The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-09 00:00:00

KILLED.

ser.-au:y Oeg, p;:t:lted: . lac Dr•l;OCii,
Q. M. G. severelv.

Royal Artillery—Lt: James Chriitie, severe:y. Lt. B•
Poynter, .114Ittly.

4th Foot—lA.lllos. 111ioity, severely.
210 Ditto—Lt. John -Lea voelt,'slizlitly.
43r1 :evereiv amputated).
85th Ditto—C:apt. Knox, severely; Licotrowas Gee.
Willings,ditto; J. ILiun:ett, ilia.; W. ffici,%on, ditto; 11.0 ht.
C'll..rlton;ilitto; .I.W.;lort, Eti,igii-Bir Eden,.
severely (since dead, , Ariiisliy, slightly.
It3il ditto—Lieutenant .1. l'hatip, f:everely. (since dcad).•
91th ditto—Caotaiti A'. II :lien, .erer..l%. ; Lieutenant
Dabiel Forbes, ditto; Lientenant W. I. (j. Farmer, slightly.

MISSING.
85th Foot—Lieutenant W. illarder, and Ensign George

Ashton.
95th ditto—Major Saniod Mitcbull.
Grand Total of Loss d3ring the whole Operations.
114(.;
Irountled . . 151 i;
llbluing

Grand Total

245-4

DIPERI A L PA LIAM ENT.

,• HOUSE OF LORDS, WrxEsnAY, NlAncit R.
Lord MONTrORT brought up a Petition front Purtsokeu
Wald, signed hi,- 950 persons, against the Corn
Earl STANEfOPE brought op Petitions against the Bill
from the Liberty of Saffron-hill, from Corsbatn., and one
from Bristol, signed by upwards of 4,000 names. He ob-
served, that all those petitions contained matters of much
importance, lint that the strongest reasoning was is the pe-
tition from Peterborough, which called on the Lvgistature to
ease the farmer, by taking off the agricultural taxes. ' This,
he was convinced, was the right point of the dithelilty.
The Dtik'of LE/NSTEM hrou4ht tip a Petition from the
County of.Kiiciare, in Ireland,, praying for the protection of
agriculture:.—Adjvurned.

HOUSE. OF COMMONS.
CORN PETITIoNS.
APetition was presented from the County of Donegal, in'
favour of the Corn Regulations.
A Petition to the same effect was prlsente.3 by Mr. D.
BROWN, .from the County of 'CIL:re. This Petition also
prayed for due protection to the Linen Manufattur.%
Petitions against any alteration in the Corn Laws, were
presented from Wisbeach, Dursley, Margate, Darlaston,
ithristehurclr, Dutofermline, Lewes, baling, Old Brantford,
St. Mary, Paul, Shatiwell, Waoi of Parriugdon
Within, the Borough of St. Albans, St. Mary Magdalen, Beg-
numdsey, the Ward of W.:lhroolt, Worcester, iitherstone, dud
Horsham.
Mr.- BsEIIIG presented a Petition against the
Corn Bill, -front Carlisle, signed by about 6.000
persons, forming about two-thirds of the whole
population of the place. The Petition, he ought
to state, in addition to the prayer against the Bill,
contained also a prayer against granting any fur-
ther advances to the Board of Agriculture, which
the Petitioners considered as only a public nuis-
ance. The Petition likewise, though it did not
directly pray for a Reform in Parliament; rt
mentioned the opinion of the Pt titloners, that if
this BM were to pass in opposition to the decided
—to .the known wishes of the great body of the
nation, it would then clearly appear, that the state
of the representation was such as to be altogether
insufficieut to afford protection to the great bulls
of the people. It would undoubtedly, be a strong
argument to show the insufficiency of the repre-
sentation for the protection of the ma's of the
population, if their voice, so unequivocally de-
clared, were to be attended with so little effect.
The Petition having been delivered in and
read,
Sir JAMES GRAIIAm' observed, that he had, for
the space of twelve months past, been making
every enquiry in his power into the condition of
the agricultural interests, and lie could now state,
that it would be perfeCtly satisfactory to a grat
body of: landholders, if the average price were
fixed at 72 shillings, so as to give 80 shillings
for the very best wheat. (Ilear, hear!) This was
the opinion likewise of a great. many impartial
surveyors whom be had consulted—ot surveyors
judging what was a fair and proper state of things
as between the several classes of the community,
sand not merely considering how the rents of the
landlords could be carried to the highest pitch.--
The landholders to whom lie alluded, had, there-
fore, been not a little surprised to find the ave.
rage fixed at eighty shillings. Was the price of
labour to be reduced one third, and yet the price
of grain to be kept up so as to press so heavily
upon the manufacturing interests ? Were the
--most valuable and the most workmen to
be driven- out of the country by this unneces-
sary pressure ?-s-for if this regulation were to be
persisted in, he was convinced that the effect Would
be to drive them to France and Flanders, or
wherever they could find provisions at a mode-
rate rate. It was hardly possible, indeed, that
without a considerable diminution by emigration,
they -could exist here under such circumsteoces.—
. It bad been said, that Corn could not be raised on
such places as Dartmoor or Black:leatii limier 151.
per acre; and that the acre only gave three guar-
`ters of wheat: but was that a fair or proper cri-
terion -? in such a place it might be necessary to
lay 2000 loads of earth or soil on every acre, and
the expellee of cultivation must, therefore, be
extravagant. But was it fitting that the price
should be kept up, so as to render it a pro-
fitable employmeot to raise wheat on such
ground ? This measure was in fact chiefly pro-
moted-by those who had large tracts of land not
properly applicable to the purpose of producing
bread coma. The owners of such lands wished to
keep. the -price at such a high rate that it would
be worth while to apply them -to the purpose of
raising wheat. With this object there were many
II of the greatest landholders in the country had
nothing to do ; and, therefore, did not wish that
the average should be fixed at so high a price. He
knew that in ,sotne places wheat was even now
selling at the rate of 10 shillings per bushel. Mi-
nisters and the House ought to be well satisfied
that they were in the right before they gave their
sanction to a measure of this nature. It might
be improper to abandon a good measure, merely
because there was a clamour against it ; hut it
%vas surely no argument iii favour of passing -a bad
measure that it was opposed by the great mass of
the conununity. The proper plats would be, to
appoint a Committee to examine the most re-
spectable and impartial surveyors, and not those
who were employed for the purpose of raising the
landholders' rents. His firm belief was, that 72
shillings was the full amount of the proper
average-.
•
Mr. }'arcs? stated, that he had letters from
1 several landholders, stating that they had no desire
to have the average fixed so high.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question by Mr.
Cu,vtliorne, stated, that wheat was selling at 10s.
the bushel in Yorkshire and Cutitherlatot.
rid, he knew that it had beta

Royal Artillery—T,ientennnt Alexander Traramy.
ku ,ti Engineers—Lieutenant Parr IVrig
4t1,-'ioot—Captitin Fran .:is Juhnstun, Lieptenant .To b a
So e.;-la 3d.

