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PEBRUA ay U a- %`.

%wed md most . flogrant breaches of privilege that
hail been eommirred agains' the mothosity
Coe 1-10,,5e." •1 thus," soys tho I.eLzal adviser of

tile found
parties, " myself suddenly degraded to a
level wish the filet aii.ehievous of libellers." The
I.tiFtries who thus presumed to think Burton liable
fin !fly his debts, or the Warden wrone• for Icttin,
escape without payirg them, lcid to petition
tt4lellowe to ovel'onk their alleged crime ; while
7t.t
ti,btor, in the full enjoyment of his Nrliamens
l'nny prigiteze, transpotted himself into another
.),,,,I,o7*r.o•ouell beyond their reach as in the
St. S:ephen's.
I . _lt !equires to comment Oil these facts to point
I out ;L. evils of a system in which they could occur,
t.;e degradation which the assertion of such privi-
leg,i.s 'ffe-t produce on the character of any as-ernbly,
am; tie ni,ee,sity, as well as the slfe+y, of a change
I ftat contempla!ed in M. Baring's Bill.

HONAL POLITICAL UNION.

Ti C.nincil of this body held its usual meeting last
-it slville-house, Leicester-square. Mr. Rogers in
the
111,!C9mArnittee, consisting of the Rev. 'lr. Fox, and
Nlessre. Place and p rry, was appointed to superintend the
distzamtiv of useful tracts ;—to meet on each \Vedneaday
`l:bL
lit-etitrertfFftwal, polilical, and physical subject, are
to be (.elivered on each Mond.ty evening. The admission
charge to be 2d. each lecture.
A Committee, consisting of several individuals, was ap-
po.nted to inquire into the causes of the distress which the
inhabitants of Spi!alfields suffer, and which many gentle-
men agreed in representing of the severest description.
Mr. Muttenv moved that the Business Committee he
empowered to suspend, should they deem it necessary, the
medtings of the Council. This, it appeared, was occa-
sioned by the powers to he vested in the Privy Council of
dispersing any assemblage, of persons it may deem proper,
as from any circumstynces likely to favour the spread of
cholera.

Mr. filcKsoN deprecated my motion which would in-
crease the unfoundel and dangerous alarm already pre-
valent on this subject. Every thing he had heard and
observed forced on him the conclusion that the cholera of
the metropolis was not a n:•w disease, hot the Idd epidemic
of this country, and he was glad to find by the Times of
that morning a confirmation of his opinion from so re-
spectable a physician as Dr. Uwins.
Several gentlemen expre,sed themselves to the same
effect, and thought the alarm was intentionally increased by
the Anti . Refot tners.

The motion was then withdrawn, and the Counci
broke up.

The gallery of the House of Commons last
night presented a very limited display of " strangers,"
over and above the usual number of attendants there fir
the purpose of noticing the debates; and this, it was un-
derstood, resulted from the laudable forbearance of Mem-
bers in the giving of orders, and the al-tinener observed
at the gallery door. As another precaution against cho-
lera, the passages, lobbies, &e. were most liberally
sprinkled with chloride of lime preparations. Similar
precautions, as far as they are practicable, will be taken
every night.

We hope that the application for an inquiry
into the conduct of the Bristol Magistrates will b..' granted.
Why should the conduct of the military authorities be so
strictly investigated, and the acknowledged remissness of
the civil power be entirely overlooked ? Times.

The Irish Tithe Committee met yesterday,
and agreed upon their report. We are anxious to have it
made public; but we believe we can state, meanwhile,
that the abolition of tithes is recommend, d, and the ne-
cessity pointed out of an entire change in the mode of pay-
ing, the clergy of Ireland. A land-tax, we have heard, is
to be introduced, pail directly by the landlord, not by the
cultivator. Earl GREY was under the gallery on.Tue'
day night when Lord ALTHORP made the explanation re-
specting the Ministerial intention with respect to tithes,—
Times.

