The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-29 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, MAY 29.—At a Congregation of
Wednesday last the following degrees were eon,
ferred

HONORARY ItASTERS OF ARTS.

Lord Wriotliesley Russell, Trinity College, son of the

Duke of Bedford.
Lord Norreys, Trinity College, sou o f the Earl of Abingdon,

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Rev. John Gautier Milne, St. Peter's College.
Rev. Edward Murray, Trinity College.
Francis Ford Pinder, Trinity College.
Frederick Osborne, Trinity Hall.
Rev. John Phillips, Sidney College.
Rev. Samuel Bagnall, Downing Coll. (grand compounder.

LICENTIATES IN TFITSIC.
William Joseph Bayne, Fellow of Trinity College.
Nicholas Francis Davison, Caius College.

BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.

Rev. Rd. M'Donald Caunter, Sidney Sussex College.

BACHELORS I rtivsic.
Alexander L. Wollaston, Caius College.
James F. Bernard, Corpus Christi College.
Francis Ker Fox, St. John's College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
John Wolvey Astley, King's College.
Charles Luxmore, King's College.
Thomas Phillpotts, King's College.
Charles Weymouth, Trinity College.
Henry Bowyer, Trinity College.
Francis Rodd, Trinity College.
CharleS Bigsby, Trinity College.
George Gordon, Caius College.
James Richard Holden, Christ College.
John Gwalterlaint, Christ College.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 27.—We have had a
lively demand for cotton to-day, and the sales amount to
3,500 bags, at an advance of id. per lb. on last week's
currency.

THE MURDER AT KENSINGTON.

After the committal of Thomas Birmingham for
the wilful murder of Sarah Waite, at Kensington,
Taunton, one of the principal officers of Bow-street,
received instructions to investigate the matter, with
a view to furnish evidence, if such could he pro-
cured, to elucidate the case. Accordingly, that ac-
tive and intelligent officer stated to Sir H. BIRNIE
yesterday, that he had obtained evidence which he
conceived would prove important at the trial of the

prisoner.
Mrs. Gifford, wife to Serjeant-Major Gifford, of
the Ist Royal Dragoons,• then stated that she had
no knowledge of the deceased, never having seen
her, but she was well acquainted with the young
man Thomas Birmingham, now confined in New-
gate upon a charge of murder.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Did you ever see him wear a
pin in his shirt ? The witness replied in the affir-
mative, and added that if she saw the pin she might
possibly know it.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Was it a plain gold pin, or had
it a stone set in it ? Witness—l really cannot say.
Birmingham was in the habit of wearing different
pins in his shirt. It is now fourteen months since I
' was in the habit of seeing him often.
Colonel BIRD, a county magistrate,--llaving seen,
the young man wear pins, can you not say whether
the colour of any of them was red or white, black
or blue ? Witness—l cannot say ; I never took
sufficient notice.

Mr. STIRLING suggested that the pin ought not
to be produced unless some witness could previously
describe it.

The Magistrates agreed in the suggestion, and
declined examining the witness any further upon the
point.
Sergeant-Major Gifford was husband to the last
witness, and knew Birmingham. He was servant
to Lieutenant Ives, and came from Ireland with
witness about two years ago. Witness had seen
him wear different pins in the breast of his shirt.
The last time he saw Birmingham was about a
month ago.
John t'Harding, sergeant in the 15th Hussars,
knew the prisoner Birmingham; had been examined
at the Coroner's Inquest, and never saw Birming-
ham with any pin resembling that which was pro-
duced on that occasion.

Taunton stated that the young woman, Susan
Bennet, who deposed before the Coroner that she
lay with Birmingham on the night of the murder,
had made a false statement with respect to the place
where she said she was at the time living. He
(Taunton) had been to the house, but the persons
there knew nothing of her. She also stated that
Birmingham was in bed with her from half-past
eleven o'clock on the night of the murder, until five
the following morning, when she left the barracks.
This statement she now denied.

