The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-07 00:00:00

PETITIONS FOR THE GORN BILL.

Petitions were presented •from Kilkenny, Kil-
dara, Galway, and Bedford Level, praying for an
alteration of the Corn Laws.—Upon the last Pe-
tition being read,
Mr. YORKa rose and said, that it deserved the
serious consideration of the House ; for though
the other petitions expressed the sense of part of
*the people, it wa.i much more easy for the manor.
facturers to obtain numerous signatures than ;psi
poor agriculturists, who, it seemed, were placed
on the footing of slaves of the land. The sense
of the people was much divided on this subjeCt,
and it was certain that the agriculturists 7Were
much distressed. If their petitions could be heard;
there wotild be no great difference between the
number of their signatures and of time nianufae-
turers. These petitioners were intecested in three
or four hundred thousand acres of land, which
had been recovered froM the water under the
guarantee of Parliament ; and Parliament, he was
persuaded, %vould not suffer them to be injured.
Mr. BArtiNo said, it was held out, that the la-
bourers and tenantry were greatly concerned in
adopting this measure.; but he had received com-
munications from various and respectable quar-
ters, that they had no interest in it. It had been
proved by argument, and he firmly believed that
the tenants began to find out that the landholders
must lower their rents. To talk of labourers
having any interest ei) the matter, whether Corn
was at l2os. or 80s. teas Quite absurd—it was dry
bread to them in one east us well as the other.-..
With respect to Petitions from the Fens, be could
not but express his opinion, that if any persons
were more entitled than others to the thanks of
their country, it was those who made land pro-
ductive : but there happened to be evidence as to
these fens in the report before the House. That
evidence was decidedly against 80s. and therefore,
if the persons best acquainted with land of that
description did not consider ;80s. as a necessary
price for the protection of the petitioners, he con—
sidered it conclusive-on the subject.

Mr. MF.TIIUEN begged the lion. Member (Mr.
Yorke) to recollect, that many persons who had
signed the petitions which he had presented were
great !muted proprietors, and were alt-ugaitnt the
measure.

Mn M-. A. TAYLOR gave notice, that be would,
take an early day after the Easterßecess, to wove
for leave to bring in a Bill respecting DeviseS in;
the case of Copyhold•Eqates, and the admission
of Tenants therein. Also for a Bill to abolish'
the punishment of the
.pillory.
Mr.ThaNEY complained that certain important
papers which he had moved for, relative -to the
Civil List Accounts, and which he 'particularly
wished should be laid on the Table before the
Easter Recess, had not been furr,ished. He
wished, therefore, the Right 'Hon. Gentleman
would give him some information whether he
might expect these papers would soon be pro-
duced.

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER Said, that
unavoidable causes bad occasioned the delay, but
he hoped he should be able to furnish the papers
to the House in a few days.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS rose to express hiS hopes
that on the question of the Corn Laws ibe'llouse
would be inclined to adopt some middle course,
that might render the measure palatable to the
whole nation.

The Fees Abolition Bill was postponed to Wed-
nesday.

THE CONGRESS, &c.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcilEatut *ea

moved the Older of the D.ty tor the lionse. to tie -
solve itself into a Coufluittee on the Corn Itn-
portation Bill. On the question that the Speaker
should leave the Chair,

Mr. WiIITBREAD said, he did not object to the
Speaker's leaving the Chair, hut there were tither
orders of the day on which he wished to obtain
some information. .lie desireci to know, if the
discussion on the. Corn Bill should last long. how
it was_ intended to dispose of the question on the
renewal of the Bank Restriction Act ? And he
deisired particularly to know what the Noble
Lord opposite (Lord Palincrstone) meant to do
in that case with the Mutiny Bill While he was
on his legs, seeing the Noble Lord in the blue
ribbon (Lord Castlerea4b) in his place, he wished
to ask it the time for making those disclosures
which had been called for, hot withheld in his ab-
sence, was at hand, and if they might soon expect
him to come down mitt) a message from the Prince
Regent on the subject of his late important mis-
sion ?

Lord CASTLEREAGH said he should be happy to
give the Hon. Gentleman every information in his
povc.'er, but at present he was not able to intimate
to him when any communication on the subject
referred to was likely to be.made from the Prince
Regent. When he should know such a Message
was to be brought down, he would not fail to
give due notice of it. If, before this was done,
the Hon. Gentleman should wish to obtain infor-
mation on any particular point, he thotight it
would be best, that he should'raise some question
—that after some days had elapsed, he should call
for that which he thought necessary. The Hon.
Gentleinan would certainly understand that, tin-
der present circumstances, the explanations which
he (Lord Castlereagh) could give, would be in
many respects limited. If, however, the Hon.
Gentleman called for any information which he
might consider desirable, it would enable him
(Lord Castlereagh) to state what disclosures he
could make without injury to the public service.
At present he could only say, though the pro 7
ceedings were not closed, yet much had been
'done;" and it was important to add, that what was
done, had been done with the general concur-
rence of all the great Powers, who had made every
arrangement for upholding those decisions which
had been dictated by the common interest of all.
All the great points in which this country was
especially concerned, had been met by all the
Powers in a spirit of peace, ,and arranged per-
fectly to his satisfaction, and he hoped in a man-
ner that would prove satishletory to the House.—
(Hear, hear, hear !)
Mr. WHITBREAD thought the Noble Lord
might have misunderstood the intent of his .ques-
tion. He had asked if lie did not propose to give
some information to the House; for whatever
the Noble Lord might have been told by his col-
leagues, he (Mr. W.) did think the time was come
when some information ought to be given from
the Prince, or from the Noble Lord in his place
without being called tor. From the answer he
bad received, lie could hardly believe the Noble
Lord was the man .Who had been at Vienna, for
what ha.l fallen froin him was but a continuation
of that system of evasion which had been prac-
tised in his absence—(Disapprobation). It would
be most satisfactory to the House that the infor,-
'ation to be given eho.dd come apootancooly
from the Noble Lord ; but if no communication
.was to be made to that House before the Easter
holidays, he would certainly move for that which
be thought necessary. He repeated, however,
that it would be best that the Noble Lord should
give what he thought himself at liberty to offer,
and it would then be for the House to determine.
whether ot: not that was sufficiently ample and,sa-
tisfactory.
Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, whatever commit-
nications the Crown might have to make, would
be made at the proper period ; but if the Hon.
Gentleman wished for any information in the pre-
sent instance, he was at liberty to call for it, and
he might he enabled in that case to state how the
business of the Congress now stood, and whether
that which the Hon. Gentleman might desire
should be produced, could or could not be given.
That svhich had been clone had not yet received
its full ratification. Most. important questions
had been decided, and the determinations of the
Congress had been reduced to articles, but these
not having, yet been ratified, could not he pro-
duced. 'What had been done bad been done (he
`repeated it) with the concurrence ot all the great
Powers, and every thing baj been satisfactorily
arranged that regarded the peculiar interests of
this country.
Mr. WHITBREAD enquired. if be was to under-
stand that unless some Member moved for in-
formation, the Noble Lord proposed to remain
ancrether silent on these great subjects ? •
Lord CASTLEREAGH had not intended to assert
this, but in the-present state of things his com-
munications must necessarily be limited.
Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know if hi was to
understand that at any, given time the Noble Lord
would -lay any information habit :Vic Hiatlst as a
Minister or as a Member of Parliament?
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, not as a Minister cer-
tainly..

