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LIIPERI AL PARLIAMENT.

TIOUSE OF LORDS, Tatu4u4y, bMAY
In a Committee of,Privileges on the subject of the Borth-
wick .Pe.erag.,e Claims, it was agreed, that under tl:e citcutu-
stanCes' Mr. Borthwick of Crookston, ought to be anowed to
prOceed -with his case; and that a Resolution to that effect
should he reported to the House.
The House heard eridence.ou the subject of Chrktie's Di-
vorce 1301; and the case being made out, the Bill MIS read 3
second time.
Lord •MELVILLE presented a Petition from certain Salt
Manufacturers, against the Oxymuriatic Acid Bill. The Bill
was afterwardi read a third time, aud.passed.
TREATIES OP ALLIANCE.
EqrlGßEY.—Seciiig the. Noble Earl (Liverpool)
in his Hplace, hz wished to ask him •When the
Treaty of Alliance concluded at Vienna, if_ it had
been ratified, was to be laid oa the table, and
xvhether any Message was to be soon expected,
and at what time, on that subjetr.
Earl of LIVE believed the Treaties
would be laid oa the Table of their Lordships'
House on Monday next ;- on which. a Message
would be broug;it down from the Prince Regent,
and he intended to move that this be taken into.
consideration on Tuesday.
Earl W3S absolutely necessary, be-
fore they came to a decision on aJpiestion of thiS,
magn;tude, that the whole of the caseshOuld be
bt:onght before their Lords' ips and Well weighed
by thein he, therefore,, sui;ges,ed that some fur-
ther time for consideration ought. to be allowed
behveen the time of bringing down the Mes Sage
and the time of considering it, mentioned by the
Noble Earl. With a view to have all the infor-

Mallon pbssible.for them to procure before •they
were called upon to decide upon the dreadful, al-
ternative of war, he wished to know from the
Noble Earl, whether the Treaty was 'ratified in
the shape in Which it. had been laid before their
Lordships. If so, .certainly it would not be ne-
cessary to have so much time for consideration
but if any alterations were made, it was essential
to have a further opportunity for considering it
before they could come to any. satisfactory deci-
sion. There was another view of the case, which
• would sheiv the propiiety of some further delay.
It would be recollected, that a Noble Friend of his
had put a question to the Noble Earl a short titite
ago, relative to some Overture for thepreservation
of peace made to this country from France. The
Noble Etrl 'had answered, that an overture had
been made,. and had been transmitted to Vienna.
Now, in attempting to come-to an accurate con-
clusion on this important question, it was neces-
sary. !hat the overture should be communicated to
their Lordships, together with any discussions or
tiegocimious which might have taken • place in
consequence of it. In this view, it was proper
that some further tone for consideration should
be ailowed. He wished to know, whether it was
the intention-of the Noble Earl to lay the over- .
tore in question, and such communications or ne-
gnciations as had passed respecting it, before the
House ; and if it was, he put it to the Noble Earl
whether it was possible to weigh the whole so as
to be able to form a satisfactory opinion upon
them within the time limited. He had no interest
in delay; his only object was, that their _Lord-
ships should have the means of making themselves
Masters of the subject, before they were called
upon to decide a question of this vast magnitude.
Earl-of LIVERPOOL.-He had no objection to
give the Noble Earl' the explanation which he de-
sired. As to the Treaty,die had to state, that it
had been, ratified in substance. as it
.now lay on
their Lordships' table ; and that the declaration
which had been added on the part of this country
had. been unanimouSly approved •of by the Sove-
reigns at Vienna. With respect to the overture
front France, he remembered perfectly that he
had stated- that such nit overture had been" sent
from Fiance, and had been transmitted to Vienna.
It was .very short, not above a_page, and he saw
no objection to the production of it. But as to
any negociations or communications respecting
it between this Country and 'France, none such
had taken place,. He should take care to produce
the overture to-morrow or on .Monday. The
Treaty would be produced on Monday in a print--
ed shape:, It was moo, to• take the Messages frbm
the Crown into considerathM the day following
that On which they were presented ; and under the
circumstances which he had stated, he saw no
good remson for departin.from the asual practice.
Earl GREY.—it appeared to hint absolutely es-
sential that the overture in question should lie
produced, before their Lordships could come to
a satisfactory conclusion;
„and he still thought
that smite' further time ought to he given.
The Marquis of LANsoowN and the Marquis of
BUCKINGHAM also thought that too little time %Val
allowed for the •con.ideration of the documents to
be laid nit the table-.
Earl STANHOPE asked, whether a statement of
the financial situation of the Allies was to. be pro-
duced. According to all accounts, their' finances
Were in a Most miserable condition, and the con-.
sequence, would b,e, that this country must pay
for all.