2.st ditt,,—Captain C.):;rau.
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a;:tain Charles

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Ist Il'cst.l;acEit.Regizizat-,—Capta:n c.J.I

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—1.7-oveNbi;D:
lienerai Stovin, 2 th Foot, A. A. G. sr-
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et 10. a the inislic% but that it lied eince falith keeping Coro eta raote ewes:sate level' but 111%
back. He hard at (see time thought that a lower wee convinced that the immediate operatioe of 3
average would have been sufficient ; but having would he the reducing the labotneing class to
heard all the dehates en the subject, he was satin-- more wretched dependence on rare i thos
ned that the price now proposed was not beyond mice than the Poorl, tws had
what was necessary. its artier to give tbe fanner a in. It belonged to older men than to I." The
fair prefit.
entrv•
.... l the good days of the Euglish peas, the
kept Mr. CAL:sr:eve teas against the Corn Bill, ' high and honourable pride which once i oute
Sir JAMES GRAAANI 114 d Haver, said, that relief peasant from stooping to parochial relief wriaistas
ought to he denied to the agricultural interests, extinct, the possibility of his istaintainimig 'ewe,
or that all except the bestelandl should be with- and his family by honest labour was now no u o,s
drawn from . cultivation. But lie repeated, that and laws such as these would perpetuatebritrilg
if land could he cultivated only at an expence of wretched change, would make it wenee, amid abs
13/. per acre, it ought to be withdrawn. tie was, . down a free and gallant peasantry .to t" ,ea
perhaps, more friendlyto the agricultural than the ject state ofserts of the soil. The Fiuglieh lode
commercial interest, but, he did not wish that too Santry had done much in our support—hed ',ll fa
already pliteetionect
much should be given to one, at the expence,of many sacrifices through a long, arduous, 311. toi
the other.
- one time, nearly hopeless war. We had auilbui`eto,
Mr. Alderman AersaNs called the ettention-of • their exertions by bidding them look to the
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the House to the Petitioes which liad been re- ings of peace, whenever, under Prossidence,, _fa
seated on the one side and- the other, and express- should arrive. They had abided with us, am td
ed.his wish, that the numbers on each side should us, the pelting of the storm. The
stet r`'`3
be • :
, rd il
be ascertained and stated. overpass, and what is the poor man'S re"a tee..
Mr. SHAW LEFF.V.EE stated that Wheat bad peace ? What are the blessings of peace t°• ,
i .e 1(
been Heins; in Reading market for these four poor man S Do they consist in a 'lower P';'‘. tee
weeks past, and was now selling at 88s. the guar- him for his luxuries or his pleasures ? No. iiitoss
ter.. tie thought that no case had been made out low price at Bread. How do you render the Ilt:d ?
to justify the interference of -Parliament to this jugs of peace intellgible to a poor man's ujililily
extent.
By talking to hineof a lower price of his iises Mr. Beeteb was glad that other towns as well bread—Meer, hear !)--And now we barbio:',o
as Carl sic woold have the benefit of the Hon, and insultingly tell him to enter with us int'', ern
„ait.
Baronet's (Sir J. Graham's) observations, abstract MO distant sDecnlation, On a t•l3-ti by Alr. FRANKLAND' Lewis observed, that a price price of Corn, which begins by raising it, an the,
Much lower than 80 shillings must takeeplace •be- placing him for ever a wretched dependant 0111 al
fore the prohibition on importation could operate.. loathsome bounty of a parish Overseer. ijc `).l
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The Petition was ,then laid on the table, never given a
more cordial or eager vote shalt tli ,
row.es
The Marine Mutiny Bill was committed. Report to-mor- one he should give for the Honourable BN
a'lt.
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Mr. PHILLIPS presented a Petition from the Journeymen Amendment.
Tailors, belongin7 to the House. of Call at the Peacock, Mr. DOUGLAS gave his complete acnuieSc tor
liaughton-street,"Clare-market, respecting the rate of their'.
to the principle of time Bill, but rather will
EMIGRATION wages.—Laid on the taLle,
a lower price. He had no hesitation in ", , r
EMIGRATION •
: aerlit
that the peasantry of England were not ii
~.i.
Mr. Holm En' wished to know from any Member
to those of rite most favoured countries. i1,5'114,,,
of the Government, whether it wits true that they
were endeavouring to prinhote the emigration of
cultore had done more for commerce thee
sc,on
'tierce for agriculture. Much agitation '
_•blel
his Majesty's subjects ? A person in Scotland,
t have been prevented, had.. the idea' of P°'-s
tee
calling himself a Governmeet Agent, for this per-.
.., ,Scarcity been entertained. The , object of ca.
terms upon which the subjects were to be carried
pose had circulated an advertisement, stating the
measure, lie conceived, would be to create a P :
out, and that there were vessels ready in the' manent defence against the evils of famine.
ioll'
Mr. PHILLIPS maintained the contrary posit
Clyde, &c.. He wished to know whether this
a, ice
that it was commerce that had stimulated as :,
not
person had the authority of Government for what
tem, and not agriculture commerce. He did
he did ? '
du' see in what way this restrictioa was to pr° ere
Mr.: VANSITTART said, that it was in the con-
cheapness, and permanent plenty. If rents vi n,
templation ot-Government to adopt some measure ,
be sat-
hetnrally and justifiably high, they might tea
to divert the current of emigration, which would
...
:ypOrted, but no at tificial means should be sui°lll„at
otherwise. take place to other places, towards the
,to lteep them in a state. f undue rise. He th° It' I
British dominions in America. •
d beer
Mr. Holt NER gave notice, that he would soon : all
_the praise bestowed on agriculture had
,00,
lariShed with the view of deprecating our 01400
move for the most distinct information on the
subject. factures. He should regret that. the Bill sh°for
CORN LAWS. . beCome e law lt would then be elecessarino
Mr. ROISINSON having moved that the Report of the advocates of the measure, however, 1° teas
the Corn Committee he brought up ; the best means in their power to alleviate the'
• Sir GILDEAT HEATHCoTt, after some observa- ment which it had excited. •• - • a
tions, in which he alluded to the speech of an Mr. iVELLESLEX 0°
POLE expressed his entire:i
Hon. Member (Mr. Yorke), which he had not , tisfaction at the manner in which the meal?
heard, but which be understoOd represented agri- , • had been brought forward by his Hon. Frienuotie
culture as far more important to time country than After all that had been said in the House, it oiss
the, prosperity of omemanufacturesS moved as an impossible not to feel that the price of 809. .of
amendment that the Report be brought up this necessary to supply our own market. He W°l3
day six months. opinion that the measure should not he clogs
Alf. YORKEt denied, having made use of such with any intricacy of average. He proceetleathe
language respeetieg the manufactures of the argue, -that though rents had doubled
withill ej
country. last twenty years, landholders should not be °her
Lord NUGEbIT rose to second the Amendment. to give up one ouarter of their incomes. It tk
ress
He said that on the same grounds on which the did give up so much, where would
manufaetiljaill
other night he had voted against going into a find a vent for their manufactures ? It the', iall '
Committee, lie should now give his hearty and should pass, the agriculture of Ireland, w`.lo e
decided vote against receiving the Report. Under had of late years flourished so much, would Ina,
au impression or the difficulties with which the . little time supply the entire demand of this ee'ves
question was surrounded, and the importance of try,,and it would take this country's manufacture
the interests involved, lie had not without some
,in return. The measure would prevent the. 11`:(1,
hesitation arrived at a decided opinion by whicieto: teatiop to which the country, in case of deris
direct his conduct. But; the question, as it note, 'sng op foicign COrn, would be subject froth'. wile(
stood, involved other considerations besides those Out, and would ive confidence to the tarlioal
of the ultimate expediency of the legislative ales-within. He therefore hoped the House w°acea
sure. He thought the question had been hurried give up no part of it. The measure bad bee
thi:lng-h the House, up to its present stage, in a three years under. discussion. No number Of alte manner indeCorous to Parliament, and injUrions titions, no clamour outside of doors, would Int is
to the People of -England. On a question of him ;Alter or delay it, for he was confident tlairs,,
such intricacy, and such importance to our come tvould prove most highly beneficialfo.thecour'ordo
mercial as well as landed interest, time ought to ' Sir M.:RIDLEY said, that from
.the two Iter)bsos
have been given to Members to instruct and sa-
,onthe table, it was clear that there was a" a oesd '
tisfy their wen minds, so that, even,should they -: :bite necessity for some measure. The only (itare' be disposed to concur in the necessity of time Bill, ' tijoiKthen was., as to the extent of the protec•dif
they might have means and opportunity to rem).- rice. He considered the price now fixed TOO lal'ibigs
cite, if possible, the wishes and feelings of ..their and
:was sure that the liberal Landlords of P.coo
Constituents. No such opportunity had been laud would make that reduction on tile 1 given, and time Bill had been hurried through with which circumstances would require. , t not
a haste ill becoming the importance of the sub- Mr. MeTeuee said, that the measure oug° •lt
• hic
ject, or the gravity of Parliament—(Hear, hear, to be hurried, for the numerous Petitions Iv, at hear.!).—The people of. England were at the doors; had been presented on the subject, deservjeelibee he meant not in riotous and tumultuous meeting, least, that it shonidshe proceeded on with " oar
but in respectful, constitutional, and rightful re- ration. There was a difference between clar''ress
monstrance, by way of petition.—(Hear !)e-.This and mole, and the people constitutionally escroer
was not a moment. for hurrying such a Bill, or sing their voice on a measure. By the 1° eec
for running as it were a race for time against the be would not be at all swayed; to the latter
ee
petitions of the people. He trusted he was as would pay every attention. , -- ' -CIO
little disposed as any man who- heard him to con- - Mr..Ceteeeer. saicl,• that-so inaUs'ne wi el. teis '
cede any thing ep the outcry of a mob, whichwas stances had intervened since the Reports 01 Ile
as contemptible as it was violent. He hoped that subject had been made,. that there seas i.afttea
lie felt as strongly as any nean, that the delibera- ground for farther consideration. He esorliiiiale) tions of the House, to be useful to their country, the Right lion. Gentleman's (Mr.WellesleY eari must be unbiassed and untimidated; and that he ' assertion that time measure had been three Ybree
never would compromise the freedom of so impor- under discussion. Had there been peace r ec
, ter
taut an agency. I3nt, on the other hand, es an years ago ? Had the price of labour taller' oa
humble individual sitting in that House, be could years ago ? Was the Property Tax tzlk°laces '
not consent that the people of England should be three, years ago ? How, therefore, could a inaer
thrust (tom the Bar without time for Petition, nor sure applying to those circumStances be 11/1 tile
that the voices of those by whose franchisee Gen- discussion three years ago ? He agreed wit 100 tlemen sat there should be unheard or disregard- Right llon. Gentleman that Ireland ought t 0 aeon
ed.--(Hear!)--Besides this view of the subject, the, monopoly of this country as far es
was oirc•
on which he mainly and readily 'rested his vote, sistent with the general interests of the eneel."
'there were several considerations Oil which he But he was convinced 7.)5. wits a stifikient re'a 4
e
should pause, both as to the justice and the policy log price for Ireland its well as for England;o
of the measure. lie thought that it was impo.s- was raised cheaper in Ireleud -bite in Engl3"` I,co
,ri.ca
ing a high standard price on an article, which, of course what was a siiiiicieW. protecting- } ire
• 011
AS it had fluctuated under the burthens and chances for the;atter must he for the former. Agri'', too '
of war, so would it tinder the influence of pcac,:, should have a SOfriCiellt arroteetion, but 137thd. find its own proper and natural level. The tnea- high for other chines. Rents +nest fell, al“ 1411 I
sure would, he thought, encourage to an alarm. ought to fall. High reuts proceedA fr°l"to,4l4
ing eetent emigration among the middling orders, prices, bet when the hieltpricsei fell, the rent• ``e ill'
port arts, enterprize and hands,
particularly among manufacturers who would ex- to fail,' A man would be as well off with ,t .00,itiff
to those cote:- conic tvhair•prices were Ina', as with a high ',1.10 eel/ i
tries where sustenance was cheaper, and the when things were high. The intent of the l' mei'
,
wages ofiab...• corresponded better with the means •to clinch ti:r present high rents. If prices tell,
fj: 1, 'of life.—(Hear ”•-•-lle thought no case had been ther farmer nor labourer would suffer by it'
,e t!'•';
mede OM to convince the House that this mini- coo:team:aces of the Bill ivould be to 1.31,,et .°
ul
utu standard would have the uitiwatc cti,:ct of price of provisions to the a• rieuilusel lab