Lord PALmeas±oN, in answer to the question
put to him,' said, 'it .the discussion on the-Corn
Bill shonld.niot take up. much of the time of the
Hulse, it was his intention to proceed with it to-
day. If, hoVever, it should he occupied till a,
late hour in the -Committee, he was willing to
postpone it to a future day.
Mr. WurrilitEAD then gave notice, that on an
early vacant day he would raise a question on.the
subject of the Noble Lord's mission, which would
live him (Lord Castlereagh) an opportunity of
aving before the House such information as he
might give consistently with his ditty.
11r. BENNET wished to know ,if the Order of
'the Garter had been given to the King of Spain,
and if a Commission were now going out to in-
vest him with it, perhaps the Chancellor of the
Exchequer might be competent to answer this
question—(A laugh).
The.CßANceLkott of the EXCHEQUER did not
think it necessary to answer the question, but
would move that the Speaker 'do now leave the
oChair,iniittee on
that the House may resolve itself into a
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THE CORN BILL.
Sir Q. IlEATHcols rose to oppose the Bill,

The high routs impose,4. on the ,row-el' must ulti"
mately be paid by the consumer. It foil°w d
that to 'secure the Landholders their present bite
rents, it was proposed to allow them to fix d
tninimmu •zt which the population of Englan
„should cat their daily bread. It was said. the
'!antis now in cultivation would be again thro‘vn
f%
pf. cultivation it that Bill did not pess. p _
denied -this. The lands at present in cultivattoa
had not been used to raise Corr when it vas 804'
the quarter, but when it was likely to sell for
8, or 91. the quarter ; and, therefore, he W33°
opinion that even ifthis Bill did pass, a great For"
tion of that middling land which these high prices
had caused to be so appropriated would soon be
thrown out of cultivation. A little moderatio3
in the landlords, he thought, would be of infinite
service to the country. He then read a
StPara:
graph from an Evening Paper, which wasunder.
i 'Mood to be as much under the influence of 011 s
.
tiGovernment as the Moniteur formerly was InOle;
the Government of France, and to the teal'
ing article of which, be bad been inform"'
the talents -'of a Right Honourable Gentle-
man 'opposite had .sometimes been lent. Of •
paragraph was from the Courier of the 15i
February, and was .as follows :---" We will ti°,
enter here-into the discussion of the sithatioa to
which all the proprietors of land now living
their rents, the fair profit of their land would he,
reduced, it with diminished incomes they had still
to contribute as at present to the general revenal--
of the country." On this paragraph he woolP
leave the House, to make their own cornmeits"*,
laugh).-7-He called upon the Government 14
diminishing as much as POssible the expenditure
of the country, and conjured thesewho consider"'
ed themselves interested in the. present measures
to refer to the French Revolution, and to reineqr
ber, that those who bad then driven from thei
home, and who had come to this country as If;
fugees (though he did. not mean to say such colu"
ever be the situation of the land-owners of ggr,
land), had been driven from their home throug;
.itheir contempt for, and neglect of, the feeljob
of the common people.
Mr. ST. PAUL would not have addressed the
!ifoitse this night, but for the precipitation wtt
which- the Bill was about to be carried. througo.
the Rouse. When such precipitation was salt'
it was but fair to infer that the meaStrre
it was.thu;_attempted to carry could not be
red if it were fairly considered. After giving the
subject all the consideration in h:s power: 1,
could only come to this conclusion, that any ale
teratiba in the Corn Laws at present would
premature, unwise, and impolitic. At a time
like the present, they ought, at least, to Waittiitt
' the effects of peace might be seen, that they Wigb
be enabled to judge with accuracy if any any
what alterations ought to be made. He regret t
ted-that this subject bad been taken up by
Ministers ;• it WAS ill judged, and he hoped t"„s
Noble Lord opposite had told his colleagu-st
40-1--(A laugh I) The surprise of the .House-
have been great, when the Right Hon. Gentleman
who had- brought this subject forward, don/lu%
with much modesty (though he seemed to h:e,
lost some of his modesty since), moved his' of
solutions without offering any information tie
which they were not previously possessed, e•-..
commented _al some length „on the partlalltY
played fur the measure by the Committee '4ll
pointed to enquire into the subject. The 13>1
would raise the value of laud 21: I Is. per acre',e
(A laugh !)—This might produce a laugh theirs:
woold it was not a laughing matter out of d°°'
Taking the calculation of the Member for b'sl 11„
oe
(which was a very low one), he would assid
the produce of an acre of land to be et.p.o".cig
three quarters of wheat. The price of Corn
frOm 63s. to 80s. (assuming this to be the C"1:s,
quenee of the Bill), would give an additional t.e
itv
to every quarter, and thus on three quarters %fie
• produce of ad acre) would amount to 2/. Ils.
hoped the country would petition against the Oka'
a`tiastonish its advocates, though should it 0-,
passel; he would tell the people they had 1,10.-
thing to do but to submit, and bear with to:rthe
nimity that which they could not avert. I'4 tot
House were determined immediately to pracee„.cy,
legislate on general principles knoWn• to tbc-,,0;
but unknown to practice, they' would' be-vir" of
in so doing. They ought to leave the Price its
Corn to find its own level, like the river 01100/1
waytto the ocean. • He wished to be underst
toisayy o that he believed the countenance give oce
this measure originated in the grossest igu°ll:o3
Of the subject, and in prejudice. He was Satif„,,isf
the supporters of the Bill did not mean to
tithe
the price of bread—he was convinced they oje
interest of the aggregate of the populatiort Uf
country at large-sincerely at heart, • Intel
Mr. H. Vvsa supported this Balton-I ef'
rested motive, but from a conviction, that bread'
feces. wonld be permanently to cheapen eitoti
from a feeling, that if such a measure-
adopted, 'the safety of the country would be die
dangered. He, however, Would- nat. g0...4::"-116
price Of 80s. as, under present circumstance 10e
did not consider that price to be ticcessarY.ro' par'
would support a proposition for fixing. the
tation price at 765. and voting in favour of t0;001,
should think .heperformed his duty to his e°` the
Colonel RA.LI3SON was in. favour of fixiitisfY
protecting. price at 765.. This, if it Would o s ftlo
the country, would satisfy him. The' etieotodto
measure, he was satisfied, would be to Pr pre
Antniance, and abundance would not fail C°
duce cheapness. ire
USb he
•.Mr. VrA.R.TWIIIQHT reminded the —0 ot tre
7!iiieueS.tion before them Was, whether or ri.cei 17"
Spe4ker should leave, the Chair. The P,rfierfilie
•thought, was that which would be best °e,`e,tee.it.;
ed by, the Committee.. He cou
sure .one of vital importance to the co,,int rf.:for;
went to make us, independent of fore he's agg
log
supply of Corn. He deprecated the lair riles
which ban been used. by some Geotletue° sife
course of the debate, which be th°tlg. 111‘
enough to throw any country into a fall
that which now prevailed in this.
sidered
expad. leo
General GASCL OIGNI
Eine observed, it lead%reit( 0.
intimated any change in the price 5',151,11t
to-be made in the Committee, as the Rib
Gentleman who bad moved the Resoltvion 10,4;
questioned on this point, on a former mf•ko,
said a price lower than 80s. would Pot "