It is not, we have reason to believe, the in-
tention of the Government to create any Peers until the
Reform Bill has not only passed the House of Commons,
but also gone into a Committee in the Lords. The crea-
tion, however, will take place as soon as it may become
necess.iry, and we trust, therefore, that the public mind
will feel satisfied that the I3ill shall, and must, pass. The
KING has been sorely tempted, and harassed ; but he is
every inch a King—he has never forfeited his pledges,
either given or implied, to his Ministers, and when the
necessity for creating the Peers shall have become apparent,
the undoubted prerogative which he enjoys, as a part of
the Constitution, will be exerted to the extent required for
the salvation of that Constitution, and the maintenance of
the public peace. —Morning Advertiser.
Wall subjects most pressing at this moment
in the metropolis is that of vagrancy. It is quite clear
that little has been done to rid the streets of the nu-
merous herds of beggars which frequent them ;—equally
clear is it that each mendicant is a walking receptacle of
disease, ready to communicate it wherever he goes. We
do not at all wish, generally speaking, to blend misfortune
with crime. It is the duty of those in authority to draw
the distinction. What we contend is that the public
have a right to he protected, and must be protected, from
the danger to which they are now exposed. In Munich
the late Count RUMFORD caused all the vagrants to be
apprehended in one day. Here it might be more difficult
to effect so summary a process; but something of the same
kind might be done. As the metropolis, too, is known
to be the focus of mendicity, towards which want and mis-
fortune repair from all parts of the kingdom, means, we
should think, might be taken to stop the increase of the
evil by arresting them on their road, and sending them,
not to workhouses and prisons, but to lazarets to be pro-
vided in airy situations, at a sufficient distance from the
immediate scene of danger.—]Morning Herald.

It appears from Parliamentary returns that
the poor -rates collected in England and Wales in 1831,
was 8,111,1221., being a❑ increase of eight per cent. on
the preceding year. At the same time it may be sifely
stated that not one-half of this sum was applied to the
egitimare objects of the poor laws.

A detachment of the 87th Regiment, or
!Loyal Irish Fusileers, under the command of Lord ARTHUR
CMCIIESTEA, arrived at Falmouth from Plymouth in his
Majesty's brig Leveret, on Saturday last, to relieve the de•
tnchment of the 22d, under the command of Captain
KEPPOCK. The 22d embarked in the Leveret to join the
depot at Plymouth.

It is understood that Admiral Lord GAM,
BIER will succeed the late venerable Admiral PEERS 'WIL-
LIAMS FREEMAN, as Admiral of the Fleet, which high
professional distinction was conferred on him by his pre-
sent MAJESTY, on the 28th June, ISSO, only one day sub-
sequent to the accession of the SOVEREIGN. Admiral
FREEMAN had attained the advanced age of ninety at the
period of his appointment, and at his dissolution, which
took place a few days back, at his seat in Buckinghamshire,
Was probably the most aged flag officer of the Royal Navy.
An anecdote is in circulation in the naval circles, that
the KING, who, it will be recollected, was the predecessor
of Admiral FREEMAN in the office of Admiral of the
Fleet, }Lavin," several months ago sent a splendid baton to
tile venerable officer, he expressed considerable surprise on
being invested with a distinction which ,had heretofore
only been conferred on Field Marshals.
MRS. JAMESON'S MEMOIRS OF FEMALE
SovEnracss.—" In this work, the fair authoress has pre-
in a couple of handsome volumes, with a con-
scei
snet,et s'
but we must allow, a distinct sketch of the lives of
the very elite of all the Female Sovereigns, who have held
rule over the 'nations, as well a, of, the influence which
the possession of power has had individually on the female
character. More valuable biographical sketches have
rarely been offered to the public."—Scotsman.
FALL OF THE CLIFF AT FowEy.—On
Thursday
set-might the cliff near Punch's Cross, at the
entrance of Fowey harbour, on the eastern side of the
harbour, which had for several days been observed to be
in a tottering condition,
fell with a tremendous crash, when
about 30,000 tons of stones and earth are supposed to have
been separated from the main land. The hills were covered
with people to wiWess the sight, anti not the slightest acci-
dent occurred.

I)RICE 7D

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

110 USE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 15.
The Rill, on the table Were forwardel a stage, and !be
Hone adjonrn,(l.