Earl of LIVERPOOL.—iIe bad- -forgot to state,
that a sub,idiary Treaty concluded with the Al-
lies be laid on the table, so that
the Noble Earl would see the extent of astiistance
to be given in this way for the present..

ROSEBERRY: DI VORI,7E.
Thc•Marquis of LANSDOWNF lgain postponed the bring-
ing up the Report of the Roselieriv Divorce Bill.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE wished to know the opinion
of tlieNohle Lord (in the Woolsack, as to the clause for pre-
venting the marriage of the offending purlieu.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, as, 'We nuderstood
that he trusted their Lordships would not. dispense with such
a clause in this Bilt. •

The Earl of LivEgporn, wish,a it to be observed, that
the question was to be considered only with reference to the
puticular sill.
The order was discharged, and the bringing up of the Re-
port postponed till tg-worrow.—Anjuurned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. W. SMITII, '.after several 'prefatory observations,
moved " for leiteb to biting- in a Biil to prevent the waste and
embezzlement of property provided for the use of the poor
'as also for other purposes relating to the places of their re-
ce;:tion." He observed, that his ohjrct was now to introduce
in a general Bill, those principles which were inrafted in
almost every local Bill with respect to the poor.—Leave
granted.
Mr. MARRYAT presented a Petition from the Ship-owners
of London, praying that the East India Shipping Bill should
not Pa" into a .law.—Ordered to lie upon the table.
Sir E. BRYDGES obtained leave to bring in a Bill to revive
the, use of Funeral eertifientei, to record deaths and burials,
tosether wills testators and intestates.

CIVIL LIST.
Lord AL raoßpE root. to give notice, that he Should •on
Tat:stta). ti); au Adacc34 to tike Yriucz itegynt, praying

that he would be gracioutly pleased to order a communication
to be made to that !-;• ase„ of tin thaipier iy ivhicii the
100,9001.soted.at .the,commencenient of the Regency had bees
expended.
Lord CASTLEREAGFI said that there would he no
siou'for any such Addess, as a commodication on the subject
would be made to the Committee before whoa] the Civil List
accounts ?:ere under examination.,
Mr. TIERNEY wished to know when this communicatiotx
would be made.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, having only returned to town this
day, was not prepared to state exactly. FL., knew, however,
that steps had been taken a few days aBu to prepare such
conunn ication.
Lord ALTLIORPE stated, that his, object in noticitig this
-
subject was principally in ft constitutional point of view, as
conceiving that the money hail be-n applied-contrary to the
express meaning of the Act of Plirimment.
On the mot ion.of llr. !JANKEs, eertain papers were ;.7atit-•
ett retative to the expenses of building at theTrawyort-utice.

• - RIOT ACT.
General 'I'HORTON mored for leave to bring in a Bill- for
the better preventing of - and the punishment of
rioters. Ile stated the principal object of it to tie to truth°-
rice Magistrates and Peace-Officers. to apprehend Rioters,
without waiting till an hour after the reading of the Act, and.
on conviction, to subject then. to fine and imprisi,m,nt.; if
not dispersing within the hour, then the punisbruent to .be
transportation instead of death. After sonic few farther ob-
svrvations on the advantage to the public, of instant suppies-
sion. of rioting, the mestiuu was put and negatived.
Mr. FORBES •po,stpinied his motion on the correspondence
• between the Treasury and the Court of Directors,l'elative ;t.%
the Ship Letter Act.
Mr. BROWNE alluded. to a moth-in .for a List of the Ap-
pointrnents, to Colonial. Offices, aniLasked when the papers.
would be laid before the ilousr - lie' Was answered by Mr.
Goulburu, that they were already-on the table

