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London, England, 1824-04-13 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL it.
The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Irish
4 per Cents. Bill, the Silk Duties Bill, the Union Duties Bill,
the Postage Rates Bill, the !Milbank Penitentiary Bill, the
Irish Board of Works Bill, and a number of Private Bills.
The Commissioners were the Loan CHANCELLOR, the Earl
Of-SHAFTESBU'RY, and Earl BATHURST.
The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition for the Abo-
lition of Slavery from a place in Cornwall.—Lord RoiviNEY
presented a petition from the Clergy of Sutton, in Kent, against
the Unitarian Marriage Bill.—Lord CALTHORPE presented
petitions from Sheffield, Doncaster, and Bridport, against
cruelty to animals.—The Marquis of LAN-spowg presented a
petition from the Journeymen Boot and Shoemakera of Glas-
gow, against the Combination Laws ; (this petition was after-
wards withdrawn on account of informality, the word " hUmbly"
being omitted) ; a petition from Darlington, praying for a Bill
to facilitate the recovery of small debts ; and a petition from
certain Ministexs and Elders of 'congregations in connection with
the established Church of Scotland, in the North and West of
England, praying that they may be permitted to celebrate
Marriage according to the forms of their own Church.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN gave notice, that he would
on Tuesday, the 4th of May, move the committal of the Uni-
tarian Marriage Bill. The Noble Marquis also took that op-
portunity of presenting for a first reading, a Bill similar to one
which had been brought under their Lordships' consideration
in, the last Session of Parliament. The object of the. Bill was
to enable the Roman'Catholics of England to vote at elections
in the saute manner as those of Ireland. lie would move the
second reading on an early day after the holidays. He also
intended, at fl subsequent period, to bring in another Bill to
enable English Roman Catholics to hold the same offices as
those to which Roman Catholics in Ireland were eligible.—The
Bill was read a first time, and the House adjourned.

HOUSE OF' COMMONS.
NEW WRIT. -

A New Writ was ordered for Lancaster in the room of Ge.
neral DOVETON deceased.
-Shortly after tour o'clock, the House was summoned, in the
usual form to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Com.
mission read for giving his Majesty's Assent to several Bills.
(For which see Lords' Report.)
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OIL' GAS. •
Mr. LINDSAY presented a petition from the Whale Mer-
chants of Dundee, praying for the adoption of the Oil Gas Bill.
Sir I. COFFIN assured the House that the Greenland.
Whale Fishermen were of no use to the country, nor to any
but themselves. During the last war they had not supplied
one man to the Navy, whereas they had got 16,000 from the
coal trade.. He hoped therefore the Coal Gas would carry the
day when the gitestion-came fairly before them. The petition
was read and laid on the table.