Mr. STIRLING observed that the jury did not
deem her testimony worthy of the slightest credit.
John Waller, one of the turnkeys of the New
Prison, Clerkenwell, deposed to the fact of his
having been at the Holland arms, Kensington, at
the time the inquest was holding, but he was not
examined as a witness. He heard the girl, Susan
Bennett, declare, after she came down from the

jury-room, that she had not spoken the truth in
giving her evidence before the Coroner. She said
that Birmingham took her over the wall of the bar-
racks about half-past eleven o'clock on the night of

the murder, and That he afterwards left her, and did
net return again until five in the morning. Wit-
ness asked her if' Birmingham had carried a knife
with him, and she replied that he took a knife from
off a table in the room as he was going out. Wit-
ness asked her if that knife was the same produced
to her by the Coroner, upon which she exclaimed.
" Oh ! for God's sake ask me no questions about
any knife." She appeared very much agitated and
confused when this exclamation had escaped from
her. Witness then asked her if any person had
promised to give her money if she got Birmingham
off, and she replied that such an offer had been
made to her by two persons, whom, however, she
did not name.

Sir R. BIRNIE expressed a desire to see Susan
Bennett, if she were in attendance.
The girl was here introduced, and Waller was
told by the Magistrates to repeat the evidence which
he had just given.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Now, young woman, having
heard what this person has stated, is it true or false ?
Witness—lt is perfectly true, Sir.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Why, then, did you not state all
that you knew to the Coroner's Jury ? Witness—.
I stated something of what I knew, but not all.
Mr. STIRLING—Did you not state before me, that
you did not sleep a wink during the time you lay
with Birmingham ? Witness—l believe I said so,
Sir, but I was confused at the time. The truth is,
that I did sleep, and did not miss him from the bed,
nor did 1 know that he was absent. _

- _
Sr R. BIRNIE—Do you know any thing respect-
ing a pin ? Witness, (quickly)—No, nothing.
Sir R. BIRNIE—You seem very ready to answer
my question, young woman. Now say truly, did
you, or did you not, sleep while vou were in Bir-
mingham's bed ? Witness—l did. sleep, Sir, and
upon my awaking at five o'clock, I found him in bed
with me.

Sir R. BIRNIE—Did he undress himself on going
into bed ? Witness—He did ; and he was un-
dressed when I awoke.
Mr. STIRLING suggested the propriety of putting
an end to the inquiry then. Perhaps the magi-
strates were not aware that the matter was under-
going a strict inquiry before Mr. Hall, of Kensing-
ton, who was preparing a case on the subject em-

bracing all the evidence.
A witness, named Lee, who overheard the con-
versation between Waller and Susan Bennett, cor-
roborated the evidence of Waller, and added, that

the girl said it was Birmingham's master who had
promised to reward her if she got the young
man off.

Mr. STIRLING asked the girl if she had ever seen
the prisoner's master'? Witness—l have seen him,
Sir; I was fetched to him from the place I was
lying its the Park the morning after I was examined.
Mr. STIRLING—Who fetched you ? Witness—
The sergeant fetched me ; he who gave evidence at
the Holland Arms.
Mr. STIRLING—Anti did the prisoner's master
say he would do any thing for you ? Witness—He
did, Sir; he said he would reward me handsomely,
if I got the young man off.
Mr. STIRLING—At what hour did this inter-
view take place ?—Witness : Between four and five
in the morning.
Mr. Stirling appeared to doubt this, but the wit-
ness protested it was true.
Sir R. BIRNIE observed, that this part of the case
was certainly not a little extraordinary. It would be
useless, however, to proceed with the inquiry any
further at that time.
The depositions which were taken were then
signed by the witnesses.
Sir R. BIRNIE admonished Bennett, the watch-
house keeper, to be careful that the girl did not con-
trive to escape from custody.
The parties then withdrew, and in about ten mi•
nutes after Taunton and Bennett returned to inform
the Magistrate that the girl had just disclosed some-
thing of very great importance.
Sir R. BIRNIE ordered it to be reduced to writing.
Bennett, the wateh-house-keeper, then deposed,
that having taken the witness, Susan Bennett, to

the Grapes public-house, in Bow-street, to procure
refreshment, she there burst into tears, and declared
that after Birmingham had been in bed with her a
short time, he got up and dressed himself in his
fustian stable dress. As he left the room he put on
his cap, and took up a knife which INA been lying
on the table. He then left the room, and she saw
no more of him until five o'clock in the morning,
when he returned. She then asked him if she
should get up ; but he said, " No ; lie still until six
o'clock."