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ae4,nre be said to be a benefit to him t' to lreland and Scotland, wheaten bread was
:It:, subsistence of the lower claiVes of the
of those countries. Potatoes -formed
ithe
of those of the former—oaten brelid that of
latter. He thought the numerou:Oetitions
rted aliri against the measure deserved-attention ;
though he would he far from being'ac all in-
fluenced by those mobs, which he considered so
t!lStr . •
!laceful and so' injurious to the cause he had
ftrulertaken, that the voice of the peopleconsti-'
li'el."nally expressed ought-al:Ways to 'have its
gilt. If he had nothing but the base and
conduct of the rabble of 'London to con-
'lderi he stionid leave the House w ith, saying
trl'd further against the measurew butoutyth'ell he
nsidered the general importance of the, sinliject,
sliould attend to it to the last:
1-•
k 'Jr. CHARLES LONG WaS sure, that if any class
:Jere particidarly benefitted by the measure, it
141 be the poor. If the fanner did not get a
t',lffic:' tit price for his produce, he could not ern-
-I,'lttiy labourers, nor pay his rent, and then the
il',anufh.oturer would have no one to buy his ma-
Ilnfheturrs, and Consequently could not employ the
();':• Rents were not, generally speaking, ex-
ir.,l.llt4nt• Rents held 'only the .same proportion
tnalutfactures now as they did twenty years
O. He could not consider that there was any
IPreeipitation in passing this Bill. There were
nany would probably still speak on the qnestion,
atid he did not strppose they would bring many
ideas to it. How then Could a subject which
been so discussed as to be extremely exhaust-
ube said to be precipitated ? He thought that
for °• Was not too high a price, and should there-
,.
support the measure.
511%:MARCHBANiti. said, that if the Bill did not
leas.,,
it would be destructive to those farmers' who
Ad laid out great capitals in the improVement of
their lands.
Calcraft and Mr. Marc aine:
Mr. FusttAy was convinced that theexpl priced was
ton high, and should therefore vote for the amend-
theeit.