tlnt answer the puse. He therefore ro.g.! for
„"e purpo rpose of moving an amendment to the n'°- ;; 11 1)0W before the ijoufe. He commented on
arhrlments used in favour of the Bill With
sc'ele severity, and declared he could see no re.a,
s?'l whatever for the House going now into the
,"°.7emittee ; he should therefore
move, that,tlw
k'Peaker should leave the Chair on the Monday 'iher the Easter recess.—(Ac moved,
.. thatl he those should go into the Committee on
e NiOnday after the Easter recess.
tt,~ lltoßrNsoN and General GASCOIGNE
rnu-
explained.
Avlr. Bor. LER was understood to oppose the Bill.
-14 rd ComPToll spoke at considerable length in
uuPPort Of the Bill. Ele complained of the lan-
rge which some Members had used while de-
Ring its merits, and contended the measure was
or euusisteut with sound policy, and with the welfare
A the community at large.
14rman Sturrn supported the Amendment, as
theet,,unught that although Ministers meant well,
were mistaken.
A ''Tember, whose name we could not learn, de-
tilen(led the measure, as necessary to the welfare of
;People, especially of the lower classes.
„O.II..PROTHEROE was in favour of the delay pro-
ed, in order that an opportunity might be
"4 to ascertain whethertain a medium price could
ht
terests attained, which would conciliate all in-
.
Stt
W4TIc.INS WILLIAM WYNNE wished to go
r° the Committee, as it was necessary something
3lould he done to relieve the- ai7riculture of the
try
j„.rn He was inclined, Ito t,vever, to adopt the
Al r,price of 755. instead of oos.
Al4Ravarr thought that the Petitions now,
before the House sufficiently shoved the ,sense of
Public. He should support the Amendment.
• at% CALCRAFT complained of the extraordinary
Precipitation with which the measure was pressed
IThrough the house. If the measure were arrested
1. feW short days, terms of conciliation might
Settled. 11 it were agreed that after the Com-
truittee should have taken place, and the blanks
"n tilled up, the Report should he postponed,
I'4)cl, he considered a fair proposal, he should'
_give the House no trouble in the Committee, IL.
Ivlui the duty of Parliament to listen to the yoke •
the people before they came to a decision. If
util€y did not, they would hear more of it in ano-
er place
e ; and it would be less tor the dignity of
House to tread back its own steps. Since
begiuning of February last the price of Corn
'51,4 already risen in the following progression-7-
tiii)6l, 64, and since the introduction of the.
675• This sufficiently explained the, ten--„,
of the measure.
Aigl,«Witeiam `.:mrrit thought that 80s. was a
g"er ired Price than • tan tile- Interest of the country re-,.
He hoped the House would alter it in
without any sacrifice of its h0n0ur.......,
A shotritl
‘:ote for the Amendment.
tneadmentll ensued on Genera Gascoigne's

Against it rit '.. , lB7
111)'''''''''' ajorit.} 61
.111 ' •''
. ***
against it —l26
A second r .
tioo, whether ' ision took place on the other ques-
o I'l "
C unnittee, -de House should now go into a
When the numbers were—
F
""r going into a Committee lll
...... . 4g-aiiist it
Azalorayin 64
-krotli of going into a Committee —l4O The ii ,use
then baring tuen gone into a Committee,
Illr' RoßtNsoN moved, that the blank be filled
tp with sos.,
th
Gen• GASCOIGNE moved, as an amendment, that
Mr blank be filled up
Ict.,with 745.
illem i
•,
nt —ook was understood to support the
I,efo .t
nt.
Mr' CoURTENAY thought that the evidence laid
to the House, did not
warrant tl.e. conclusion
"lat
4. the price of. 80s. was necessary.
0 WEsTeim considered the course which the
use Was now pursuing as calculated to pro 7:
Illote the interests of every class of the communityr;
'ld whatevertvfl
might be the temporary feeling
ielt had arisen upon this subject, he for one
'141(ould not consent to abandon the opinions which
t Ilad professed.—(Hear, )—On the
hear, hear !
c''eutrary, he considered where the House saw
q Were consultino•,., the ai • I •vantage of tile peo-
Ple, although a different feeling might be enter-
;tJtjueo without doors, they would be forgetful of
lheir duty if they could be induced to swerve front
ci I:it species of legislation which their own ,Con:, views induced them to consider belle&
`ll4';‘'.---(Elear, hear !)—He disclaimed
Vie presellt
4i'dil as a boon to the landholders, and said if he
in
~,,,1,,1u.t consider it as a measure of state policy,
it ..'"'ell the happiness of all classes Iraq involved,
he ciAght slot to be entertained. In conclusion,
pric4l:e(l3r
seodsl.inuself in favour of the restrictive.

AI'IL\HILT ROUND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
s 1, v.
Ai A t• litnlNG was preparing to'speak;
%,I*.LAtirtON rose to order. A ;;..iiitary force
If: t'uleoestitutionally pla.;l/4ai at the doors of the
-4.10 ti• lie should the:'e!-,,,re move that the House
L(l(liourn--(Hear, Near, hear !)
ti could
nei,-I)rd CASTLFRi,AGII stated such a mo __op
ll' °e made to the Committee, but to the House.
vie lvlsbed the Hon. Member had first inquired
I,‘,\l"her the military force brought to the neigh-
,:i'j4;lloA of the House had been assembled to
fr!'d a riot by the authority of the Civil Magis-
he4tic.7 ""t---(Three rounds of the loudest hear,
coit.,T"it; io consequence of a tumultuous mob,
c'ed for the purpose of menacing the House
tOitl'eC.ota.tuous, the civil Magistrate- had required'
ti 'stance of the military, he' had only -4..i.5.
..,,,.„.,
t.„ f."l the duty which Parliament required him
heal 'eir"lo•—(Loud and repeated hear, hear,
‘,,,,. )--Ile trusted the Honourable Member
tit,,lll(l be one of the most firmly resolved to
4„!"P°l't the, great civil authority of the country
Irost the „,e„„, of a 'mob, otherwise the
.14'L1.:.`,' would 10:•.• its funetious : the character of
41_11ieseutatires of the people ••.vould be lost, and
L;lbbers wo,dd degenerate into hart of that niob
f.,ii‘‘ )iicit they had ly.'en insulted. (Several rounds
till,..L''l, hear !) Before the lion. Gentleman gave
4 Ilivii(..umtenauce of his Haute to the aSYertitya that
tli,„cit4Y force had been hiought Without the
1,,'" of let:al authority to the doors of the
1., ''e, 'tie h' ed fie ‘eouid inform himself of the
..1i1,.' 1" notiightly.arraign the conduct Of that
‘ll.4te who had protected Parliament,

(Lund and general bursts of 'Lac, ijear, hear,
hear !)

The CHAIRMAN having stated that the question
of adjournment had been moved, -
LAMBTON explained ; that on cooling to
perform his duty as a Member of that Howse, he
hall , found all its avenues guarded by a mihtary
• idrce. He conceived the menace of a military
force as dangerous as that of a mob.
Lord CASTLEREAGa stated, that the force in
question had _:n called to appease a tumult,
and not tt, '..lenace or overawe Parliatnent.—
(Hear, hear !)
Mr. Fr .!:GER.iLD thought it his duty to inform
the House on the subject, as far as his knowledge
extended. It was necessary that proper protec-
tion shobd be afforded to every Member coming
to attemi to his duties in that House. He had
found Westminster Hall filled with a tumultuous
mob, endangering the safety of Members as they
passed ; calling upon them to state their names,
and the vote which they meant to give. On
learning afterwards that an Hon. Friend of his
had been exposed to very great personal danger,
and with difficulty been rescued ; be had thought
it his duty to inform the Speaker of what had
passed, as the First Magistrate of the House, and
he supposed that the military force which now
guarded the avenues, and secured the free ingress
and egress of Hon. Members had been brought
by Civil Magistrate under the authority of the
Speaker's warrant.
Mr. IVIIITIMEAD was not surprised that the
Hon. Member (Mr. Lambton), in the warmth of
his feelings should have immediately acquainted
the House with what he had seen. His error was
venial, not knowing the reason for which the
military had been called. He concurred entirely
with the Noble Lord, that on hearing a tumul-
tuous mob had assembled, and was committing
acts of violence, it was the duty of the civil power
to protect the Members of the House, and that
to whatever extent that protection might be
wanted, it must be afforded. He apprehended
owever, that the course which would most befit
the dignity of the House, would be for the Chair-
man of the Committee to report progress and ask
leave to sit again ; for the Speaker then to re-
sume the Chair, and an inquiry to be instituted
into the causes which had occasioned the calling
out of a military force. He concluded with a
motion to that effect.
Lord CASTLEREAGH concurred- with the Hon.
Gentleman in what he proposed, and considered
it perfectly correct. He, theretore, seconded his
motion.