Taunton observed, that it was deposed by a wit-
ness before the Coroner, that Birmingham and the
deceased had appointed to meet on the night of the
murder, in order to return the pin.
Sir 11..BIRNIE said, that the confessions of the
girl were very important, and he again repeated his
caution with respect to her safe custody.

MLLE. GARNERIN AND THE HAM-

BURGH RIFLE CORPS.

MAMBURGU, MAY 22.

Turkish politics and the Catholic Question are forgotten
here ; nobody has time to think or talk of any thing but
the gallantry of the above corps, the brilliancy of whose
achievements, and the dazzling brightness of whose glory,
throws all former achievements and glory into the shade.
In serious earnest, a most disgusting piece of business
occurred here on Monday afternoon, of which the good
people of Ilatnturgh are sadly ashamed, and to, the pub•
licity of which, through the medium of our own pipers,
every possible difficulty will be thrown in the way.
Miss Garnerin, the celebrated French aeronaut, an-
nounced, as much as two months ago, her intention of
ascending in a balloon from the immediate vicinity of
Hamhurgh, and descending in a parachute. The unfa-
vourable appearance of the weather, and the equally un-
favourable appearance of the subscription list, had from
time to time retarded the lady's ascension, which was at
last fixed for Sunday next, but is now adjourned sine die
in consequence of tke event which I am ahout to relate
to you. _ _

To make up in some measure for her loss of time, Miss
Garnerin bad arranged a species of amphitheatre from
which the ascent was to take place, and to which strangers
were admitted, for the moderate remuneration of fourpence,
to view the balloon and parachute, and to receive a full and
particular explanation of the various paraphernalia there-
unto appertaining. On Monday last she was, as usually,
in her locale, holding forth to her attentive auditory, less
numerous than her friends could have wished, when, it SO
happened, that in her immediate vicinity the Hatnburgher
Riflemen, a corps supposed to consist of the sons of the
better classes of tradespeople, were going through their
martial manoeuvres, with their redoubtable Major, a brewer
of the name of Schroder, and a complete counterpart to
our own Sturgeon, fiercely strutting in front.
Now these gallant worthies having heard from their
nurses, that at various times the French were beaten by
their fathers and grandfathers, were all at once inflamed by
a thirst for glory, and hinged for something French to flesh
their maiden Swords upon. A French army, drawn up
in hostile array, is a very pretty thing for an aspiring
young hero to look upon, but a French army is not
a thing to be had at a moment's notice, and something
French it was determined should be attacked. For fault
of a better antagonist, it .was resolved to take up with
Mlle. Garnerin.

As soon, therefore, as au interval occurred in the ma-
neeuvres, and the men were allowed to leave their ranks,
(an arrangement by which Major Schroder was enabled
to keep out of the fray,) the greater part of the heroes
inarthed.up to the temporary erection of the. formidable.
Frenchwoman, in order to reconnoitre the strength of the
garrison, and the capability of resistance. Having satis-
fied themselves that the assault might be successfully at-
tempted, they advanced in a body, encouraging each other
to support the honour of the corps, and demanded instant
admittance into the sanctum sanctorum of the fair naviga-
tor of the upper regions.
Phrenologists assert, that the same organ which makes
animals, be they bipeds or quadrupeds, fond of climbing
to elevated places, also inspires the passion of ambition ;
it may therefore be fairly inferred that Miss Garnerin has
a tolerable sh ire of the sacred fire in her veins, and you
will not be surprised to learn, that she resolutely insisted