Mr. littslttsson said, ort
that when the Report
*Rs brought, surely would be competent to up surel i
1147 ‘iernher to propose an lower rice, and h
therefore wished
that the Rey port may be recom-
e
ttitted ; but it the amendment was carried, A lower
price could not be proposed.
Mr. FrICLAY said a new Bill could he brought in.
,* Mr. .r.{
'aid that he Should do every thing
tic.could to prevent rapidity in passing, rite mea-
s''re. If Gentlemen would say that the
,IlePort
should be read only pro forma,
step by
he would cOrisent
to it ; but if they meant only to gain one
saying that amendments could be hereafter pro-
porid, he would oppose it in every stage.
I, _
_r• Rusitissou explained.
only deceivi
Arr.Pßesr" said, that a less price Would be
nl4 the House and the country.
'wt. •‘•lttniG said, that he would consent to
reaepPled. the, Amendinent, if Gentlemen word('
,Otentseives that the
ero forma Rut ' 4`
s
!tenon should be only
they would as he coma not suppose that
agree to so
gracious a measure,
'Would insist 01) to
the House. No former
Ine.isure of
t ' ' this description had been so precipi-
?net. Former Corn .
left- fo 1 Bills. had been printed,
and
tountry„
r t le purpose of collecting the sense of the
illy, CH
should As. Forties thought 80s. too high, and
therefore vote for the Amendment.
A thrision then took place, when the numbers
Were--

Against the Amendment 168.
For it
50 Majority
—lts
kr B
On our re-admittance into the Gallery, we found
tehi A artqc complaining of the precipitation with
eh the Bill was attempted to be hurried through
the I-louse. He said he would prefer a protection
to our agriculture by a duty on foreign Corn, rather
-than by prohting it. By the latter we would
.Put money into the pockets of foreigners ; by the
termer we would
'tern brouggiveht ill the Bill for the purpose of catch-
a little popularity. (No, no, from the Trea-
Y benches). They diet not ; why, then they
(IWiked popularity. He
far preferablehad spoken to several
r."et of information outside of doors on the,.sub-
ecr
on of the Bill, and the
i y all agreed, that a pro.t"ti to our agrcelture, by duty on foreign
rc.i.',l*'. Was :far Why then such hairy?
• "e County of Wiltshire, Ile believed, met on ~Ois
,"'3' day to petition against the Bill. The Peti-
il" he had this night laid on the table from Car.
~:ls'eibad not half the number of signatures that
.1.-"I'l be affixed to it had there been time. ' The
j''san the Ministers give for this precipitation is
i:lie,,frtnent of the public mind. The disturbances
the esrtninster he considered very disgraceful to
_o,,,alice Magistrates. There was gross neglect
'thi,tileir.parts. The windows of the 'President of
it: ,43" a
rd of Trade, he believed, were sacrificed to
7.ll)::;l'e're Was perfect tranquillity in the City, where
b --"ti°ll against theobnoxiousßill had been signed
:Ar seventy or eighty thousand persons. Even the
peeoe:tiag of 'Westminster on the subject had been
4,rei!el.lY orderly. The Honourable Gentleman
it. on, to observe, that he felt as great an
70ixi
a-olsf,, eq'as any !Mill ill that House to promote the
, , .• - -
t.,,,.juity of Ireland; but the Bill in its present
vv,,`"abl certainly be a curse to England,what-
t(); ' i't otight be to Ireland. As a landed proprie_l,i,' "e eared not one sixpence about the price of
to„tireuts, provided the tenants were good. If this
...,,,,,:),qy were confined to its own growth, a ge7,
,iip,',l failure in the crops might be calculated
1),,,!" aoce in every three years ; a fact whick ex,-
1),.,)711c:e ha,d proved to be the average of deficient:
;11%..( ?e• We therefore could not depend with.
41tid ''egree of certainty upon our own sopplies
~,,,, 'odess foreign COl.ll Were to be alloeved to
tt, 2e to with liberality, we should never .be able
I,,itliNtliqiid it in times of scarcity. lie concluded
1!;1,1 "bserving that he tvotild not have risen if he
1,,,t "at ‘vislied to intreat the House not .to shcw
\vilierQeiPitancy in getting rid of the ineasfire,
if) 11 %Vas actually like the operation of cowardice
Plzict'eir hiihds at the proceedings that had taken
11:0,ii e ""t of doors. It 'was unjust towards the
"iii , Lillis to persevere night after night hi hur-
th„:4 oti the iiie;istire. IVhat he would recont-
hl;e44"'tld he to' let the Bill ►go tirrough all, its
L-, viol time for full deliberation. He should
,r,..for_ .
" move, thut instead of " now," the

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tlez 4
r^rt 4):' .•!% !ErtNi ti“.;

After the Easter Recess.
Mr. ROBINSoN said, that as every thing-40kb
had been done by him had been grossly .misre-
presented, he would not stiffer any statement
which censured the part he had token to'peiss
nn-
noticed or unrefuted. He desired to know what
the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Baring) meant by the
assertion, that he (Mr. Robinson) bad sacrificed
the best interests of the country for the sake of
catching a little poptilarity ? (Lund cries of
hear, hear !) What he had done in preferring a
mohihiting price to a duty, he knew to be for the
best interests of the country; and he repeated,..
that he called upon the Hon. Gentleman to ex-
plain his Meaning.
Mr. BARING explained, that so far from con-
sidering the conduct of the Hon. Gentleman in
any personal light, he had made no allusion what-
ever to him in that way. He had merely stated,
that it was the generally prevailing opinion, that
a dnty would be preferable to a prohibitory price..
He would say, that he apprehended his Majesty's
Ministers, in bringing forward ibis measure, had
supposed that the word duty would be misunder-
stood and unpopular.
Mr. RonissoN rejoined,.that as the Hon. Gen-
tleman had said, that his remarks were notaneant
to apply to him as an hh% idual concerned in bring-
ing forward the measure, he had not a wish be-
yond such an explanation.
The CHANCELLOR of the F4xcintatimi rose with
much warmth to repel the insinnations'of the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Baring) respecting the cause of
what he called precipitation. When he. heard
the conduct of the House censured as indecently
precipitated, he would repel the charge with that
degree of firmness which every Member ought to
show upon such an' occasion. If the House in
the course of the consideration of the Bill before
them, had made any great alteration in the plans
of his Honourable Friend, •so that they appeared
dliferent from their original state, there might have
been some reason adduced for procrastination ;
but as this had not been the case, he did not think