►'rue question was then put and agreed to, and
the Chairman having reported progress, and ask-
ed leave to sit again, the Speaker took the chair,
. and the House resumed.

Mr. LAMBTON then acquainted the Rouse, that
on coining doxi.rn Parliament-street, to attend his
duty, he had been very nearly rode over by a squa-
dron of Horse-Guards, which came down to the
doors of the House. Conscious of the constitu-
tional jealousy with which Parliament viewed the
employment of a military force, he had conceived
it his duty to inform the House of what he had
seen : he was but young in Parliament, but al-
though a military force might have been collected
for its protection, it might also have been intend-
ed to overawe it...

Mr. CROKER stated, that as soon as his carriage
approached the House, a considerable number of
persons inquired of his servants what Member it
contained. Receiving no reply, they followed it
to the place where it stopped, when one door was
forced open, he could not say by whom, the other
was also torn open soon after, and he was seized
by the collar and dragged away. Several blows
were struck at him, and he was informed, that
unless he should tell his name, and which way.he
intended to vote, he would never be suffered .to
enter the House alive. He refused to yield obe-
dience to the commands of a mob, but with all the
exertions which he was able to make, he found
it impossible to force his way, and he might,
perhaps, have never had it in his power to state
these facts to the House, bad not the mob been
ignorant of who he was, and in the midst of tu-
mult and confusion began to attack each other.—
He then effected his escape, and came up by the
Coffee-room of the House of Lords, the only way
which remained-practicable. There•svere.at that
time no soldiers : and he was sorry to say, he had
seen no constable. He feared there was the most
complete neglect on the part of the civil power,
and it was his belief that with a few constables
much would have been done. When he reached
the House, he thought it his duty to acquaint the
Speaker with what had occurred, lest similar or
still greater dangers should threaten other Hon.
Members. On this account were the military sent
for, and he thought it was properly, as Members
should be protected both in their ingress and'
egresi against the attacks of `the mob to make
them reveal ther names, and the side On which
they intended
.to vote.—(Hear, hear, hear !)
The SPEAKER, in the discharge of his duty,
should state what-had come to his knowledge.:—
Before be repaired to the House, seeing the pos-
sibility -that some tumult should take place, he
had sent for peace officers, and directed Magis-
trates to attend with the civil power. He had
dispatched the Deputy Serjeant to the High Bui-
liff of Westminster, whose office it was to see that
the avenues of the House of Parliament should
be free. TheSe precautions he considered would
beenough. The Setjeant, and other officers of the
the House, he thought, would have been sufficient
to protect the Lobbies. He bad directed the stone
passages to be attended by peace officers. About
an hour before the last division had taken place,
a Noble Lord had informed him that he had been
insulted on his passage through Westminster Hall,
had escaped with difficulty, -and only reached the
House by passing through his own. He had then
sent the Serjeant-at-Arms to tell the peace of-
ficers that their• duty was to keep the passage free,
and that if they were not sufficiently strong for
that purpose, they must procure an addition to
their strengli. If a military force were placed
round the House, it must have been in conse-
quence of these directions thus issued. If other
Gentlemen possessed any additional information,
he should be glad to hear it communicated. He
trusted HonoUrable Members would approve that
the House should be protected, and held himself
responsible for the order which he bad sent.

WI-11T3EEAD thought that the House was
Perfectly satisfied with the conduct of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, and the propriety of the order
which he had given. What he should add would
()illy he in consequence of what had fallen from
the Hon. Secretary of the Admiralty respecting
the neglect of the Peace Officers. It became an
imperious duty for the I-lo►►se to call the Civil.
Officers to the Bar to ascertain whether they had
done their duty, and to receive an account of the
steps which they had taken for the protection of
Parliament. He therefore should more that the
High Bailiff of Westmins,ter be called to the Bar.
The SPEAKER. suggested the propriety of also
calling Mr. Baker, the Marlborough-street Ma-
gistrate fo the Bar, as besides the communication
which he had made to the High Bailiff of West-
minster, he had also applied to that Gentleman.
Mr. CitoKElt explained, that when he said he
had not seen any Peace Officers, he meant on the
outside of the door, for when he came from the
House into the lower lobby, he then found abun-
dance of-them.

Mr. FITZGERALD, on hearing of the danger, to
which his lion. Friend had been exposed, had
proceeded with ten or twelve Peace Officers to his
rescue. With this force he had attempted to effeCt
his passage as far as the carriage way, but such
were the numbers, and the ,strength of the mob,
that they could not be penetrated.
Mr. WHITBREAD explained.
_ _

Mr. Po&soNnv stated that the Constitution re-
quired that an application should first be made to
the civil power. Should that authority report it-
self inguflicient, then it was for the House to take
any further steps which might be necessary. It
bad never occurred otherwise.

The ATTORNEY-GENEIIAL was perhaps the last
Member who had entered the House. Instead of
passing through the throng he had descried, he
ordered his coachman to drive to the great gate of
Westminster Hall. On arriving there the carrriage
doors were forced open,-and he was required to
state who he was, and whether friendly or adverse
to the Corn Bill ? Conscious that he must be
pretty well known in Westminster, he told them
that he had never been ashamed of his name, and
should not conceal it, and after repeating it, added,
that as to his vote he would not deceive them.
He meant to act according to the dictates of his
own conscience, after the measure had been fully
discussed. The time might come when they would
regret their present interference. If it was ne-
cessary to sacrifice his life to the support of
his sentiments, be should be ready to part
with his existence. After this reply on his
part, various opinions were expressed how he
should be done by. At last those near him made
a sort of escort and conducted him to the steps,
up Westminster Hall, between the Courts of
King's Bench and Chancery. There he was met
by fresh numbers, who called upon hint to give a
pledge how he would vote, and entered into a
discussion of the many privations which they had
endured curing the long period of war. To this
harangue, be replied, that if they were disposed
to hear, he wor►ld state his opinion to them on
the. subject. They might be certain that Parlia-
ment would do its duty ; and if the present mea-
sure were not adopted, they would be entirely de-
pendent on a foreign country for that bread for
which they now raised such a loud clamour. He
then asked pertnission to go borne, but they cau-
tioned him not to attempt it, as he would most
probably be roughly handled, as other Members
of Parliament had been. At last he made a bar-
gain with his friends on the outside, that they
would retire and let him go in, which they did,—
Until some one had taken him under their protec-
tion, his situation was one of great peril. He ac-
knowledged that the Civil Power ought to be the
first applied to, but a was convinced that, in this
instance, an additional force was required.