Mir, GORDON presented a similar petition from Peterhead.
Ordered to be printed.
Similar petitions were presented . from Salop, Leith, Ber-
wick-upon-Tweed, Bristol, and Crome.
Mr. Alderman SMITH presented a petition from the Rad-
cliff Coke and Gas Company, against the Oil Gas Bill.—Or-
dered to be printed.
Mr. P. MOORE presented a similar petition from the City
of London and Gas Coke Compariv.—Ordered to be printed.
The London and Westminster Oil Gas Company Bili was
then read a second time.
On the question that it be committed, Mr. P. Moons
moved that it be committed this day six inOnthS. He made
this motion because he thought the Coal Gas Company entitled
to a longer period, in order to obtain a proper return for their
capital. •
Mr: GRENFELL said, that, as a consumer of Gas, he
wished to see the two Companies established, because he should
then have the material at a cheaper rate.
Colonel DAVIES
.supported the amendment, and assured
the Hon. Member who spoke last that the Oil Gas Company
did not pretend to offer gas at a cheaper rate.
Mr. N.,CALVERT supported the measure.
Mr. Alderman BRYDUES spoke in favour of the amend-
ment.
Mr. SYKES said. there had not been the shadow of an ar-
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Against it 74 •
Majority —3
The Bill was accordingly sent to a Committee above stairs.
A Petition was presented against the Hammersriiith Bridge
Bill from the neighbouring.lnhabitants
gradual
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Abolition babfe
favour of the County Courts Bill.
Mr. CURWEN presented a PetitiOn from Cockermouth, in
Mr. FOWELL BUXTON presented Petitions. from Hor-
d two other places, pray-
ingrea-
dinessYthaav aery, and declaring a sham
for r P
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Way towards the indemnification of
the
Slave Owners.—Read rs. contribute
Rin any way
ordered to be printed.
Mr. HART DAVIS. Presented a Petition from Bristol,
praying for a Drawback on Unsold Wool.—Ordered to be
printed.
Mr. C 3 RATTAN presented .
petition from Tipperary against
the Tithe Composition Bill:—Ordered to be printed.
Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition from the Li-
censed Victuallers of the Isle of Wight against the duty on
Excise Licenses.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. JAMES presented a petition from certain inhabitants of
Carlisle against the grant of money for the building.of Churches.
The petitioners thought the money would be better in their
pockets.—Ordered to be printed.
SMALL COALS. -
Mr. Alderman WOOD preSented a petition from two indi-
viduals, who are considerable brick-makers in the neighbour-
hood of London, praying. for a removal of. the duty on small
eoals (strained through 'a one-inch sieve) coming into the port
of London. The subject he considered to be one of great im-
portance, not merely to the petitioners, nor to individuals who
were similarly situated, but to the public at large. Vast
quantitities of small coals were annually consumed for no par=
pose but to make tar for ropes:. If the prayer of the petition
were complied with, the. small coals might be used to make
fire-balls,as was done in various parts of the country, and would
thus prove a great benefit to the poor. lie hoped the• Chance-
llor of the Exchequer would give the subject his attention.—The
The petition was read, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. STUART 'WORTLEY 'ln.esented a petition from the
Presbytery (as we understood). Of'Forfar, North Britain, pray-
ing -for the total repeal of the Window Tax.—Ordered to be
printed.
Sir T. LETABRlDGE.presented. a petition from the In-
habitants of Axbridge, in the County of Somerset, praying
for the Repeal of the Assesad TaXeS.—Ordered to be printed:
Mr..CURTEIS presented a petition from the Inhabitants of
the neighbourhood of Framlingham, against the remission of
the Wool Duties.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. HUME moved for a series of Papers relative to the
Teas imported from Canton and the British manufactures sent
thither, &c.—Ordered.
Mr: HUME presented a petition from the Inhabitants of
the neighbourhood of- Northallerton against the Combina-
tion Laws.—Referred to the Committee on the Laws relating to
.Artisans.

HUM E presented a petition from an individual of the
name of Samuel Jones, of Barnard's Inn, who had practised
as an Attorney in the Court of King's Itench for twenty-eight
years, complaining. that he had been deprived of his practice
by certain late Acts of Parliament, and praying compensation.
—Ordered to be printed.
NEW- CHUB CII ES.

Mr. IIUME presented a petition, sighed by eleven or twelve
hundred inhabitants.of the town of Manchester against the new
grant of 500,00 a to build additional churches. He had received
this.petition from alnost respectable Gentleman, who assured
him the parties whose names were to the petition were re-
Tectable persons, mid had really signed it by themselves.—
They strongly disapproved of the intended appropriation of
500,000/. to the.purpose of building churches, and desired that
it should .be left for those who wanted them to pay for them
He gave a stalernent'of the number of persons who had attend-
ed certain churches,in MancheSter, on..the different days, which
were specified before the Commissioners for building Churches
has begun to sit, and spewed, according to the information he