that any necessity existed for delay. Ile there-
fore trusted the House would not suffer themselves
to be taunted by the insinuation of cowardice—
(Loud and long continued cheering !) and be thus
induced to deter bringing the question to an im-
Mediate conclusion.; or at least to settle it ivith
all possible speed. He would firmly deny that the
House had been at all influenced by thedisturbances
about which so much had been said ; but he
would not deny his apprehension that any unne-
cessary protraction of the measure might en-
danger the peace of the metropolis. There would
be much more reason for the charge of cowardice,
if the House were to give way, in every stage of
the measure, to the threatenings of a riotous and
outrageous mob. (Loud and reiterated cheering).
Having said these few words, he must now beg
leave to refute some of the •charges which the
Honourable Gentleman had chosen to throw out
against his Majesty's Ministers. He had accused
them of sacrificing their opinions to a wish for
popularity. How far they had either sought for
or obtained popularity by the measure must be
evident enough, from the language and conduct
or. the people. whose possions he would contend
had been artificially excited and inflamed by what
they had heard against the measure, without un-
derstanding its tendency or nature. If he had
changed his opinion, and preferred the prohibi-
tion to the duty, he had had an opportunity of
stating his reasons for the preference, and he did
not think it necessary to follow the- example of
the Hon. Gentleman, by repeating the same speech,
five or six times over--(Loud laughing, and cries
of hear, hear !) .He had never insinuated any
thing but respect for those petitioners who had
sent up their parchments to the House ; nor had
he thought proper even to differ from their con-
clusions. But he would not he deterred from
considering their reasonings as fallacious ; and he
would say to those worthy Magistrates of London,
who were so uniform in their opinions on the sub-
ject, that it would become them to set open again
the doors of their Egyptian Hall to the tens of
thousands who had signed the Petition, and say to
them, " You have been induced to approach
' Parliament on the authority of our 'statement,
but we now find them to be unfounded, and let
us therefore either get better information, or not
petition Parliament at all." It was surprising that
people did not see that lay the protecting price a
preference was given td our own agriculture over
that of foreigners. Lle-- Wished to see a 'liberal
system of intercourse and commerce with France,
but not to place our confidence so much on. France
as to make our subsistence dependent upon her,
or upon any other country, when we might most
require it. He hoped-and believed that the peace
between the two countries would be one of real
amity and long continuance : but nothing was so
likely to occasion an unsteadiness of price, in
corn, as a dependance upon foreign; supply,
which we should not be 'able to command. It was
very.improbable; that the crop would fail at one
time in every part of the kingdom ; but if under
the pressure of extraordinary circumstances a fo-
reign. supply was required, it would be sought for,
and he hoped we should find it. For the security
of a steady supply. of corn this country was hap-
pily situated it would always be a station for the
import and deposit of corn, as-well from the Con-
tinent as from America ; and the grain coming to
seek aforeign matket,it would be applied to our use
when it might be wanted : it would be drawn out
of our warehouses long before the price should
rise to the height of the prohibition, and thus we
should always find a supply till other arrange-
ments were effected. It was an evil hour When,
about forty years ago, .we departed from that sys-
tem under which this country had always found
plenty ; arid he hoped that we should now return
to that system, the advantages of which had been'
so evident and so considerable.—(No-, no, from
several voices.)

Sir J. SHAW complained of the stigma xvhich
the Right Hun. Gentleman had cast on the Magis-
trates of the City. Their statements had not been
made loosely, lint on the .authority of persons bet-
ter acquainted with the Corn Trade than the ma-
jority of those who sat in that House. He would
repeat that theie statements had been completely
borne out., and' he much feared that "if the Bill
passed, the result would confirm, his opinion.
• Sir J. NEWrURT repeated many of his arguments

i ' - • •
:, ;ielieJ
It.land \vas greatly unclertaxed, as held been as-
serted ; but, on the contrary, that she had been
taxed, 'in Proportion to her ability, as much as
this rottutry.

Mr. STUART WoßTLkir Made a long Ipeeth in
favour of the price of 80s. which did not appear,
in his mind, notwithstanding all the declamation
he had heard, calculated to 'raise the price of bread
to an extravagant-degree beyond the relative price
of all other articles. fie was alsd convinced that
the result of the Bill would he to reduce rents in
general. The certain effect would be a reduction
in the price of Corn, and cause a reduction in the
price of rents. fie was willing to vote for SOs.
in order to give a remunerating price to •the-far-
mer. It was not necessary to wait ; for it had
been agreed on all sides of 'the House that some-
thing was necessary to be done for'the relict of
'agriculture . yet the Petitions are not against any
alterations in the price, but against all alteration
whatever. lie thought 7Gs. would prove a fair
remunerating price ; but the protecting price
should be. something higher.
Mr. WILLIAM Smlrit defended the conduct of
his Hon. Friend (Mr. Baring) and added that he
wished the reception of the Report to be post.
poned till atter Easter, because Lie did not wish to•
see the House pledged against the common senti-
ment of the Public. He thought the Petitions
ought to grave due weight with the House', and he
should not think so highly of the house as he was
inclined to do, if they did not give them proper.
attention.

A division then took place on Mr. Baring's
Amendment—

Fol' it ...
Against it

• 206

Majority for the immediate reception of the Report.. 149
The SPEAKER then stated, that the House had
now to agree to the particular Amendments adopt-
ed by the Committee. The first question would
be, that the House do agree to the Amendment
which fixed the price 80s. All persons who were
in favour of a lower prohibitory price would of
course negative this proposition.
• Another division ensued,when there appeared--
For the price of 8OS.
Against it 7B
Majority
106

While strangers sere excluded, we understand
diSeussion arose on the Resolutions for fixing
the importation' price of Oats,. Barley, These
were fimilly passed without a division. The Gal-
lery having been re-opened,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved,
that the Bill should be read a third time on Fri-
day next, and then. engrossed.
Mr. BARING objected • to so early a day being
'named for the third reading.' lie thought no im-
pOrtant measure had ever been so indecently hur-
ried through the House. The whole country was
now in the progreSs •of expressing its sense of the
measure, and time ought to be given to receive
the Petitions which were now preparing to he
presented to them. He moved as an amendment,
that the third reading should be fixed for Friday
fortnight—(A laugh, and a cry of '' Good Fri-
day.") The Hon. Gentleman. corrected himself,
and named Friday se'nnight.
Sir GILBERT HEATIICOTR supported the Amend-
ment.—The House then divided,' when the num-
bers were—
For Mr. Baring's Amendment 46
Againmt it
•.2 20
Majority in favour of the third reading.). 174
being fixed for Friday

THE RIOTS.

When strangers were re-admitted, Mr. WES-
TERN was strongly insisting on the propriety of
calling out the military, when the civil power
was not sufficiently strong to repress the multi-
tude out of doors, who Avished to influence the pro-.
ceedings of that House by their violence.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought _what the Hon.
Gentleman bad-just uttered must be in unison -with
the feelings of every man in that House; and.with
those of everyman out of it who kneiv'' how to
value the British Constitution, and the blessings
which he enjoyed in this free and happy .cotintry.
(Hear, hear !)—lf the Legislators of -Great Bri-
tain might not debate on. those measures which
to them it should appear demanded their consi--
deration, without being threatened in their per
sons and injured in their property, the liberties
of Englishmen were gone. (Hear, hear !) And
if the persons concerned in the tumults out of
doors thought their Representatives in Parliament
so lost to themselves, and forgetftil of their duty
to the community, as to suffer these disgraceful
riots to have any influence on their conduct. (Hear,
hear !)—lf they thought their outrages would in-
cline them to the smallest relaxation, (Hear, hear !)
they little knew what those who sat in that-House
felt they owed to their own character, and to the
interests of those who sent them. there. (Hear,
bear !)—He hoped by their conduct that night,
they would teach the ignorant and infatuated per-
_sons (for such he trusted they were) with whom
these disorders originated that theyknew their duty,
and were not to be deterred from performing it by
claMour nor by outrage. He, however, desired
that that which had occurred should not be ex-
aggerated. Some houses had certainly been at-
tacked ; and this, in a city so large as London,
might be easily effected by a few wickedlmen, pro-
ceeding from one place to another, but it was
right to state, the Metropolis generally had not
been thrown into a state _of clamour or disaffec-
tion. The Police had not been negligent, but no
Police could prevent such attacks front being made
in different parts of the town under circumstances
like the present.• It would be false-Mercy not to
take the most effectual isicans to check such out-
rages; the Hon. Gentleman might be assured, the
Executive felt this to be their duty ; but a desire
to forbear as long as possible from proceeding to
extremities, was, he was certain; that line. of
conduct which would best secure the confidence
of that House. (Ilear, hear !)—The Executive
would firmly stand by the Legislature, and make
every exertion the emergency of the case might
demand to protect them, and with them the li-
berties of the People--(Hear'.)
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that every man must al-
low that the proceedings of Parliament should
not in any degree be influenced by • the menaces
of rioters. In fact, such proceedings could have
no effect upon their decision, except it was an

