY 3.

The banishment of several persons arrested some time since
excites sensation ; among them are four Ortas of the Janissa-
ries: The corps of the Ridjigals is supposed to be secretly im-
plicated in the intrigues of that body. -A project of the Sultan
is talked of, subjecting to military regulations all those Janissa-
ries whose pay is above 40 aspers per day.

FEBILUARY

Last week there were again some disorders in Constanti-
nople, such as the arrest in broad day-light, and that at night,
of two persons followed by their domestics. About 40 persons
belonging to the different corporations in the city. have been
strangled.

FEBRUARY
The partial troubles which called for the vigilance of the
Government continue. Three 'Janissaries who resisted the
Guard on Sunday the 6th Feb. were embarked in vessels in the
arsenals, which are to sail as soon as possible. Eight others,
who also resisted and wounded a sentinel, were carried before
the Janissary Aga, and executed on the spot.
The Chief of the Market of Malta has been seized in the
night in his house and put on board a boat, which it is sup-
posed did not carry him far.
TWelve Ortas are spoken of, said to be suspected by the Go-
vernment.
Though the Aga of the Janissaries has shown the greatest
activity in his duty, he was deposed this morning at three o'clock.
Tnere are persons who pretend that all this agitation is only
a trick of the persons holding the reins of Government' to
alarm the Sultan, who dreads nothing so much as a revolution,
and to attribute these troubles to Ghalib Podia. Others main-
tain that the conspiracy is real, and that its object tends to a
complete catastrophe. They found their opinion on the fact
that Constantinople presented a similar scene of partial disorders
on the dethroning of the Sultan Mustapha in 1808, and that the
real focus of the revolt is in the body of the Ulemas, who

-collect the complaints cf all the brinches of the State .which, are
perishing from want and misery.
They mention on this subject the 72,000 purses which the
Sultan has caused to be levied this year for the extraordinary
wants of the State.

The distress in Asia is so great that a feher prosecuted for
debt, has been obliged (a thing unheard of among the Mussul-
mans) to give his daughter in pawn! A poor peasant has been
forced to sell the tiles off the roof of his house to "pay his
creditors.

It was some time ago reported that, the King
of PRUSSIA had shewn a disposition to follow the
policy of this country with respect to the new
States of South America, and bad accordingly
appointed a Mr. ESCHENBERG, lITS Majesty's Con-
sul General at Buenos Ayres. The appoint-
ment of Mr. ESCHENBERG was contradicted by
the Berlin Gazette, but it appears by the follow-
ing article from Stockholm that the Assembly
of the Pomeranian States have been permitted
to express their wish that the Prussian'Govern-
ment should conclude treaties of commerce with
the South American Republics.

(From the Journal des Debats of Sunday.)

STOCIMOLM, FEB. :12.

By an article in one of our Papers we learn that the States
General of Pomerania have expressed a wish that the. Prus-
sian Government should conclude treaties of commerce with
the States of Southern America, oa account of the advantages
likely to result therefrom to Prussia.

Hamburgh Papers to the I2.th instant arrived
this morning. According to an article from St.
Petersburgh of the 26th ultimo, it would seem
that the trade of the Russian capital has increas-
ed so much as to render it necesiary to erect ad-
ditional buildings for the accommodation of ware-
honsed goods, and for affording greater facility
in the management of the customs. The works
are to commence i❑ the summer, and a million of
rubles has been appropriated to their erection
for the current year. From Stockholm' we learn,
that proposals for extending the commercial re.
lations between Sweden and the Netherlands
have been made by the Government of the latter
country, and is now under the consideration of
the Swedish Board of Trade.

EXCH. NG::..S.
HAMBURGII, MAIIGH U.—London, 35. 11. ; two months,

PETERSBUTIGH, FEn. 25.—London, 9. 29-32.
LElrsiG, MArtett 7.—Londen, three months, 6. IL
BEILLIN, Mancu B.—London, three months, G. 241.

DOVER, MARCH 15.—Sailed for Boulogne the
Monarch steam boat, with his Grace the Duke
of DEVONSHIRE, and the King George sailing
packet, with his Excellency Prince PAUL ESTER-
.HAZY.

The general importation into St. Petersburgh,
in the course of last year, amounted to

120026,175 rubles, and the exportation to
97,066,608 rubles. Among the 116 wholesale
houses mentioned in the Commercial List, that of
CLEMERS and BEitG imported to tl►e greatest
amount, namely, 16,681,075 rubles; and that of
THORNTON, C.l Y LEY, and Co. exported to the
greatest amount, viz. 8,900,850 rubles.
The Journal of the Russian Bible Society,
which was begun in January last year, was
closed on the ID!' February, by -order of the
Metropolitan Seraphiu President of the Society,
which has not had any annual meeting 51116"
July, 1822. •
Sir W. Colsancvc returned. to Berlin on the
9th instant, and the preparations for lighting the
city with Gas are going on rapidly. "I'l►e cause-
way from Berlin to Charlottenhurg will be first
lighted in this manner.