• CATHOLIC QUESTION. •
Sir H. PARNF;LL rose, pursuant to bis, 'notices
to state to the House certain resolutions ‘srhitAt
had draw() up, not with the view of now taking
• the sense of the house upon them, but as the best
means that he_ could take
.of explaining to the
11,:usc the course-of proceeding which he meant
to adopt in the Committee,. if the House, should,
agree, to appoint one upon this subject. The
House would observe, that this subject now cause
before them under circumstances very different
from what it had presented itself under, -(m toe-
mer occasions. As the House had alremly come
to a vote that•fit would be proper and t•xpe- -
dient to remove,,tihe civil and mditary dist its-
lifications that :ffeted the itotritut Catholics,. he
did not think it'likessary to call upon them to
vote that principle over again, but thought it the
best svav to submit to them the details by which:
that ptineiple might best be carried into execu-
tion. I,le had been informed from the authority
of the chair, that, by the standing orders of the
HotsSe, he could make no motion on this subject,
except in a Committee of the whole House! lie -

thought, however, that it was necessary to take
at) opportunity of putting. the House in possession,
of the course that he intended to. pursue. When
the Gentlemen, who took a principal part with re..
spect to the Catholic Petitioo, asked him to pre-
sent_ their Petitions .he told them that it appeared
to hini advisable, that he should .be enabled dis-
tinctly. to state toile House what it was they
claimed and-prayed-for,
Mr. YoRKE spoke to order. Unless the Ho►n.
Baronet intended to conclude with a tumioni this
statement was quite irregular.

„ Sir H. PARNELL said that he did .not intend to
take the sense of the House now upOii those reso-
lutions, but he should conclude With some !notion.
in ottler to bring himself in Ordt:r. The resolu-
tions which he held in his hand
.contained an ex-
act exposition of. what the “eat body of, the Ito•
man Catholics of Ireland wished and prayed the
House to do in their behalf. His wish was, that
those resolutions should be brought up and print•
ed, but he did not wish to take the sense of the
House now upon them. In requesting the, House
to grant him that indulgence, he would refer theta
to.a case which he thought would be a precedent.
The Right Honourable Member for Liverpool
(Mr. Canning) hatl,been in the same way allowed
to bring by anti print_the clauses of the Bill he in•
tended to proposed prior to the discussion. He
then proceeded to read the following