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•-f p;•(;;;p:It:i Li rii;ie
Ile really believed that they had induced sowe
Gentlemen to vote in favtiur Of tlte. measure, that
would otherwise not have voted. He approved of
what the Node Laird had said about lenity and
forbear-al-tee,. -but he could not
,believe but. that
there *as negligence in Some quarter or-another,
which had allowed the tuniult to proceed to
.such
a length. He thought it evident that some per-
sons who ought to have taken timely measures to
prevent those excesses, lutist have failed in their
duty. It-was to the Secretary of State for the
Home Department that the House and the Coun-
try principally looked.for 'protection in great and
sudden emergencies. He wished that an Hon.
Gentleman belonging to that department (Mr.
li. Addington) would inform the House what
measures--of precaution had been taken.
Mr. HILEY ADD:NGTON was proceeding to state
in detail the different steps taken by that depart-
ment, when
Sir C. BUIZRELL spoke to order. He thought
that going into soch a detail might have the cf-
Net of defeating what was the very object of those
measures.
Mr. ‘STYNNE thought that the explanation could
not be said to be disorderly, although it rested with
the discretion of the Right Hon. Gentleman whe-
ther he thought it.prudent to proceed in such a
statement.
Mr. H. ADDINGTON said, that he was ready to
go On, if the Ilonse thought proper—(Loud cries
of no, no.) Seeing what was the sense of the
House, he should only say, that if the question
came forward in the shape of a regular motion, he
would pledge himself to prove that every possible
precaution had been taken.
Mr. PaNSONBY agreed with the Noble Lord
(Castlereagh) that Government was right in
ordering the military and the police to use for-
bearance. There was no subject upon which the
people were more naturally-anxious, or upon which
it was easier for them to be misled. In a City of
such iminense.extent, it was evidently impossible
for police magistrates to be in every quarter. He
trusted, that:if lenity were ineffectual, and seve-
rity becanurnecessary, it would not be resorted to
until the necessity should be obviot+s to every man
who regarded the laws, the constitution, and the
peace of the country.
Lord CASTES,IMAGFI observed,_ that since the
first day ‘vhei, thediturbances took place, he had
not beard of 'any Members being insulted or mo-
lested in their entrance to' that House.
Mr. WHITBREAD could not avoid considering
that thertlinnl'heen-some negligence in the begin-
ning, for' whiCh those; who were culpabledeserved,
at least, a reprimand. He thought that if any se-
verity should hereafter become necessary, it was
in a great degree owing to negligence and remiss-.
ricss in the first instance.
Mr. Youxe thought it quite nugatory to talk
of the police of London, or any police that could
be sufficient to oppose such tumults. If the Go-
vernment and Parliament neglected to. take proper
measures to repress them, it would be quite idle
and ridiculous to continue talking in th House
about the rights and liberties of Englishmen, at a
time thatno man was sal,: in his own house. It
such proceedings were allowed to continue, there
could be no Government or Parliament in the
country, unless the Parliament was withdrawn
front, the metropolis, and suurmoned -to meet in
some other city or town in the kingdom. He
trusted, however, that those disgraceful scenes
would be soon terminated.
..

Mr. Alderrian ATKINS agreed, that the first ob-
ject of the House-ought to be to provide measures
for the repression of the popular tumults. It was
his opinion ,that his Majesty's Ministers -would do
well to suspend the progress of the preient Bill,
in ordeliS-bOng in one that night, for the better
preservation of the peace in Palace-yard—(Laugh.)
Mr. ETCAtlisoN could not avoid taking the pre-
sent opportunity of declaring in the strongest
manner, that the danger now threatening the me-
tropolis had.. arisen out-of the .imputation of mo-
tives in which some":of the Gentleman opposite
had so liberally indulged.
The SPAAKER here interposed, and considered
the reflection of, the Right Honourable Member as
transgressit4g; the bounds of Parliamentary license.
Mr. 1.34.14.LX.0- rose to explain, and was inter-
rupted 1-41/Mr: fitzgerald, who rcinceived that if
any further‘couversation was to be allowed, time
and indulgence should be afforeied to an unfinished
speech.

Mr. TIERNEY thought that his Hon. Friend
(Mr. Baring) had a peculiar right to be heard,
after the point contained in the observations of the
Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Huskisson).
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr.
FITZGERALD spoke to order.
The SPEAKER observed, that he had interrupt-
ed Mr. Huskisson, because lie apprehended he WAS'
exceeding the usual limitsof Debate; but in the
prcsent_state'of the question, the most desirable
course to be pursued was, perhaps, for Mr. Iluskis-
son to continue, and .Mr. Baring to answer fully.
Mr. liusxxssoN would not depart from his pre
expressed opinion; that there was no foundation
whatever for the present alarm, except in the ani-
madversions trade in that House.

Mr. limitNo had his duty to perform as a Mem-
ber of Parliament, and he hoped he was now per-
forming it as conscientiously as the Right Hon,
Gentleman. - • With this consciousness, he felt it
rather hard that the attack upon and destruction
of houses should be considered as his crimes. He
hoped he was in -a House where free discussion
was not to be overawed. All he had attempted
to impress on the House was to avoid precipita-
tion, and not to allow itself to he led out of the
line of its duty by such, considerations. He
had only now to • add, that it was his determiha-
tion to continue his Opposition to the measure to
the last.--(Hear, hear !)`

MUTINY BILL.
On receiving the Report. of. the: Mutiny Bill, Sir S. RO.
MILAN moved a-clause, prohibiting Courts• Martial from ad-
judging a prisoner to more than 100 lashes.