upon imposing on the pretty persons of the riflemen the
regular transit duty of 4d. per hero ; the green jackets of
our worthies were filled with indignation at this dis-
honouring charge ! a smart running fire of abuse was
kept up for a few minutts, by some that wished to shew
off their proficiency in French ; but in the article of abuse
they found the enemy more than a match fur them, more
particularly as they were hammering out awkward invec-
tives in a 'foreign tongue, while their fair antagonist was
able to fire off with such velocity and effect, that her little
mouth did as much execution as if one of Perkins's patent
steam-guns bad been pouring upon them, at the rate of so
many hard words per second.
It now became evident that it was only by coming to
close quarters that the heroes of the green jacket could
expect to overpower their enemy, and a general assault was
accordingly given. Miss Garnerin, however, had too
much of the heroine in her to yield her rights so tamely;
though alone against so many assailants, she boldly placed
herself in the breach, " and when the foremost of the foe
came tip" she fairly snatched his sword away from him,
and disabled him by a ghastly wound in the shoulder, that
sent the poor devil away, howling most piteously.
A momentary feeling of terror pervaded the heroic host,
but to their immortal honour be it said that feeling was
only momentary, they rallied, for the honour of the corps,
and entered triumphantly into the stronghold of the enemy.

It has, I believe, been the universal observation of all
conversant with military affairs, that soldiers are at all
times apt to commit excesses after a storm; upon the pre-
sent occasion, I am sorry to be obliged to admit the fact,
the heroes of the green jackets suffered their resentment to
carry them to too great a degree of severity, by which I
apprehend they will be thought to have sullied the laurels
they had gained by their previous gallantry ; they fell most
mercilessly upon the conquered garrison, and regardless of
numbers, (a whole company of heroes against one French-
woman,) beat the poor woman black and blue, even, I
have been assured, raising a certain portion of the mystic
garment, and applying sundry vigorous blows to a part,
which Mademoiselle Garnerin had probably never before
unveiled to so numerous a male auditory.
The lady lies ill in bed, is attended by three or four
medical men, and, as I before observed, her aerial flight is
postponed for the prevent.' It is but justice to the Ham-
burgers to say, that the expression of disgust against the
cowardly scoundrels is universal, and that at the same time
a feeling of humiliation has been manifested at the idea of
so- gross an outrage against decency having been committed
by a body of men with the uniform of the city on their
backs. The person principally to be blamed is Major
Schroder, the commanding officer, who was a quiet spec-
tator of the whole scene without making a aingle effort to
prevent or interrupt it. Lieutenant Doormanu (a young
timber-merchant) urged the Major to call off his men, but
the Major declared he would not deprive the lads of their
amusement. Lieutenant Doorman sent in his resignation
the same evening.
What makes the matter worse, if any thing can make it
worse, is, that these young men are from a class where
something of a better feeling was to have been expected.
Every citizen of Hamburgh, between certain ages, is obliged
to be enrolled in the civic militia, and is obliged, at stated
intervals, to appear with his arms and uniform, and to go
through his exercise ; no stranger is admitted a citizen
(and without being a citizen no man can carry on trade
within the city) until he has been enrolled in the militia,
and been taught his manual exercise. Now to save the
patrician feelings of some of the young men who do not
like to be enrolled along with the tag-rag. and-bobtail of
the place, there are certain genteel corps, in which the uni-
form is made more expensive, in order to keep them select ;
:these consist of a small body of cavalry, a company of ar-
tillery, and another of riflemen ; the latter are the heroes
that upon the present occasion have covered themselves
with such immortal glory.

An Italian messenger arrived last evening at
the Colonial Office with despatches from Sir FREDERICK
ADAM, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Isles,
for Sir GEORGE MURRAY; and from Sit' PULTENEY
MALCOLM, the Commander of the Naval Forces in the Me-
diterranean, for Viscount MELVILLE. The messenger
also brought desPitches for the Earl of ABERDEEN.