Sir ROBERT HERON had not intended to deliver
,
any sentiment on the °uHect, tnough his opinion
on it had been limg deciiied. But now when it
was attempted to terrify the House into submis-
sion to a mob, he should think himself unworthy
a seat in that House, did he decline expressing, his
perfect approbation ; and he would therefore give
it his-warmest support.
Sir FREDERICK FLOOD .declared, that he had
been carried a hundred yards on men's shoulders,
like a tnackarel at Billingsgate, and that he was
Jostled about as unhandsomely as if he was tossed
in a blanket, till he thought for certain he was
dead ! and worse.than that—that he was quarter-
ed ! But, however, nothing should terrify an
Irishman from doing his duty whether dead or
alive ; and .even if he .was: killed he would still
vote on the subject as well as if nothing had hap-
pened at all ! _ _

- The SPEAKER reniintled the Hon. Baronet that
on an affair of such deep interest any levity was
not exactly in its proper place, and, therefore
begged that the lion. Member. would abstain
from any thing not immediately bearing on the
subject under consideration.

W. \VYNNE should think it better in the
present stage, and at so late an hour to postpone
the consideration of the subject.
The SPEAKER ordered the High Bailiff to be
brought
High
htiih
Bailiff stated, that on receiving a
note front Mr. Speaker yesterday, he ordered the
whole force under his controul to attend this
morning; that he stationed them between two
and three o'clock in the avenues of the House,
some inside and some outside ; that the force
tinder his controul was rather small, consisting of
only eighty ; that lie remained with , his men till
that moment ; that there were between thirty and
Forty of his men attended ; that they were not at
any time sufficient to resist the mob ;' that:he se-
cured none of the mob, as be was occupied in
trying to protect the Members ; that he had no
communication on the subject with any officer of
the House ; and that there was no person of the
mob now in custody.
The SPEAKER gave the High Bailiff leave to
withdraw.

Mr. BAKER was called in, and stated, that he
was one of the Police Magistrates of Marlborough-
street Office ; that lie attended at two o'clock with
50 constables; that he stationed thorn at the doors
and about the avenues; that there was a great mob;
that the police were quite incompetent to disperse
or resist the mob ; that , in consequence of the
instructions received from the Speaker, he had

procured one troc:p ct horse ; that he stationed
some of them in Parliament-street, and some of
them near the House ; that there ‘vzis no one of
the mob taken into custody ; that be witnessed
no farther violence on the part of the mob ; that
Sir Nathaniel Conant was called to another quar-
ter ; that the number of constables attending Sir.
Nathaniel Conant, .he believed, was about 30.;
that he did not know what was the number of
constables altogether.
Mr. Baker was thciii ordered to withdraw, and
Sir CHARLES Molvcx called in.

Sir CHARLEs MONCK saw no injury offered to
any Member; took no steps to apprehend any of
the mob, because his attention was occupied in
seeing that the Members had a clear passage ; did
nut send to Sir Nathaniel Conant ; and his party
were engaged in another quarter.—Ordered to
withdraw.

Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that it was now evi-
dent, from the qtalitination of the Magistrates,
that the civil pow& was inadequate to protect the
House; and that therefore there was no necessity
to prove that the military had been very justifiably
called out.

Lord NuGENT said that there appeared a most
culpable neglect in not having exerted the civil
power. There may be necessity for the military,
but from the jealousy which the Constitution en-
tertained of the interference of that force on such
an occasion, if there was any possibility of avoid-
ing having recourse to it, it ought not to be call-
ed in. Certainly, if a mob was allowed to terrify
the House in its deliberations, there was an end
to its representative capacity. But be felt, that if
it should become customary to call in the military
it would be equally ruinous. It was the duty of
the High Bailiff to attend to the peace of Parlia-
ment as well as of the avenues of the House.

The SPEAKER said, on inquiry had grown out
of another. The first was, whether there was a
necessity for calling out the military. The second
is, whether the civil Magistrates have done their
duty.

Mr. W. FITZGERALD ti►onght there was enough
before the House to justify the Magistrates. He
therefore was if opinion, that there need be no
farther examination, especially at the present
moment.

Mr. WutT,OtAn thought there was no time so
good as the present.
Sir JOIN NEWPonT, said, that now was the
time the Magistrates ought to he examined; for
that if it was longer put off it would not have
near so good an effect.

Mr. li.iNzsrm RD ,was called in and stated, in pur-
suance of a note he had received last night trom
Lord Sidmouth, lie had been in waiting with
50 constables4op 10 o'clock this morning at
Charing-crom.,and I.),nliament-street ; but he saw-
uo obstruction from the Mob to any Member of
Pailiament„ vor heard the mob call on at'y Mem-
ber to give an assurance how he would vote; that
he stationed some of his constables at 10 o'clock
at night at the bottom of the Speaker's Stairs, Old
Palace-yard ; that he saw no shoving or pushing,
that he was sometimes in the street, and some-
times in the house, occasionally in and out ; that
he could not say whether he saw any Member go
in or out ; that he certainly saw no person ob-
structed.

Mr. WINNAIRD wris ordered to -withdraw, and
Mr. BIRNIE called in,

111r.thiticzE stated, that he was a 'Magistrate of die
Bow-street Office ; that he attended at 3 o'clock-,
with about torty constables, in Palace-yard ; that
he saw a great mob at the door ; that he saw
several Members jostled ; that there was no per
son heading the mob ; that it was merely a qt..;
minions concourse ; that be was busy in pro—
tecting..the Memhcrs ; that one of his officers was
wounded by a stone about half an hour ago ; that
the civil power was not sufficient to resist the mob
that he sent to each office to send seven, except
the Thames Police Office, which has a much
larger supply.thiiii any other.

Lord CASTGEREAGH said, he hoped the evidence
was sufficient to slim the Hon. Gentleman, who''
moved the Amendment, that the military had not
been unnecessarily called out. lie thought, it
would be better to resume the consideration on a
future night.

The minutes of the examination were ordered
to be printed.
Mr. LAMBTON said, that he was now perfectly
satisfied that it was ❑ecessary so procure the aid
of the military ; but he hoped that the Houses
would f€el that he had done nothing but his duty
in stating to it a circumstance so unusual.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, said, that the House must
certainly be satisfied that the Hon. Gentleman had
acted as he thought it right.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, the House ought to
be very much obliged to the Hon. Gentleman.—
But he did not think that the civil power did its
duty. The'alfair ought to be inquired into, and
if the civil power should be found not to have been
as active as it should be, it ought to be admonished.

Mr. NArtn:rcacAn said, that certainly the mili-
tary was not called out till necessary ; but that
perhaps the necessity might have been prevented,
if the civil power had exerted itself as it ought to
have done. He thought it would be better for the
House to adjourn now, and to take the Bill into
consideration on another, day—(No, no, froM se-
veral Members.)
Lord C4STLEREAGH ,said, that on an occasion
of so much importance, the sense of the House
should be marked, and they ought not to permit
their proceedino to he impeded.