- RESOLUTIONS.
Ist. That it is expedient that the Roman Catholic inhabi-
' tants of these .realms shall not be liable or subject to any. Laws,
for the lim;tation, charging, or discovering of their estates;
real or personal, or toncning the acquiring, enjoying, holding,
or disposing of property of any kind or nature,
save such as the Protestant inhabitants of these realms are,
liableatid subject to.
.ed. That it shall not be necessary (in order to enable or
•entitle any Roman Catholic inhabitant of these realms to vote
at any election of a Member or Members to serve in .Pariia-'
nients or any ether elections ; or to vote at any election of a
representative Peer of Scotland; or to be enrolled as a free-.
holder, in any shire or siewartry of Scotland, or to vote hi any
proceeding of the court of freeholders, or to he chosen presses
or elerksaf such court, or to he chosen a commissioner or de-'
legate for chusing burgesses to serve in Parliament for any dis-
tricts of boroughs in Scotland, or to enable or entitle any Peer
of Ireland to vote at any-election of a representative temporal
Peer, or, to make or sign any return to the writ of election of
a ternporal Peer, 'porsoift to an. Act made' for that purpose
by the late Parliament .f
-Ireland, in the 40th year of the
reign of his present Majesty),
that any such inhabitant or 'peel should, at or
previous to the time of his su voting or being so enrolled or
chosen, or so making or signing a return to any writ of elec-
tion respectively as aforesaid, take or subscribe the oaths of
allegiance, abjuration, and supremacy or make or subserihc,
the declaration against transubstantiation, the sacrifice of the,
mass, and the invocation of saints.
ad. That whereas tlouhts have been entertaiped whether
the provisions of flit ACt made by the late Parliament of great'
Rritain, -in 'flt, 26th year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George the Second,' entitled, " An Act for the better pre-
ventiog of Clandestine Marriages," extend or ought to ex-
tend to or affect marria,ses between Roman Catholics.
It is expedient that tlke. said Act, and the provisions therein
contained, shall be deemed, taken and construed, not to ex-
tend or to attest any oao-riages of Roman Catholics (where
both the parties shall be Ronan Catholics) ; • hut that ail such
marriages of Roman Catholics, being duy solemoiaed ac-
cording to' he forms of the Roman Catholic religion, shall be
excepted front the operation of _the said Act, in like manner
as marringes'aniongst persons professing the
and marriage's amongst the people called 'Quakers, are by the •
said Act excepted from the operation thereof.
4th. That 'kt shall' a.nd May be lawful to and for any person.
or Persons whomsoever„tp,give, grant, transfer, or convey
to any person or Persons tinitt fur ssch.person or persons to
Wife, receive, and (told) any Jam's; tensments, hereditaments,
goods, money, or other property, for the maintenance, sup-
port, or benefit of ally Roman Catholic Chapel or House of
Worship, Priest, or 'Minister of Worship, School, Hospital,
or other pious or charitable foundation or establishment, of
such or the like nature, in the like manner,
and to the same extent, as his Majesty's Protestant Dissenting
subjects are now enabled and authorised by lets to make and
execate,gifts, grants, and conveyances, as aforesaid; for the.
znaintenance,-support, or benefit, of any Piotestant Dis-
senting Chapel, .or House of Worship, Minister of Worship,
School, Hospital, os, `other plods or charitable foundation or
establishment, of such or the like nature.
Sat. That, if any person or persons shalt maliciously dis-
turb any congregation or`meeting of persons assembled in any_
Roman Catholic Chaper,.kfranher place, for stale purposeo
religious,worship,, according to the forms of the Roman
Ca-
tholic religion ; . ' or shall maliciously prevent,
hinder, or disturb such religious worship:
or shall assault or menace any Roman Catholic Clergyman,
i o such chapel or place, whilst otiitiating, or about to officiate
therei,n ;
• , ; , s • it-is expedient that every such
person so offending shatl, fo,rfeit and pay for every such offence,
blllll
That waasaas, hi, au lict made lay the late Parliament

of ft' 'AMIN la yea+ ofthe reign. of her late N. fajtsty
Queen Anne, and by another Act made. by the said Parlia,
‘. meta, fu tlie tl:ld year of the reign of his h'..te Majesty King
Georgie the Mecund; any Roman Catholic Priest snituinis.6
ing pianiage fret Ween any two persons (being. Protestants,:ot
either of them being a Protestet), is rendet_ed stihject
to certain punishments mentioned in the Said Acts reaper•
it is expedient that the
said provisions of the said Acts be repealed, so far as the
sante relate to such pimithments as aforesaid ; and that any
'Oman Catholic clergyman, ,who shall hereafter solemnize
marriage between two Protestants, or between attv protestant
nr Roman Catholic (such Protestant,and Itotnau Catholic nut
• having been jpreviously.married by a Protestant Clergyman),
and the said Roman Catholic Clergyman knowing such party
• to be a Protestant, shall ferfeit a-sum of 1001. to his Majesty
the same, on,conviction thereof.
' • 7th:.,That if any officer or person, holding any military.or
naval althv, or situation, under his Majesty, his heirs, or sue-
cessqs, shall by punishment, force; menaces, or otherwise,
compel, or endeavour to compel, any Ronian embolic soldier,
sailor, or marine, tc assist or be present at the celebration of
Divine worship, according to any other form than the Roman
I..!athulic religion, • • -
• iris expedient such officer or person, so, offending, shall for
felt and pay for every 'such offence a sum of qine hundred
pounds sterling of British curreriCY. '
• • al h. That it shall and may be lawful to and for the RoMan
• Catholicinbabitants of these realms,
to sit and vote in either House of Parliament;
and to hold, exercise, and enjoy, all civil, judicial,
• anti milltary and naval tams, and places of trust or profit,
under his Majesty,. his belt's, and successors, within these
realms, and the duminions, dependencies, and colonies,
thereunto belonging, and to take and receive any degrees of-
medicine, law, or arta, in any of the Universitlecol' Great
Britain or Ireland, and to be students, exhibitilmers, scho-
lars, professors, andlay. fellows for any of the' said Univer-
sities or Colleges belonging. thereto;
and to hold, exercise, and enjoy the seines of MaTor, Sove-
reign, Bailiff„Adderinan, Treasurer, Sheriff, 'I ownelerk,
Councilman, Master or Warden, of any Guild or Fraternity;
and all suctroffices (lay whatever name the sumo may be called),
ia any city or town within these realms ;
rind also the offices of • • Governors, Deptity Gover-
nors, and Directors of the Banks et England and Ireland re-
' spectively, and all other offices therein;
and also to be members of any other lay hotly corporate, and
to enjoythe freedom, franchises, and immunities thereof; and
to bold; exercise, and enjoy any office or place of trust therein.
any statnte,charter, bye•law, or usage
to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding,
upon taking and subscribing the.oath amtdeclaration
folluw-
ing a (instead of the oaths of allegiance, abjuration, and su-
-. pvemacy, and instead of making and subscribing, the Decla-
ration against transubstantiation, the sacrifice of the mass,
and the invocation'of saints no* by la*requira, and instead
of taking the• sacrament according to .the'forms,of the Pro-
testant Religion): • that is to say, upon
taLing and subscribing. the following Path and