PITT CLUB DINNER,

The members of this Club dined yesterday at
Merchant Tailors' Hall. It was a triennial comme-
moration of the birth of Mr. Pitt, and from 250 to
300 gentlemen attended. The Earl of Harewood
presided, and was supported by the Earl of Eldon,
Lord Skelmersdale, the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord
Rolle, Lord Macdonald, Lord Encombe, Sir George
Rose, Hon. Colonel Lowther, Hon. Henry Dundas,
Hon. Mr. Duncombe, Sir Jacob Astley, Sir John
Gibbons, Sir R. Gunning, Sir John Chetwode, Sir
Charles Flower, Sir W. Kay, Sir H. Vivian, Sir E.
Knatchbull, Sir Charles A. Hastings, General
Peachey, M.P., Sir J. G. Cotterell, M.P., Sir Eliab
Harvey, M.P., Colonel Strutt, M.P., Colonel
Wood, M.P., H. B. Cooper, John Capel, H.
Bankes, W. H. Cartwright, R. A. Dundas, Mat-
thew Bell, G. Bankes, Joseph Pitt, Thomas Archer,
Esqrs., M.P., Mr. Alderman Birch, Mr. Alderman
Farebrother, Sheriff Booth, &c.
After dinner the health if the King was proposed by the
Chairman, and drank with three times three.
" God save the King."
Each of the following lines of the national anthem
was received with very pointed applause by a num-
ber of the persons present :
" Confound their polities'
'tFrustrate their knavish tricks.
is 4% 4, a

" May he defend our laws."
The next toast was the " Duke of Clarence and the
rest of the Royal Family."
" Hail, Star of Brunswick."
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The Immortal
Memory of the late Right Hon. William Pitt," said
he abstained from entering into the history of that
great man, and should only say, with respect to
him, that from the tirse of his death up to the pre-
sent hour the country had had unceasing cause to
deplore his loss.—(Hear.)
The toast was received with loud and prolonged
applause.
Glee—" Pitt's Illustrious Name."
" The Navy and Army of the United Kingdom."
" Rule Britannia." _ .

" The House of Brunswick, and miy they never forsake
he Principles which seated them on the Throne of these
Realms." . _ .

Very marked cheering and waving of handker-
chiefs followed the announcement of this sentiment.
When the applause which accompanied the toast
had subsided, and the company had resumed their
seats, an individual exclaimed—" One cheer more;"
and the majority of persons present again rose, and
repeated the expressions of their applause, appa-
rently much to the delight of Lord Eldon, whose
face was at the moment radiant with joy.
•
" The King, God bless him."
The CHAIRMAN rose and said, the toast he was
about to propose, was one which, in consequence of
peculiar circumstances, appeared to demand from
the Chair some observations on the present occasion.
The toast was "Protestant Ascendancy."—(Cheer-
ing.)—Far be it from him, under the peculiar cir-
cumstances in which the toast was presented to
their notice, to make-any observations which might
tend to call in the slightest degree for an expression
of feeling on the subject which he wished to see
absent from the meeting. " Protestant Ascendancy"
hail been made very free use of as connected with
the Pitt Club, aril had been used in a way such as
he thought it never ought to have been used in rela-
tion to that body. What objection could any man,
who favoured our established institutions, ',lave at
any time to drink as a sentiment " Protestant As-
cendancy ?"—(Hear.)—A certain question might
have been in a different state formerly. What then ?
Had any argument been used to show that this was
a sentiment in which we could not now agree ?
Since that event, had any one discarded the senti-
ment in question ?—(Hear.)--But, as he said be-
fore, he thought the sentiment was one which had
been used as it should not have been in connection
with the Pitt Club. He was no advocate of a re-
cent measure of the Legislature ; nevertheless, that
measure had now become the law of the land, and
it was our bounden duty not only to obey the law,
but cheerfully to obey the law—liberally to obey
the law.
The toast was drank with enthusiistn.

The CHAIRMAN, previous to proposing the next
toast, begged permission to read two letters, one
from his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the other
from Earl Bathurst. There were other letters from
gentlemen who had been invited to dine there to-
day; but to them he should not allude more parti-
cularly—they were in the hands of the secretary.
This letter was addiessed by'the Duke of Welling-
ton to Mr. Welch, and a copy of it was sent to him
(the Chairman) by his Grace. It was to the fol-
lowing effect :—" I have received this morning your
letter of the 19th, with a copy of the resolution of
the Pitt Club, also of the 19th. I likewise received
some time ago an invitation from the Club to dine
with them, which I intended to comply with, if the
state of public business in Parliament and other
avocations would permit. I delayed sending an
answer to the invitation, in order to see whether
this would be the case. I received about a fort-
night or three weeks ago a letter signed with your
name, and, as I thought, in your hand-writing,
informing me that the anniversary would not
be celebrated this year : that letter I cannot now
find, and suppose I must have destroyed it. I
stated its contents to some of my friends, but
from what has since turned out it must have
been a forgery. I state this as a reason for not
having answered the invitation sooner. I regret
that I cannot dine with the club as they desire ; his
Majesty having laid his commands on me to dine
with him on the same day at St. James's." It