Mr. BARING agreed, that they should. not per,.
mit their 4lclibtrations to be interrupted by a ras,
tally mob. Y.-
Lord NUGENT thought there should at least be
an admonition to the Magistrates, and that the
affair should be taken into consideration on a fu-
ture day.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that when the mi-
nutes were printed, they could consider whether
any farther proceeding on the subject Were nel,
cessary.
flualt ADDINGTON said, as Sir Nathaniel
Conant had been called away to another quarter
of the town, that it be taken into consideration on
Monday next.
The Magistrates were ordered to attend for the
remainder of the night, and to repair to their se-

. • .
.111:4 ea di; wce
nt•xt. . , •
17. it Ell Olen )ett the Chair„auti the lioire,
resolvd i:self.i'nal a •Ccannlitte'troti tiie Corn Bill.;
Nir.4l\PaNti Oi:tenssed at comk.h_Table length,
'tb rate of mss., fen which, he strongly cjuitended,
tbat tto t;ttlicient argument had been advanded;
nor yny re;;Fon.g.ivem

. .
Th,._.CsAncr,ttoit of the ExcnEquEß support-
ed the original question.
Lie MAativAT, and Mr. Alderman ATxusrs.,
spoke in favotir of the amendment:
Lord CASTLER€AGIL contended strenuously that
Sas.. wa3 not too high a price against the impor-
ter in the present situation of the agriculture of
theeountry: He reprobated the principle of mak-
i,t2 it a temporary measure. Sonic permanent re-.
Bniation was inti3pensably necessary, and every.
parliarncotary proceeding was revocable at the
cii'scretiou nf the LegiLlature, without pledging
itself to duration in the first instance. .Ou a sub-
.i.ect so &ciliated
,to agitate the popular mind it
rats not desirable to protract or multiply discus-
sion. For the sake of the lower orders, who were
affected not so much by an actual price as by on-
dettaint v or fluctuation, he wished to see the Bill
before the Committee pass into a law.
Mr. BARING replied to the speech of Lord Cas-
tlereniAli, co hick he considered as the least argu-
mentative and- the most declamatory that had
been deiivercd on the snbject.
At length the Mute divided, when the namberS
were

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Arter the division, Mr.CaLcrtarr and Mr.YoRKE
spc.ke for some time to the same purport as before.
The Report was then ordered to be received on
Wednesday; and at Fet) It O'CLOCK the' ;louse
adjourned.

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,

The tonsequoices «•e have long apprehended

from the inconsiderate, not to •say atrocious
ineasutes taken to is acne the 'multitude on.the
s_ubjert of the Corn Bill, have, at length,
,become
but too (!ii2-ra,_•efulry- 'evident in this
Dig!,t preseo.te4 -a scene of lawlt..ss disorder and
unconstrained-violence the circumstances of which,
whether we are to attribute themlo the unpala'_
.
able nature of the proposition now before Parlia
went, to the secret machinations of the disloyal,
rn the irritating exertions which hare signaliied
and rendered mfamOnS a part of the public• Press,
or to all these causes combined, we record with
heartfelt sorrow for what is past, and--with.a very
OnoinY presentiment of win is to _
In the afternoon of yesterday a considerable
crowd of idle anti disorderly per'sons.'had assem-
bled in the neighbourhood of the Houses of Par.
liament, and afforded a timely wanning to those
in whom 'auttiOrit..l is vested, to take • precau-
tionS,for the: presovation of the public peve.
Accordingly, as will be seen from the discussion
which arose in the cormnons on tbe'isAiect of
the Military force being called, in aid;of 'the Civil
power, the Police war placed upon duty, and a
pornber of Constable and other o iccrs appointed
to protect the (avenues about WestminstLr. Hail,
2nd other entrances to the seat of Legislation.—
Notwithstandinb: these arrangements;•however,
the mob augmented hi numbers and'audacity as the
darknes of night increased to cover- their
ne-
farious designs. About ten o'clock their outra.-;
geous Mcceedings reached a pitch which not only
thveatened the individual snfetyof several RePre-
sentativesof the People, but, for a period at least;
to subvert the dearest and most invaluable principle
of the British COnsthution—thci freedom and in-
denendence of Parliatuent. Mr..eftoi'ali, Sir W.
G9it.ROV7, and several other Gentlemen, were
abused 'and menaced ; the first named • Gentle-
inan, in particular, had a narrow escape front the
fury of the populace,-, because, with, a coo-.
rage and constancy- worthy of his situation,
he refused to Worm his mob inquisitor
bow he., intended, to. vote upon the question
of the Corti Bill. The' carriage in \yid* be
(Arne to the Horse Was broken in pieces. Two
strong dctitchmeiits of thc. Horse Guards
after appearvti and dissipated the assemblage which.
had been, gnilty.oi thesO•excesses. Touching this
part of our subject we cannot refrain from animad-•
. •
V,r-vting,upou the indiscreet discussion upon it in •
troduced by a .14r. LA METOti.:Thelearning of this
6.-ntleman and his party, they would wish to have-
thaught to lie towards popularity. Let them,ithen,. .
every Whig or Democrat among them, vote"'

. • .
instead u i,eeplag Oleic
.p9pillar feelings- for occasions in which thy can
only -eoontenance popular connnoticilis., by
to render that odious which cAn alO!le
presem the, lives and, fortnner, of the subjects of
these Realms.- When wauld there men -sanction
the Calling in of the Militarythey Who thcaiselves
enjoy personal safety. in the beginning of. all
disturbances from the name of Patriots, Which
.
they give themselVes.—Will it only be after good
men's lives have been sacrificed ?—after more dan-
gerous proceedings than- took place last night
alter the evil has grown to that desperate head
which renders interference bloody and terrible
Oh, shame of Such patriotism !—But we resume
the narrative of these scandalous riots.

Driven from the vicinity of .thellouse of Par-
liament, the mob,• about eleven .o'clock, betook
theMselves, in separate bodies, to quarters where
the same checks did not exist to restrain their
violeoce.

Lord ELLF,z4goßouGieS residence in St. James's-
square became tbe first object of assault. The lower
windows were speedily demolished with missiles
of every sort, and the rioters were proceeding to.
destroy those on the first floor when the Chief Jus-
tice presented himself at the balcony, and addresse'd,

then: 00 the dangerous impropriety of their con-
duct. • It has been stated. to us that his Lordship
avowed himself to be'adverse to the Bill, but we
cannot' vouch fonthe truth of, this fact. What he
said, howeer; had the effett o turning. the rabbk-
from his doors ; and they proceeded to wreak their
vengeance ma the house oft he Itt.lion.F.RontssoN,

in Old iluelington-street:• Here a more sy,4eMatic
Plan of was re's-oiled to, and the ;de-
signs of these Mark: conspirators were znore ma-
tured. While the, main body occupied the street,
a well-dreSsed persoir r tiot.:!::.1 at the dnOr, - and
. .
having got, into parley with the domestic Who
answered him,- contrived: to keep it open till his
accomplices rushed' in 'and coMme!!ced the work
of . destrnction. Every :art of the dwelling .
was ransacked, all the furniture, &c. demolished;
and, in. short, the house was' Completely sacked
and ruined before any protecting power reached
the spot. .A 'Medical .Gentieman, as we under- ,
stand, mistaken for Mr. ROBINSON, was torn from
his carriage and
,very ill-treated. by the botal

gang: • • . .
[Before going further we tnnit appeal eve❑ .to
the NVretelies who committed these crimes, and to
a just Poi)lic in behalf -of this much 414-
jilred. individual, Mr. ROBINSON. A man mcii•e
amiable in.private life, more brilli.int
ta;ents, whiekprotnise to make him an cunt:went.
to the .State, does not exist in the country. • As
Vice President of th► Board of Trade, it wa.l