Declavatiop
"1, li do hereby declare that l'professilleAcimim Catho-
lic Religion. •
"I, d. B. do sincerely promise and swear, that 1 will be
faithful, and bear true allegiance tii his Majesty King
George. 111. and him will defend.tO the utmost of my power,
. against all conspiracies and attempts whate'ver. that.stiall be
Asada, against his Person, Crown, or tlipity: And I will do
my utmost to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his
heirs And successors, alt treasonsond; traitorous conspiracies
which may be formed against bias orthein,
" And do promise to maintain, defend, and support, to
the utmost of JO' power, the succession t 6 the crown,
(which sliceessison by law now sought litaitedfto the:Prins
cess.Nophia, Electress And Duchess Powager,of 1-lanover,
deceased, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants.)
" Hereby utterly rtmonticing and abjuring' any oh !ilience Or.
Allegiance unto any other person, claiming, or preteudln a
right to the Crown of these ratios; •
" And I do not believe, that any, COreign Prince, Prelate,
State, or Potentate, bath or ought to have,. nay temporal or
civil jutisdletion, power, fopetiority, or pre-diumence,
wit bin these reOms.
" And 1 do declare, that I swear this oath, and every part
thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense-of the wordS' of this
• oath. so held me God."
Such were. the Resolutions that he intended to
propose, if the House thought proper to order
the Commitleez Ile- Should now move, that the
Iteyinhoious- be brought up.• .
The ti'tveAtSlGat observed to the ton. Baronet,
that as he had stated to the House a string of lie-
solutions., he Wished to itstow whether be.intentl-
. ed now to take, the sense of the House on all or
any of them ?
Sir H. PaaNELL said, that lie did not wish to
produce any debate at present, but lie had no ob!.
jection. to taking the sense of the House on the
first •Resolution.
The SPFARrIt haring then put the question on
the first • Resolution.
• Mr.. ilmsvics: thought it could hardly be the de-
liberate wish of the Hon. Baronet to mill upon the
blouse now to vote upon this'first Resolution.—
If this WAS put, it would open the whole tine%fi(nt
Dow to be debated. The lion. Baronet had al-
ready done oil that he could tin, and had snUieient
ly explained to the 14onse what. he proposed to
do. It would he therefOre for him now io consi7
ilsr, whether he %email press upon the House at
present hi; first Resolution.
Mr. YollitE tilt/tight, that the course taken by
the Hots. Baronet was perfectly , was.
perfectly apprised that no motion, affecting as,
this slid the established of the country,
could be brought on, -except in a Committee of.
tire .whole House. Although he was not disposed.
to 'vote'fOr the tptestion in the, present circum-
stances, yet he could not avoid expressing his re-
gret that it• was not still in .0,4 same hands that
it had formerly been (alluding -to Mr. Grattan);
If.it had,. he believed. that the House. would have
been spared the present irregularity.
Mr. P. Mayan contended, that it was not irre-
gularlo propose the.passing a resolution-proforma,
in order that the resolutions Might be printed and
40141 before,the House..
Sir IL PARNELL had no objection to withdraw-
ing his. motion.
Mr. feet. said,,tina Precedent of what had been
cioise by vs !tight lion. Gentleman (Mr. C(tnning),
not apply to the present case. The llouse
hart then ordered a 1.1111 to be brought in, and
Air. Cfmning watt one. of time Gentlemen specially
appointed to bring in the Bill. He was therefore
Acting at that time lit a sort of 'official character,
acting tinder the orders of the House. The Mu.
13,tronet, however, cause forward Ortly as au inch- .
iiirteal,Meniher cat Parliameor, iptropcisiutr a string.
of Resolutions. t,•
After some explanations from Sir H. Pitatly.t.t.,
the male!) was 'Withdrawn. • '
CALLING OUT .THE
Lord CASTLralthdtl rose, pursuant to notice, in
order to more for leave to bring in a Bill to em-
power, his .- Majesty to call out the whole or any
--art of the rei{ldtn Illilitia. On time assurances
Which the House had already given of a dispOsi-
to.support the Executive Authority in mak—
ingeidequate preparations for the security Of the
country, in the present emergency, he groontled-
t his. proposition ; and in the.course of the discus-
eion of the 13111 more opportunity would be offered
for the 'consideration of the nature of -that met-
-1400ey,, -together with the general cireothitances
in which the Empire was, placed. At present he
Hid not think it necessary to enter into these'cir-
culastartems, tout the more so, 13 0 be hoped to be
enabled on Monday to bring down a Messngehrow
the krinee „Regent, with repot to. the 1111111'P"