The';YUDGE ADVOCATE opposed the Amendment as un•
necessary : and stated various proofs of the amelioration in
the discipline-Of 'our troops.
Mr. WHITBREAD alluded to the power i'ested in the.
frown, of transferring Officers to other regiments, without
their leave, and observed that the same power was, nut ap-
plicable to private soldiers.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE was not aware that any case
had occurred which actually calledthe prerogative questioned
by the Hon. Gentleman to issue.
After some farther conversation, the Report was received,
awl Sir Si.Romilly's Clause withdrawn.-....-Adinor,l

Vii.

q''ll-2, Di 5117.7:-03ANCEFf.

ffeledd Mortirtg Pape/1.:4,0
1( The 'rain con'finued t rail durrtig Jthe whole
Qf yesterday, and, except at Mr. itoisSoN'S, in
:91d Burlington-strcet, there was very little crowd
in the streets. Abo"t ten o'clock '-'at night, how-
ever, OK; work of devaStation began again. A
=mall party of the iMpnlace Made a slight attack
npnn Lord CAs'fLEttEAGH's house, in St. James's-
F.eotare., but they had only broken a few win-
f'?lis,s when the cavalry arrived, and they dis-
pelled. They next proceeded to Mr. Poxsoftl-
i3r's house, in Curzon-street, Mayfair, with
their numbers increasing on their way.—On
their arrival at Mr. PoNsosives, they presented
a very forMidahie force.- They instantly com-
rmoced a furious attack upon the-house, demo-
lished the-WindmVs, and broke the iron palisade in
front.' touring this, some firing took place, but
we ba-ve not heard that any person was hurt, In
a few minutes the cavalry made their appearance,
MI the populace, according to their usual cus-
tom, intinediately. dispersed in various directions.
They had with them a sort of horn, which was or-

- -
cash:italic blown, and makes a dismal Sound. It
eras supposed to be for the purpose of malice's wring
their force. In the act of dispetsion they fre-
quently shouted the word
" The extent of the mischief done last night
from the various directions in which' the rioters
moved, cannot yet be accurately collected. They
mere not so numerous about the House of
Commons as on the preceding nights, but the
Crowd which had collected about Palace-yard
was occasionally-very noisy, and apparently in-
clined to aggression. .A fellow, lifted, on the
shoulders of others, harangued the mob, awl
urged them to proce\ed with their attacks." He
was soon seized by sonic constables, who carried
hint to a room adjmNing the House OCCOmmons,
where an examination took place before three
?...loOstrates. The only-apology h.e had to oiler
was intoxication, but as he lad been urging- the
mob to arts of violence the Magistrates com-
mitted butt.;.,
" At an early period of the night a large party of
the mob proceeded to Grosvenor-srptak;e,,,and pull-
ed down most of the railings.
" detachment of the rioters broke the win-
dows of the Morning Herald Office, proceeded
u!ong the Strand and through Boswell-court into
Lincoln's-inn-lit:1(15. lii pas,ing up Serle-street,
they broke the windows in most of the houses,
and most wantonly threw stones down the areas
into the kitchens in which the servants.w,:re sit-
ting ; Ina the great object of attack which the
mob seemed to have in view was the house of Mr.
Serjeant BEST, all the windows in which tbey
broke, and pulled down the railings. A musket
was fired front an upper window, soon after which
the rioters dispersed; They had not been long
gone when a troop of horse arrived, and paraded
the Fields.
" We are sorry to hear that smne lives were
lost last night. Whether they were of the num-
her of the misguided wen who compose the mob,
or, which would be. more to he regretted, inno-
cent. persons. accidentally pa sing at the time the
rioter:: were engaged in their wicked attacks on
dwelling-houses of individuals, we have not yet
learned.
" Lord DARNLEY, notwithstanding the attack
on his house, Inis declined to employ any military
force in its protection. When his Lordship re-
turned home on Tuesday evening from the. House
of Veers, he found a corporal and a party of the
g lards in his house.. He desired{ them to go away,
bit the corporal stated, that having received or-
&Ts to repair there, and repel any attack of the
mob, he must remain until he received further
orders. His Lordship then wtote to Lord Stn.
motirg. stating, as we understand,. bj.s'obJections
to the employment of a military force, and 'his
wish to entrust himself and his familY2tO the pro-
'teeth:it of the civil power. The soldiers were
then withdrawn. _ _

" The mob, co Tuesday night, after visiting
Old Burlington-street, proceeded across Caven-
d'sh-square to Harley-street, and made a furious
attack on the mansion occupied by Lord Mu 1.-
GRAVE. On their return, they visited the Right
llon. John SULLIVAN'S iu a similar manner—that
is; by destroying the ‘'.,,udows. Tithing Wig-
more-street by a circuitous route, they.then went
'to Lord FlinEwoon's, in Hanover-square, where
they broke the windows in Hanover-square :
they also broke about a dozen panes of glass in
Lord LascELLEs's house, on the opposite side of
the street.

44 Lord KING'S house, 19, Wimpole-street, was
now talked of publicly, as the next object of the
snob. A Gentleman went to •the house, and
warned the persons in it ; hut he had scarcely
done so, when the mob arrived, attached Lord
house furiously, tore up the iron railings,
and with them broke in the street doors, demo-
lished,the windows and shutters The house had
been, newly painted and ornamented.
'' From Lord KING'S, they went to Earl BA-
THURST'S in Mansfield-street, the.back of Harley-
street, which they treated quite as badly as Lord
:KING'S. Here they tore .up the iron railings,
broke all the windows, demolished doors, shut-
ters, &c. and broke. several windows of the house

next door.
"'From Earl BATHURST.'S they. returned to Wim-
poh:-street, and att..-teked the house (No. 34), of
Sir WM. RowLEY, Merribzr for Suffolk. Here
they ;!so tore up the iron railS in fro::t of the
area, broke At the windows, demolished doors and
shutters :nul.did notch mischief.

" In the City :Os& there was some appearance
of a. disposition-to riot. After (lark, a mob col-
lected suddenly in the vicinity at Finsbury-square,
whence they proceeded down Chiswell-st%et to
Mr. WHITBREAD'S brewhouse, where they de-
stroyed the wiodows with a shower of stones,
and instantly dispersed, having heard that some
military were at
The Loßri MAYOR has given orders to the City
Narshals to he in readiness with all their officers,

LONDON,

THURS n_i Y, Mint: II 9, 1815.

A portion of oUr page is again stained with
the Rec►►rd of Popular Commotions, but We re-
joice to observe that there is an evident decrease
in the force of the lawless multitude, as well as in
the extent of the mischief they are enabled to per-
petrate. The Excesses of last night were neither
so numerous nor so alarming as those of the two

nights preceding.
II) the House of Commons, the Report on the
Corn Bill was, after a long discussion, received,
and the Bill ordered to be read a third' time to-
morrow (Friday), by a majority of 174 ; the
numbers being—Ayes 220—Noes 46. •
A xery interesting- conversation took place'on
the • subject of the disturbances which have so dis-
gracefully shaken the public peace of the Me-
tropolis ; and Mr. flosmssort, in a manly
manner, raised his voice in 'reprobation of
the inflammatory language which has been but
too, freely employed upon this melancholy oc-
casion. Being called on for an explicit state-
ment of what -he justly condemned as ofien-
sive towards the Legislature, and injurious to
the general tranquility, he is reported to have
uttered these words, in which we most fully ac-
cord withThim
"I did, and do think. Sir, that any such sentiment; even
from a Mmber of this House, as that there Was no fonirl-
dation for alarm, except what was produced by the conscious-
ness of having given provocation to the people,' was of. a
nature whic'a it became me to animadvert tin as I. hare done.
I also observed, as I think I had a right to do, thAt the line
or argument pursued by some of those who opposed the mea-
sure, imputed to.the majority of this House motives the most
mean and unworthy--4objects the most base and dishonour-
able.—'Hear, hear !)--4„therebige, called on Gentlemen to
lay aside such insinuations—to discuss the measure solely on
its merits (which was always the sound parliamentary course)—
and to abstain from ascribing to individuals, principles ,7hich
they unequivocally disavowed ; and objects which they expli-
citly disclaimed."—(Hear, hear!)