would seem the Noble Duke at first conceived there
would be no meeting of the Club this year—he had
only received the invitation a few days ago, and he
could not dine with them because his Majesty had
commanded him to attend at St. James's. One
reason of his mentioning this was, to shew that the
Club was of much more consequence than some
persons imagined, as an individual had descended to
the meanness of sending such a forged letter to the
Duke of Wellington. After dwelling on the con-
temptibleness of the forgery, the Noble Chairman
read a letter from Earl Bathurst, similar to that of
the Duke of Wellington, and declining the invita-
tion:on the same ground. Lord Bathurst added, in
his communication, that he should be always happy
to attend the meetings of the Club. The Noble
Chairman having stated that he read those letters
because they had been sent, Rot only to the Secre-
tary, but to himself—other letters of a similar de-
scription, which were addressed to the Secretary
alone, he should not read—concluded by proposing
the health of his Majesty's Ministers. More than
half the members in the room rose to drink the

toast, which was received with mingled applause and
hisses.

The CIIAIRMAN said, the next toast he had .to
propose was—
" May the principles of Mr. Pitt always actuate the
councils of Great Britain."
The toast was received with much applause.
" The Pilot that weathered the storm."
The health of the Master, Wardens, and Merchant
Tailors' Company having been drank, with a proper
acknowledgment of their liberality in giving the use
of their hall to the club,
Mr. STYEN, the Master, returned thanks in his
own name and on the part of the company.
The Earl of LONSDALE, in proposing the health

In proposing the next toast, the CHAIRMAN
observed that it was one which it was not necessary
to preface with one word in order to recommend it
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to their notice. He would therefore come direct to
the point, and give " the Earl of Eldon."
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standing for some time, unable to obtain a hearing-
on account of the continued cheering. After the
enthusiasm had subsided,
tloi dwiel no
The Earl of ELDON proceeded to say it was im-
possible for him to express what he felt in the way
of thanks to the club for the honour they had dope
him. He had laboured nearly half a century in tine
51" c service • he had entered public life during_ the
'great man whose memory they were
of L.- He knew Mr. Pitt as long
cmaeretetro
now ievtniro'gth. ersHNevi
and intimately as anyttZ"
gone who knew more of him ; but ke repeated, he
say that there might not hit'Ve-..1'
thought no man alive knew more of Pitt's•
views than himself. The Noble Earl went on ;o
say, that this club was first instituted in 1802. He
had had the honour to attend it at its commence-
ment—he had never failed to attend the club from
that day to this; and when two gentlemen did him
the honour lately to apply to him, to know whether
he would attend on the present occasion, the answer
he gave was "Am I alive ? So certainly as I atn,
I shall attend."-4(Cheering.)—The orgies of the
club had been talked of,—he should not repeat
what had been said on that subject,—but through
evil report and good report he would continue to be
found in the Pitt Club so long as he had life. He
had said this before, he now repeated it. Follow-
ing Mr. Pitt's public career to the period of his
death, he thought he might venture to say, that
whatever slight be the opinions of that great man, lie
would never have sought to establish his measures,
except the sense of the country went along with
them. When he talked of the sense of the country,
he referred to it as constitutionally represented in
the two Houses of Parliament, where the opinion
of the country always had, and he trusted would
continue to have, considerable influence. The No-
ble Lord, after observing that he should be always
ready to inculcate obedience to the laws, went on
to say, that having considered the subject again and
again, he never could bring himself to charge his
opinion relative to the measures he had lately op-
posed to the uttermost. He again repeated his con-
viction that Mr. Pitt's opinions, be they .what they
might, would never have been carried against tine
sense of the country. Differences subsisted between
him and MI:: Pitt on particular questions; but they
generally agreed. To disturb our establishments
was now said to be the sense of the country, and
the real sense of the country was denominated
downright nonsense. When he became a member
of this club, he considered it a great honour, be-
cause be knew it was a body which, with regard to
Church and State, was what it ought to be. After
declaring his opinion of the utility of cultivating a
respect for public opinion and posthumous celebrity
among public men, the Noble Lord declared that
it was this principle which led him to attend
the meetings of the Pitt Club hitherto, and which
now induced him to pledge himself to do so as
long as he lived and had the power. We heard of
the principles of Mr. Pitt ; principles were words
much in fashion a little time ago ; but they had now
given way to a thing called expediency.—(Hear,
hear.)—If any country chose to act on expediency,
instead of principle, it would soon find the evil of
it. It was the principles of Mr. Pitt which put :a
stop to the progress of a revolution in this country,
which was threatening us when it was almost a
chance (and if Mr. Pitt had not been alive we
should not have had that chance) whether the prin-
ciple of expediency, which had produced a revolu-
tion in another country would not have produced a
revolution here.—(Cheers.)—He held office at that
time, which circumstance enabled him to know what
was then going on in this country and others con-
nected with it. God grant that the measure Jately
carried into effect might not produce the conse-
quences he feared. Occupying a responsible situa-
tion in the Government of the country, it was his
duty at one time to examine into the subject care-
fully, and form his opinion. He did so—he had
done so in both Houses of Parliament : his mind
was made up, and he felt obliged to act in accord-
ance with his feelings and belief. He had done to
on a late important occasion. Ile agreed with the
Noble Lord in the Chair, that it was now our duty