•
of/irk/ business to bring' this question before the.
House of Commons, 'and- its this he did no• more•
i. than his bounden diitylli-for his private opi4-'
, .! ....v
nion, : he is answeranle
,to
,1 is... conscience
alone, and we ask then' in-what has . he of-
fended, "thus to become' an" object of 'popu-
lar fury We ask the very mob, if they refuse
that liberty olopiniou to others which they claim
for themselves-if they deny that freedom to the
i
Senator,.4!vhich they callthe right of the meanest
.... .
Citizen—if they would deprive of the protection
of the law the •man who, in the highest statiOn,.
perfOrMS his duty nobly; 'while they deniand ill'at.
• : • •
' protectiotk for the boot .criminal who ever stain-
ed' the annals•lif thlitAt pilaf& murder.]
FrOin BurliliertOn-itreit' the riotous 'multitude
. . . ...,.•••, • :
....
went to,Brutow-street, where -they wrenched the,
area railings front their 'place, and utterly de- •'
mOlished the 'N'vlUilMvs, dOors, &c., of the fiche
Hon. CitAalft•is:KoßF. ::Fortsupately they did not
obtain' admission-to- the interior,of the mansion
. .. ..
of this upright;..indepexdant, manly, and'high-
..
spirited Senator.. Fyoni Bruton-street, they ad-.
vanced to Berkely-square;.where.the lower and
tie St-boor windoWs''Oflititd DAfiNLY's house
: ; • - .; • . : • :. : w ~.- ' ~.;.F.
ere' broken to picces.—fieretn Operations. or.
tivistparty:clbsed: • ~ : - :- .
. .
The career of a second body was not So. eiten-
sivelymir.chievous..: . They shaped their Course to
the.LORDCLIANCELLOR'S in Bedford-square, where
they carried the wo1.1(Of destruction as was they
could :_affOiding,. j 9 this instance, combined with
I
1 the attack on LordEta4tNeortouou,'s, a proof that
. .
it is not the Corn Bill alone, 'but the entire admi-
nistratibo of law, and the existence of order,
which provokesAbeir;aggressions ; for neither of
these distinguished ,Lords 'have taken' any part in
the objectionable measure: From Lord aboN's:
they went toMr.IicI.NRY 'Minx's, in Russel-stre.et,,
whose lower windows were broken, as it appears;
fri)rn an 'erroneous 'tition that it was Acihotiseof
some other person, against-whom these banditti
had,conteived a dislike. _. : . .
' Such were the tnintiltitOos.stenes of last night
tZnd*such, or worse, are those which we this night
dread. If some of the multitude were (as we
hear)•wounded by the Soldiery, what may•we not
inticiPate from any' further per.siStance in this 11-• "

{ • #l,
legal and pCrituus c6tichi;t, The nnvi
iit!i.ev rintSt MAStel" iDSUrrtCtiollary'
.ler.C'e, O 1• ale stability and glory Of Great Rti-
fain are ' r.n end. We therefore intrust
and pray ev.ei.y wel-disosed naafi to abSraiii frown _
adding his presence to the lawless ninititude.
beg of every Odd subject td rt.p'ress idle curio::'
sity, and not to With those Whose .action ale
• wicked, and VOinte ibtentiOtas are of that SpecieS
that their success is incompatible with the exist,
ence of the State. Thee is, atd can be nci
ques-
:lion, that social order must be preserved by forte. of
'arms. There ate thousands of soldiers around and
in the iiietrbpoii, And the disturbers of the public
tranquillity will be pitt down.. We call on our
with a warning voice, to .rest i'
every iemutatiem to participate in tl4se 'unhappy
doings—We invo;“: the innocent to keep apart
from the guilty, lest they share the tate which
their insubordhiation provokes---We beseech even
the infatuated e:iowd who join in thee rebellious ;
courses to bethink in time of the conseque,nces. The
glorious Constitution of our Country, evil{ 'secure
them in can d aire—all that is really for
their welfare. Let them then ,leave their cause
in the hands of their legal and natural guardians,
and we could. pledge our :lives it will' be bocc -
fa 1 . We can t,carc.ely. \vrite conne.etcdiv on this.;

most distressing subject, and ice crave the par.,
don .of our Headers tar the'Essay we thust now
abruptly-close.

SUN-OFFICE, Half-paAt One o'C:tack.

A vast concourse of people are" assembled in
Palace-yard, in coUseCrience of the Meeting
nOnneed by the High-Liaiiiff, and have been jonr-.
:neying from all qinirters Of ihe .11etropolis to-
.
wards that place from an early .boor. The Speak-
ers were ;(gin th.e; temporary platform,, and bar...
.rangning the populace, soon after 12 o'clock.—'
Among these pit riotie Reformers were Sir Fe. -.
ci.sI3uRDETT, N:ijor CAR; WRIGHT, and. many of
•
their Party.

Mr. STURCH waS addres'sing the mutt 4nde when
our Reporter came:away, betwe::n one and 'two.
It was impossible for any but those •persons :who
were' near the stage to heni what was 'said, but
a roar of applause .from the attended the
'conclusion of ,every sentence. • •
Several of the Rioters'who attacked the 1-louse
.of the LORD CHANCELLOR hV
a e been taken into
custody.

Mr. BAIIING, who has been one of-the zealous.
opponents of the Corn Bill, witk a laudable sense
:of indigna. ion, last night declared, in the-house
of Commons, Olt be had intqndekl to move for
an adjournment., but, ,in
,eowsequetee. of the
outtagv3 which: had been . committed. without
• doors by a niScaily:' mob; 10-;seerned determined.*
to effect their purpoeby.the.most wicked inean4.
lof violence, he SIIOI4IfI t'etinnmend, a perscrerancp.!
in the protecdittl;fiif tbellow;c, iborder to pro.v.e"
that the Lezislature was not to 6e. awed
bulence, clamour.;;:ornd Totptlar for • .Thns the,
•
smUltitiiN! ate losirig'Co&r"fri,,2nds
t• • •o /
tae! vtience of tacit proceedings.,

Our attertiOrt i 3 too octropiedwiti) inter
nal, affairs to allow us to notice rf6reign intelli-
,
(fence this (lay. T3CI:: 15, •hO Weyer, nothing in:-
ortant. • . „

BR EAD.--=--this day the i...w:11) ordeised
the Price of Bread for the ensuing week to be re
duced One Flirtking in the Quartern Lbal, or One
Penny in 'OePfa Loaf, • • : 7, .•

The PR NCE RECENT heinoured the Rill Of
WEsTMORELA ND With his company to' dinner yes-
terday. •
Yesterday at twelve O'clock Lord CISTLEREAGII.
had a hiiig 'aii•clieUee of the Yri\CF li. GENT.
The QtcEEN, Pi•ineesse E.i.tilac'ru and
MARY, are.expeeted in town to-Morrow foi• ayfew
‘Vlien Lord CASTLEREAC;I4 an
gntenfrom. his
r: rri etdty iu Lower ...1-1,11
rs y considerable` cheering by the mini-
bers'who surrounded. the doors 'of the house of
COninions. ills ,LOrdship was plainly, dressed,
arid wore the star of the Order of lhe
When his Lordship entered the tlaiuse it was en-
gaged in business ; lint, as soon its the Noble
toril Was discOvered, be was greeted with load
cheering. IliS-Lad'ship is lustier than When he
; .I.le looks remarkably well, and ap-
peared last night to he • . •
.".A duel, was fought on Friday morning in
•Ken-
sington -Gardens', between Captain IYIAS'i and a.
Mr.FLETCiIER. , A dispute, respecting,a female,
led to the rencontre.. Happily no blood was shed,
and the parties afterwards brakfa,,ted log-ether at
the Gloucester Coffee'-house..