*lent; Web bad been entered into whit our
tOgethei with copies of the. Subsidhikry
Which had. been .concluded. That Mosage,
shotdki propose trt be considered on tiestlay,, and
on Wednesday it was intended to submit a motion
iu Conformity with the :Subsidiary Treatiea. Upon
these hccasionsthe great questio,n- as to the state
and views of the country might be fully gone-
into; but the inforniation at present before the
House be thought sollitient to justify the propo-
sition of thif- Bill, to `Vt-hich indeed he did- not"
anticipate any objection. For according to
the principle of . the Militia', Law, he apprc-.
hended that 'this .proceedin, Was justifiable,
front the notoriety of the public danger, while
front the nature of that danger, it was. obvious
that our utmost military pteparation must be made
On the Continent ; but in making these prepara-
tions it consecittently became proper not to ne-
glect the means of providing for -our internal se-
entity. Those means Were to be found in the
Militia, which various reasons of policy suggested
the necessity of calling out, either in the whole
or in part, as circumstances might -require. Some
portion of the Militia had yet a certain period to
serve, but there were many whose period of ser-
vice was on the point of expiring, and therefore a
legislative measure was become, necessary, in or-
der to render that body etl'ective. With respect to
that part of the Militia which from certain cireumft
stances it was deemed expedient to keep embodied
after the conclusion .of the war, such arrangements
.were made as were found Satisfactory, as to the
discharge of men, when their period of service,
should .expire. But with, regard to the grekt body
of that force, the House must feel that it would be
impossible to collect and embody it without ftirther
arrangements, which it was the object of his Bill
to provide. The Noble Lord concluded with
moving. for leave. to empower his Majesty to draw
out and embody the Militia of the United King-
dont.