had received, that no more than 1100 persons had been found
where there were sittings for 6,000 persons. When the Borough-
reeve summoned the townsmen to deliberate on an application
intended to be made to the Commissioners, on the shew of hands
being called for, he was told the numbers were twenty to one
. against it. On a division there was a majority of twelve for it;
In the proceedings connected with this subject, he found an
exemplitication of the extravagarfce indulged in by those to
whom the disposal of the public money was intrusted, and a
proof that no such grants were wanted. In the town of Man-
chester there had been two new churches built, and the inha-
bitants, fearful of being furnished with another, presented this
petition praying the House not to sanction the new grant
called for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He (Mr.
Hume) considered the grant to be an improper one, and how-
ever unsuccessful, should continue to oppose it.
After a few words from Sir It FEnoussori the Petition was
ordered to be printed.
NOTICES.
Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Wednesday he would
move for a return of the manner in which the 1,000,000/.
granted for Building Churches had been applied, as that did
not appear at present. He would also, on Wednesday, move
for the Copy of a Treaty lately made with the Native Chiefs
of Sumatra. The Hon. Member intimated his intention of
founding a motion on this document when laid upon the table
of the House.
Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from the Inhabi-
tants of the County of Arniagh against the Slave Trade.—
Ordered to be printed.—The lion. gentleman also presented a
petition from the Freemasons of Armagh, praying to be put on
the same footing with the Freemasons in England.—Ortiered
to be printed.
STAMP DUTIES.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY gave notice that on the 2;:th of May
he. would nity&for.leave to bring in a Bill to revise and conso-
lidate the Stamp Duties.
Mr.-HOBHOUSE presented petitions against the Hammer-
smith Bill, the St. Catherine's Dock Bill, and the proposed re-
moval of Fleet-market.—Ordered to lie on the table—

FOREIGN WHEAT,

Mr. HUSICISSON gave 'notice that he woUld,` to-morrow,
move for leave to bring in a Bill to allow the Holders of Fo-
reign Wheat, now in this country, upori bond, to convert the
same into flour for exportation: The Right Hon. Gentleman
also gave notice, that he would mote for leave to bring in a
Bill to amend the Law with respect to Principal and Factor.
ALIEN BILL.