We are authorized to state, that Government
have taken all possible measures to secure the
peace of the Metropolis. The Magistrates have
stations in various parts of the town, 'where
there is any • danger of disturbance. Military
Depots have also been appointed, at which
there is an -ample supply of Infantry, Caval-
ry, and Artillery, in constant readiness to
quell the least tendency to mischief. The Ma-
gistrates have a strong body of Constables intall
directions, and bold a communication with the
Military Depots, which constitute so formidable
a power as may bid defiance to the most numer-
ous and outrageous mob that can be rash enough
to make any attempt at farther outrage. '

It is most absurdly attempted t 9 be insinuated,
that the Llead of the Government ‘vould negative
the Corn Bill by an exercise of prerogative should
it reach that stage of progress in passim; towards
a Law. Nothing can be inure weak and impro-
bable than such a supposition. We confess vve
have seen with sonic regret, that this measure,
so generally obnoxious to the people, has as—
sumed a form which does not belong to it,
that of a Min.'sterial Question. It is in no,degree
connected with Party Politics, and Ministers have
:!o wore business to be placed in the front of the

• •
bAitit.s, ar.v in•livi:inais in
n Tit'efF, of tbe MinoCity nre what are
Stl-pporters of the Atitnitrktration.

In all Doliular c.6mmorrani the .fuhetionnr; of
the •GOvernment ttf a Cot ntty are -alkvays"among
the first objects of Ilitpleasnre ; And it is a work
of supererogntiOn to have added to this liability
the extra odium G,f being the authors of a plan
whose source and support has been from the
ranks of Opposition.

When Sir F. Ilninrir ,resents the I'Vestmin.
ster Petition to-inortmY,‘l:l.- think it most probable
that sonic public spirited Altmber will vindicate
the dignity of the "louse of Commons, by calling
him to account for the scandalous terms he applied
to it in his harangue bn Tuesday, and if he avows
them, by 'tithing for his expulsion.

We have no 11,,reign arrivals to-clay.

The heavy toss of Officers at New Orleans is
attributed t 6 a body of 1200 Kentuclty riflemen.

A Cabioet Council was held yesterday at the
Foreign Office, after the receipt of the dispatches
from America, which did not break up till past
six' o'clock..
CioFEs and I'nlNGtissE9 did not conic to
town yesterday as was expected.
The Pittcy. EC; gill hold a Levee to-day
at Callum-House, at t%‘“ o'clock.

The Duke Of-11'nm: transacted military business
yestrrriliy with the PRINCE. REGENT at Carlton-
:lodse, for 3 considerable time.
We stated yesterday I.:y mistake that the Duke
of.l'oett had.tindergone,an operation, whereas it
should have been the Duke of SUSSEX.—Morning
11,7 t

the SPEAKr.tt's_ last l'irliatrtentary Levee will
be on Saturday next.
WINDiOrt, 8.----Tuesday ev,ming at six
o'clock, the Royal flute Guards, ("Marc:red here,
marched tot Kensington Barracks,, to be near
London. This morning at five o'clock, the stli
regiment marched from the Foot Barracks for
London : the rain falling verb heavily at the time,
they were conveyed in eight large Ivug.gons.

According to account l from the :Mediterranean,
dated the 11th idt. it appears that the American
privateers in that quarter had captured 12 British
vessels, five of which had been carried into Tuni3,
the other seven were given up..
THE EXPEDITIo'N.—AIARCH 4.—The Expee.i-
tion which we stated ill our last to have sailed
from our harbour on Wednesday, returned on the
following day, in consequence of an unfavourable
change
.of wind. ha 3 ()Cell since ordered Hut
to proceed for the present. The troops,' how-
ever, arcs not to he hum,ediately disembarked, but
are to remain on hoard the transports until they
receive farther orders.—(Cork Advi.;rliser.)
SIR FREDERICK Et)EN.—Among the number of
ou-r gallant countr:men who fell in the heroic but
unfoitimate attack upon New Orleans, we have
to regret the loss of this spirited young Officer,
who was only in the seventeenth year of his age,
but ,whose talents atilt pro 11-ked to
render him a conspicuous ornament to pro-
feision and his country. In fart, lie might be
said to inherit the abilities of his late Father,
who, though his pursuits were of a different
nature, was always actively employed for the
service cf the country, and whose Works con-
tain information tinit will ever be considered
to he of the most valuable description. The
young Officer to whom we now pay the t,ribute
of regret,_ had distinguished himself in a manner
'which could hardly be expected at his early
period of ii re for he .had exerted himself with
knowledge as well as zeal in the Siege Of St. Se-
-I).atian, the taking of Bayonne, and the. capture
of Washington-, His loss will be deplored by a
numerous train of friends, Whose only consolation
is the pride of having known a young Man whOse
short career was marked by honour, and whose
char acver was adorned .by every virtue that can
excite esteem and admiration.

The gallant Sir Env:Ato PAKENHAM, whose
fall mak es'part of the unfortunate intelligence, re-
ceiver! yesterday, was the brother of the Earl of
LONGFO:ID, and first'cousin to the Duchess of
WELLING-rots:. In the late campaigns in Spafin
-and France he served as Quarter-Master-General
to the army under the Duke of WECLINGTON;.was
in all the great battles, and highly distinguished
as a soldier and a !nan. He was' one of the Extra
Knights of the Bath, or the full'-Order, created
about A year since, a Major-General in the Army,
and Colonel of the 6th Wtst India Regiment.—
His life has thus fdnied in his 37th year.
MAjor-General GMBS, who fell off New Or-
le ius, commande'd the two British Regiments,
wh.ch garrisoned Stralsund, during the campaign
of 1612. Returning from that service he was
mare actively. employed in noiland. His regi-
m:nt was the -sDth, of Which he was third Lieu-
tenant-Colonel.

WESTMINSTER PETITION.--Th IS Petition, co-
pies of which have been placed for signature in
several parts of the City, had, we understand, at
twelve o'clock this 'day not fewer than. 42,000
names.

SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—We are assured that
there is no truth in the report that this Gemle-
man has lowered his rents, and, indeed, as he de-
clared himself an advocate for the Corn Bill at
the recent Meeting.; in Palace-Yard, the report is
equally absurd and fallacious.

We-hear that the Patriots have come to a reso-
lution to discharge Sir FEtANCIS from, being their
head any longer.
The'Public, as well as Ourselves, will he grati-
fied in hearing that Mr. C. ICF.mnLE is re-engaged
by the Covent-Garden Managers, at an increas-
ing slimy, for three years.
The proposed additional Tax on Newspapers
would, it is wisely observed, hate been " penny
iNbc, hat pototd4.oolish."

iVe :are-sorry to 11t;;, that et)himm Park, the
seat or Lord DARNLEY, has been burnt clowia.
The tire is attribute 4 purelvu accident.