'Lord 11.11.205 t thought that by the present re-
gulations, it. the five years for which the militia
men were enlisted had expired during the war,
they would not be entitled to their discharge.
Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that the contract
was different with the ballotted men, and many
that had been raised as substitutes. • • -
Lord FOLKSTON!: could not omit the oppor-
tunity of Just. noticing to the .11ouse, how Coln-
pietely the opinions of the Crown Lawyers re-
specting tlAe embodying, of the Militia were over-
thrown by the motion of the Noble Lord. The
Attorney and. Solicitor-General bad 'stated, that
the Militia being once 'called ont, it was optional
in the-Crown to keep them embodied ; and they
had expressly argued, that any portion of the mi-
lithrbeing embodied, the crown might call out the
whole of them again, without giving notice to
Parliament. According to those doctrines, there-
fore,.the Bill which the Noble Lord proposed to
bring in was • totally unnecessary : but he belies.-
ed,,that the Noble Lord Rttached very little weight
to those opitrionsuor he would not-have conseht-
ed to bring in the One- other ientark which
he wish.N.l to make %vas, that it the Noble Lord
intemictl to go ou with the system of-raising men
for the militia, and then drafting; them into the
line, it would entirely destroy all the respectable
feelings of that valoable species of our force.
Lord .CASTLE-REAOII sail, that the reason for
introducing;the Bill was quite opposite to what
the Noble Lord had stated. The situation of • the
country was very different from what it had been
when the opinions.to' which the 'Noble: Lurd had

alluded were given. •
Lord FOLKESTONE replied. that the I•1•tth clause
or the Act had been cited as authorizing the
Crown,to call out the Militia, and keep it ero.
bodied.

The ATTOHNRY-GIMERAL would leave the Noble
Lord to enjoy his-imakinary triumph, and would
only say, tluit the motion made by the Noble Se-
cretary of State, to call out the whole or any part
of the Militia in the present circumstances of the
country, by no-means implied that the o[iinions of
the Lti ‘V Officers were unsound. Those opinions
were not at all touched by an entire new state of
things'. -Leave given to bring in the

BUONAPARTE'S NIESSAGE%
Mr. TIERtqEY begged to ask the Noble Lord,
whether any; and what answer bad been return-
ed to the communication which the French Go-
vertnent had made to this country, and which
was afterwards transmitted to' the Congreis at
Vienna ?• Did the Noble Lord intend to give any
information to the House on that subject on non_
day next?

Lord CASTLEURAGH, in a low tone of voice, re-
plied, that the communication which he intended
to make on Monday would embrace the point to
whicl► the Hon. Gentleman had alluded.

Sir ltoanar Hatton moved, that an humble
Address should be presented to the presented to the
Prineeitegent, praying, that his Itoyal Highness
would order to he laid before the !louse several
papers relative to Governor Ainslie. The motion
was then agreed to, and the Address ordered to
be presented by such Members as were of the
Pvivy Council.
STAMP DUTIES.
Mr. MITI ERWOUTEI moved fur a return of the produce
of
dered the Stamp Daties on Pamphlets fur the last ten years.--
or.
The Irish Malt Duty Bill, and the Irish Assessed Taxes Bill,
were yead. a third time, and 'passed. , •
The Irish Hired Sersants Bill was read a Second time, and
ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The House then %vent into a Committee
chuggingmitteet ea
the Resolutions
for improving.Datiltit Harbour, by
on the tonnage of ri earls.
After a lung conversation, in which Mr. W. FiUgerald,
Mr. Shaw, Sir Henry. Parnell, Mr. A. Midas, Mr. W. Pole,
Cascuine, and. Mr. Peel participated, the Resolu-
tions were agreeS,to, and the Report was ordered to be re-
evl veil to-morrow.
The Report of the Calcutta Limits Bill was brought up,
and ordered to be Wien into farther Cuniideratiun on Tues-
day next. •
'l.lte India Gratuities Bill was ordered to be read a third
time to-morrOw.
Tltu Foreign Slave Trade Bill was read. a third tine, and
passed. •
The False, Weights and Measures Bill was read a 'second
time, and ordered to he cosmal tett toquorrow.
The Local Militia Bill passed through a Cumwittm_ite..
port to-morrow.
Lord Nelson's Estate Bill was read a Jim tittle,
to be read aid timato-morrowAdjuurned. and ordered

The Dowager Lady RAMSAY has established a
.Lace School in Edinburgh, which is the first fim-
fitattetory of that kind in Seatland, and in which
a considerable number of lemalea are already.
employed.