Mr: Secretary PEEL moved the Order of the Day for the
third reading of the Alien Bill.
Lord NORMAN BY having, unfortunately for himself, been
absent on the former discussion of this Bill, wished now to
offer a few observations. He was gratified to hear that it was
now to be renewed for the last time, but he objected to
its being kept in force even, for the period to"which it was
now intended that it should be limited. He considered it to
be hostile to the principles of the British Constitution; and
directed immediately against the unfortunate • sufferers, with
whom, as Englishmen, we ought to sympathize. It made us
parties to the undisguised hostility of others towards those
unfortunates, and he particularly objected to it as an act of
adhesion to the Continental policy. He was sorry that such
a measure was now had recourse to—a measure which had
never been deemed necessary when a Popish Pretender, sup-
ported by a Foreign Power, had aimed at the total over-
throw of the Government. This Act, when an Englishman
on the Continent defended his Government from the charge
of participating in the sentiments of the Holy Alliance, was
always referred to as the link which proved the connection._
Te Right Honourable Gentleman had said, and lie could
not doubt it, that this measure was not had recourse to at
the instance of any Foreign Power ; but the policy of, the
Right Honourable Gentleman would have stood higher had
he declared against such a law altogether as being un- !
known to the Constitution, particularly when unfortunate
patriots sought a refuge on our shores, expecting to be wel. 1
corned by freemen and kindred spirits, and that the liberty
which we see highly prized for ourselves we were ready to
deny to them. The House would do its duty—a duty which,
he thought, could not be very. unpleasant even to -Ministers
themselves, if they now threw out the Bill, and thus destroy-
ed the last link which connected the policy of this country
with the tyrants of the continent. He moved, as an' amend-
ment, "that the Bill should be read a second time on that day
six months."
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Mr. LEICESTER objected to this Bill being passed from
the force of habit. if the habit grew stronger as the arenment"
in favour of the measure grew weaker, there might be
danger of its fastening on us for ever. It was not for domestic
purposes that this law was wanting. But it was thought that
in this country a conspiracy might be formed against the ami-
able Ferdinand. So much the better if one were. He should
be happy if such an enterprize were originated on English
ground. It was not our business, however, to subvert or to
support the Government of Ferdinand, but passing this Bill
was to Support and to make the Government of this country
the conservators of his authority.
Colonel PALMER stated, that being one of the half-dozen
individuals mentioned in a late speech, as opposing the ge_
neral voice of the House and Nation in praise of the measures
of the Government, he rose to defend his opinion and declare
his objection to this Bill ; considering it to be only a further
measure of that weak and dishonest policy which aggravated the
danger of the country. For what was the object of the Minis-
tets ? It was not the' security of their own Government, but
those of the Allied Powers, and to conciliate those whose con-
duct they had reprobated in the strongest terms of indignation
in the last Session ; but whom in the present they had not only
flattered by their praiies, but had-actually invited to keep pos-
session of the country of which they had so baselfand treach-
erously made themselves masters. But putting all honour, -
truth, and consistency out of the question; the effect of the mea-
sure totally defeated its intention, for the indignant but honest
language provoked by the discussion, and circulated through'
out Europe by means of a free press' must goad the hostility
of the Alliee, their hatred to Englancl., and their eflbrts 'to de-
stroy that liberty, incompatible with the principles they had
established on the-Continent, and had pledged' themselves to
maintain. The Ministers, in the face of reason, common sense,
and all the acts and declarations of both-patties, still boasted of
the good understanding betwixt them ; but how was it possible
these despotic Powers could be actuated by any more favour-
able sentiment than contempt fora Government, which, what-
ever might be its own feeling, was unable to controul the feel-
ings of the nation ? For these "reasons,' and frotn a conviction
of the hourly increasing danger of the country in this cause,
which admitted of no compromise, and wherein the Ministers,
from whatever motives, were aiding and abetting by their con-
duct the avowed object of France and the Holy Alliance, the
Hon. Member once more ventured to address the House upon
the subject. And, first, he must return his sincere thanks to his
Right Hon. Friend before him for his answer to The speech of
the Right Hon. Gentleman, for it was the weight 'of his judg-
ment end opinion of the state of Europe, the conduct ofthe Al-
lied Powera, and their designs against the liberties Of England,
which had' encouraged him again to stand up in their defence,
and would, he,trusted, justify every sentiment he might utter
before he resumed his seat. But the question of foreign po-
licy was sb involved in the system of the Government at
home, he must necessarily refer to both in support of his ar-
gnment,"and would begin by answering an observation of the
Noble Lord who in the late debate, upon a partial. qttestion of
Reform, had so pointedly alluded to the case of the City-which
he (the Honourable Member) represented, and to whom he
must declare that for the same reason which had influenced
his vote in the case of City of Edinburgh, he would have
voted for the deStruction of every close and rotten Borough
represented in that House. For he considered all half mea-
sures, whether of foreign or domestic policy, not only to be
useless, brit dangerous and deceitful ; and so far agreed with
the 'Right Hon. Gentleman, Who, as the determined enemy to
11 change of the existing system, had 'openly declared he would
consent to no compromise whatever bitwixt the present state of
I the representation of .the people, and a complete and radical
Reform. Upon this issue the Hon. Member would' enter the
lists with the Right Hon. Gentleman whenever that question
might be renewed ; and in the mean time hoped that his Ho-
nourable Friends would enake up their minds to a measure
which, if their own picture of the danger of the country was
true, was the only remedy for the evil. For what could
their eloquence avail unless they would act as well as speak ?
Why moot these Spanish questions, and complain of loss of
honour or danger to their liberties, unless they could redeem
the one and save the other? Why talk' of their recognizance
to keep the peace, unless they could suggest the means to pay
it of? Why vent themselves impotent abuse, insulting and
provoking those who could not call them to account, but might
their country; or why turn Job's comforters, and remind the
nation cd her danger, instead of setting eheirshouldere to-the
wheel to help her out of it ? For what prevented them ? 'What