We are glad to learn that .the Proprietors of
Covent-GardPa'Theatre have made overtures to
Mr. C. lis.r.mßiE, which are likely to restore this
favourite Actor to the LondOn boards.
',B,espoke Niimbers.—Those Ladies `and Gentle-
men. who haVe bespoke favourite Numbers at any
of the Licensed Lottery °Sees; are re,peetfully
aequainted that, Owing to an unprecedented num-
ber of Tickets being issued from tb,. Bank (ocea-
sinned by the great demand), they, in all proba
b,ility, may now have then;, by applying at the
Qffices where they bespoke them, in-
1.
aiting to the sth of next month, when
respective
.otifv,,:v
this very popular Lottery begins &awing,

N i•~isfJ ME tifS.

•
PORTS:4OI3TH.; iVIMtCFd 6,-;—Went ottt o.f• bar'
bcttr Yidosty's. air') Berwick.
I,e
A'entirstrts Oiy;:ce, 6th :Burch, 1 Si; '
Spright.ty gives protection to aoy vessels left
'bind from the colivovN 4clicier Rear-Actinirsi P"f:i
GLAs, aS fir as TolrbaY dr l'lyuloutli, alld lc; ;
sail itumet.liatelY."
The Sprightly cutter attcl Afisletde schooner'
this morninfi:, agreeably to the 'll)4l'c c")-
tire, With several ships iu charge, to thu
ward.—Wind E. S. E.

1.11.1:MOU'ill; MARCH ,4.—Came in the PA"-
pink, 74, froin the Vest ward. The IV4)oill4r.s
gthi-brig is appUitited con'voyfor Bourdeam,

FALMOUTII, MARCH 4.---the fleet,soen off here
yesterday was the WeS(Hio convoy, uttkr
Majesty's ship Warrior ; they have to-11,1Y
into this port, as has also the convoy for .5133'°'
Portugal, and the Mediterranean.-4Wind' 5- /'

•
t!,e
I The fleet which sailed from Portsmouth 01' r
2(1 not. under con voy-o'f the Warrior inatt of
Captain Lord TotittlNGToN-, bound to 'ow
Indies,•hatv been dispersed' in the Channel; nel't
70 sail: put hack. to Portsmouth on Sunday,
is conjectured the Warrior; with the rtiinainur
of the.fleet, will return to Spithead.
,
On Tuesday I,lst Court Martial was 11e1(,',A,
board the Gladiator, Jolt N WCST, E"1.
to tryMr Jos:.Pij DEAN boats wain of hi`;
jesty's late brig Kperyier, when captured by %,
United States ship l'eacoA, for not aiding,
g,
Or acting as became his situation;
cowardice, when rngagetl with the enemy. t 4
Court were of opinion that the first•charge
proved,. hit that the
.charge of cowardire No "Ve
atordidadjudge the said Mr. Josgrut
:dismissed from his office of boatswain in iris -Vii`";
jesty'sserviee, and 'to serve 'in such capacitY,..
board any of his Majesty's ships, as the P'111".
minder- in- Chief may. direct. •

The Asiatic Mirror of the 27th of 'last. :14°
contains the
.SpeeCh of Lord Mottia On distribl:
iti the' 'Medals and' rewards fi;r, merit at theC°
lege'in' Calcutta. The following 'extract is so
notirahle to 1.11,1-.S,Tpt unG„ ason of Adm,STI-gf'P6,
•that-2 we insert it with pleasoi•e, as will .to .;
the *lllation of futute students, as to
.(1,1,•;"--'d,c,
totye,individnal to -whom it: relat'es. n'fir)
srrong and unanimous testituo,nies;) said
Lordship, ", I have. hail helcire rne of Mr:
tnerß,which have'heeii• `go truly just-ifP:l'p';
the result of jheexatninatioti, I cannot 1;(:t
his acquirements as far beyond themsnal
of
'nigh proficiency, • and as e.xtending to-
that-will be ever-memorable in- t,he annals .01 t;jt'
one larvia.zi;e.
Goligge. not wily
merit is so transcendant., • in the -At-8-4ic.
:sian, and Hindostaoee he .holds the F'`4o
'among the Civil ‘''-tuderits, and w;ch. sou''
!decided superiority ihat !!e: has in. all bien
,
tiyhirose'tf; Not lb?! t • tilk 15 pit; i
JiatifSemiA4r. to the litvaiinmots. of
students, for their progress is in the ialv,he4t. L.
gtee' rkpeotable, and w•bnld.or itself trove' het,.
.stif-licient to maintain the' credit of the (e.
3 3'4
A.•corniiivisott fruier ,areaii. • r;
fit is to he attributed to the extraordliari4l3l•ll:e,
of,Mr..S.Tiittxd's•merit, which in each'-cf
,iantruages -in a 'class 'bevondr-v.lnit"l:4is.bithk-'ff,..".,
been considered• as- the • nd st"s'aard'of 'Prt,t-ce,
ciency,.thad tica t- 1-Or which:•degrees• of honoih'
.bern nsnally afrarded." Then follow-the tiewu.,,e'
otl-i\ledals, amid:1000 Rupee-3 tar each of the' tl
lant.;V•iagcs. • "
• . .
.•, •qt
The late I)...)s'grkti.,tis two ni-Uitial Pjz.. •
Catilbridge; t'O'r the liest Profi*uts
lids'and Niitof al Philosophy amongst' fl*:*
mencing 13Tielie-lOrs'Of.Wrts, are
eel t 6 Mr. I.J:tcES-rt!..1,.; df—Trinity
Afr, CALVE .(otkEte, the li,•st
al
Sad Nil VtflitiNiCi.
Or*
be,gratilying to the Country to'o'
tl‘a.t„tir. Coot's:;;, D.. with, a Society Qt
jc
,Fiirgeqns of thirty years ;,ixperiepc4i
Debility, &c. have estAblisheA a 5-fc":.te
toard (to whom ea•-•,..2.-, aye• t eforreil)at
housc, Great Charhittc-street„ opposite Itowil'efe
Chapel,: Blacktiriars-ruad, London 5. •-er
they Public arc relieved from the most dar-v"crfill,'
diseases, without confinement. The inst-it2%L.
claims the attention of those who may ha"
tempted the core of theinselves, Or who
been so blind and-unfortunate as. to eoosult
igtmearit of so importhut a •branch of the
l
sion,:•,whose improper -treatment ' ffave'tuo.o,
rialized thbusands, and brought many to
'timely end ; eruptions on the head, face' ver--
brltly,..sore eyes, thrOat, -mouth, and nose' ofs_
tigo, .noise in the ears, deafness, 'ilimties
.604
sight, often ending in blindness, -sttietln•es- P` for
in the•head and limbs, frequently inistakeuces.
rheumatism; extreme 'weakness in the i'mttre
swelled asides, With' a 'general debility, 81.'ire.-
only afew of the -dreadful symptoms whie'lmit•-•
quently,appear years atter, and too often etc
tern the matrimonial state, Messrs. Coov&4„te,
CO. are consulted daily by all ranks of ru'fre
froin igl-tt• till ten, or by letter, it:closing °-05e."
(for' no" other 'are answered), stating their •All.
when medicine and the best advice is sent t 00.
parts of the kingdom. They also cure the l'oice
and fistula, without burning or cutting, au'{ s'mot#
advice gratis, on Tuesday, Thursday, h"
day mornings, till twelve o'clock. . „or