By the Mexican, arrived at Liverpool, letter*
to the 97th of January have been received- from
nava/mat). Vessels front Alvarado had arrived
t.ler by whom the state of :Mexico was reported
t:
perfectly tranquil. The Mexicans had
, be ,
fortified the island of Sacrificios. The Urica,
Colombian vessel of war, had been cruizing off
the Havannah, and had proceeded to
•Phila-
delphia, to convoy a number of gun-boats from
thence to Colombia', there to be employed as
guarda costas.
Mr. LAWLESS, one of the Deputation of the
Roman Catholics, has published- a long letter,
against the proposed Bill of Emancipation. In
this letter he states, that the arrangements conse-
quent upon the measure are three—that an an-
nual stipend shall be paid to the Roman Catholic
Clergy by public authority—that 40s. freeholders
shall no longer have a.right of voting at Elections—
and," there is a Board to be constituted composed
of Catholics—the appointment to be sanctioned by
the I rish Government, whose duty,it is said, is to
be limited to the exclusion of foreigners from the
Catholic Prelacy of Ireland, and to the report-
ing to the Government the characters of the per-
sons seeking ecclesiastical promotion in the -Ca-
tholic Church ; to the registering of their places
of birth ; and the communication of all such in-
formation as may best regulate the mind of the
Irish Government iii the distribution. of the an.
nual stipend to the Irish Clergy."
FATAL DUEL.—Mr. ARROWRIGHT, who was
wounded in a duel with Mr. C—E, a gentle-
man of independence,
.died, on Monday night
from fever. The meeting took place on Hurst
Common, near Oakingttatn, and Mr. Arnow;
RIGHT received the ball of his adversary in die'
left breast, in the second fire. It was extracted
at the house of the deceased at Shiplock, on
Monday morning, soon after which appearances
were alarming, and death eased the sufferings of
the deceased at 11 o'clock at night.
Sir Wm. C. DE CRESPIGNY, Bart. we regret to
hear is dangerously ill ; he has been visited by
a paralytic and apoplectic attack.
Sir F. BURDETT appeared last night in the
House of Commons with his left arm in a sling,
in consequence, we believe, of a slight touch 61H
the gout. Mr. PLUNKETT was also in the Honse
for a. short time, in the early part of the even-
ing, and had a conference with. the Honourable
Baronet.
It is not true that Mr. MAcREAny has had a
relapse, or, that.his state of health will at all in-
terfere with his profession, as stated in a para-
graph copied from a country paper. He. was ad-
vised by his physicians to renounce his country
engagements, but a very recent letter from. him
states that his health was almost completely re-
established, and-that he should resume his en-
gagethent at Drury-lane immediately after Eas-
ter.—(Moriziog Paper!) .

THE KING.

WINDSOR, MARCH 15.—His RAYESTY has not as yet left
the Royal Lodge either for the purpose of attending Divine
Service, or taking his accustomed airings, contrary to the erro-
neous statement in a- Morning Paper of yesterday. We are
confident that until the weather becomes more favourable, his
Majesty will not leave the Lodge.—Yesterday morning, her
Royal Highness the Princess Augusta left Frogmore, attended
by Miss Wynyard, for her residence in London, where her
Royal Highness will pass the ensuing season. Her Royal High-
ness was prevented attending Divine Service at the Parish
Church on Sunday last, the weather being so very unfavourable

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Sir Edwyn Stanhope, at Warren's Hotel, from the Duke of
Buckingham's seat, Stowe ' . Sir John and Lady sinclair, and
Family, at the Green Man Hotel, Blackheath, from France ;
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Jones, at Batts! Hotel, Thwer-street, from
!France; Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, at ditto, from Cork; Scott
Stoneham, Esq. at ditto, from Oxford, R. S. Keating, Esq.
at ditto.' .

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ARRIVALS AT CIIELTENIIAM.—The Hon. Captain and
Mrs. F. Pellew, lion. Mrs. Grieve, Rev. B. Allen, Major
Higgins; Messrs. Dassell, Barnard, Dilton Hearne, Treuer,
Wilker, Bunow, Bacton, Collier, H. Williams, Long, What-
Rogers, David Bryce, M-dville, &c. &c.

DUKE OF YORK'S LEEVE.—Yesterday after-
-noon, at four o'clock, the Duke of York held a Lee, as Com-
mander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was
attended by—The Earl of Oxford, Viscount Tempkton, Lieut.-
Generals Sir Thomas Hislop, Montgomery, and Strickland ;
Major-Generals Sir John Dalrymple, Boham, Darling, \Yid-
drington, Murray, and Burton ; and about forty other Officers.
Yesterday morning the Duke and Duchess of Clarence came
to town, from their residence at Bushy. Their Royal High-
nesses returned to Bushy in the afternoon.
The Duke of Clarence, the Duke of Gloucester, and the
Duke of Sussex, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday morning, at St.
George's, Hanover-square, by the Lord Bishop of No ttwicfx,
Colonel the lion. FREDERICK Pc...rsownr, to Lady ENTLY
13ATntinsT, 37cungest,claughter of Earl and Countess BA-
THURST. After the ceremony Colonel and Lady EMILY
PONSONRY left London for Cirencester.
Yesterday the LORD MAYOR gave an entertainment to the
Common -Coul:cil of several. of the Wards, and in order to shew
that respect to the clergy, to which the Lord Mayor thinks they
are entitled, as well as to promote that good feeling which
ought to subsist between them and their flocks, his Lordship
invited the incumbents of the several benefices within those
wards to meet them ; and it is the Lord Mayor's intention to
continue the practice in the invitations which will in future be
given to the corporation. The High Bailiff of BirminghaM
was also of the party, and was the bearer of the sum of 2701.
for the Spanish and other refugeeS from that opulent place.
A most splendid plan for new edifices to be erected upon the
ground belonging to the Count and Countess St. Antonio, on
man-
sions are to be of'
ye d when complete, will form
the West Cliff, at Brighton, have just been issued. The
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theiteof(rbtbe called
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himself. The frontage is towards the sea.

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