•• • •
• tribiT • .iicAt
(Prani the) j rrt tl Ctiaritt.)

Iri 4r,risition Vstr ail the feetlot
are ptitioos OM country alreldy .S 0 completely
duped by cite new C'emstitutiost, that they deem the
Feench Nat kin on ihe eve being restored to
Civil freedom:and the apprnaching greatest as a
political crusade against libert ($u one Of. txvo
principles only can this ophi!on rest : either that
the friends of liberty ini France. have acquired A
Complete entltrolll OMt 4 nitin of despotic habits,
or that 13UONAYARTn himself iis. been reformed
by misfortune, Let us for at mometrt look at each
of these pretensions. 'flint the repuhlicapa of
I former times have joined IluosecSere is a tact ;
that he seems to court them, by making them his
advisers, may also he allowed. We are not this-,
posed to the opinion that it was under a secret
understanding with them- that he left' Elba ; he
has, however, since cajoled:them, and they may
perhaps hope to direct him. 'this party, how-
ever, violent and active as it may be, is but a
limited one, and if it were more extensive, it has
no contralti over the troops, nor have they any
feeling common with them: Their past history
affords but a poor comment upon the sincerity of
their respect for,public liberty or for political mo-
deration. The violist domeetic crimes, and the
most violent foreign aggresions, were committed
under their goverumentl. but should we consent
to obliterate these from our recollections, who
can indulge the thought far a single moment,
without exposing hitt:self to jeSt ridicide, that,
allowing the personal character Or. BUONAPARTE
to remain unchanged, they can retain their in-
fluence over him lojiger than he has organized Isis
army, or extend it beyond the point when he has
freed himself from the fear of the invasion of
France either by negociation or victory ?
Is there then any.hope that BUONArATITE him-
felf has adopted different maxims) If he hes, his
conversion has, at Feast been sudden, and for
that reason may be the more suspected. That he
was not reformed in Ella appears from his pro-
, clamations after landing in France, and we must
then, narrow up the time in which this political
regeneration took place to that which intervened
between his entry into Lyons, and his usurpation
of the throne. In that space what, then, pro-
(limed Pie change ?it could not-'be the defection
of the army to him, for thatwas too flattering to
his pride and to his•hopes. The state of the pub-
lic wind; indisposed to the restoration of his ty-
ranny, webelieve, was the real cause of a change,
which is,' however, not real, but pretended and
politic. He has an army; but nut an army strong
enough to wield at once against the people and.
the Allies. 'lie Must reinforce that army by a'cati-
scription, and be
,most deg it under the guise .of
Jew ; hence his new constitution. 'He, can rule
the constitution, and he hopes the constitution will
rule time people, solar as to enable him to recruit Iris
exchequer -and his armies, and' to free him from
his enemies ; and then " he'll be himself again."
To suppose any change more than this is a be-
sotted credulity not‘to be equelled, except among
the followers of Joanna Soirtlicott, si helll4 against
all fact, all experience, and, all probability. One
proof of reformation would be repentance and
open confession ; but of these we have nothing.
Even the very preamble of the vaunted, COnstitu-
tion marks that the principles of his former policy
are not regarded by him with indifference, much
less with penitent; aversion.; lie turns from .
but with 93 ill a grace, that he makes it evident
with what readiness he could main turn to theta.
Hypocrisy, vanity, and falsehood, his ustsal, ats
tributes, still cling to him, and he who can read
that preamble, and believe his reforinntion, has
both more faith and rne.re disct:riotinn Europeenttlrennc
haver
fallen to,us. Ilis aggressions tp)
softened down into the smooth phrazeulogy of
" his object being to Organize a grand Eutopean
fedetative-system." The internal tyranny be ex-
ercised over France, lie calls ,a postponemeat of the
establisheieut of many institutions,,which he' had
not then leisure to mature ; and . now, forsooth,
his " only object is to increase the prosperity of
France by the confirmation of public liberty." Ede
understands the captlcious credulity of the "politi-
cal Joannites 14 the day, and if they do not blush
to believe his sincerity, he may, well, be excused
front blushing to assert it.