to obey the law, but our vigilance should not
be relaxed.—(Hear.)—lf he was wrong in his con-
duct, he still felt he had a right to claim of his
country this,—that they should believe he had
been convinced he vas right. After again stating
that he had carefully considered the subject, the
Noble Earl alluded to his having had the countenance
for twenty years of men who were now against him.
—(Cheers.)—He had no fear of immediate ill con--
sequences from the recent change in the Constitu-
tion : of remote dangers he confessed he was appre-
hensive. He prayed to God that that Providence
which had hitherto worked out the salvation of
Great Britain might still protect us. If it should
be found that there existed no reason for his appre-
hensions,—and this could scarcely be ascertained
till he had long left the scene of life,—if it should
then be found that lie had been wrong (and he
hoped it might be so), he trusted they would think
this of him,—t hat he was in earnest, and pardon
for the sake of his sincerity the errors of his judg-
ment.—(Cheers.)
The health of the stewards having been drunk,
Lord SKELMERsDALE returned thanks.
The Earl of ELDON gave—
" Prosperity and perpetuity to the Pitt Club."—(Ap-

plause. )
Messrs. Taylor, Leete, Broadhurst, Terrail, Goul-
den, and Master Smith, amused the company during
the evening with several songs and glees.
When the CHAIRMAN rose to depart, attended by
the company of the upper table, there were loud
cries throughout the room for Si;Charles Wetheiell,
and a great deal of disappointment appeared to be
excited, when it was ascertained that the Learned
Gentleman had departed without responding to the
call.
On the whole, as regarded the tone and temper of
the speakers, the meeting was extremely tame—re-
markable for nothing but its insignificance. That it
was altogether a failure, not only in reference to
what might have been expected at such a crisis, but
in comparison with what had been formerly effected
by the Club, appeared to be the opinion of many
even of its Members. The conclusion is irresistible,
that the Pitt Club is becoming superannuated, in
common with the majority of its members and
supporters.

RICHMOND-TERRACE PAROCHIALISM).—
Yesterday, it being Holy Thursday, the officers of the
united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evange-
list, in Westminster, went together in procession, for the
purpose of ascertaining their boundaries, when deputa-
tions from the blue and black and greea and grey 'oat
schools attended the charity children with wands, so that,
in effect, the assemblage had altogether an appearance of
importance. Five years have elapsed since the parishes
beat their bounds. Application had previously been ad-
dressed to Lord Enmity, in order to obtain his opinion
with regard to the propriety of impounding (if one may
so term it) Richmond-terrace. The intimation from his
Lordship was not misunderstood, for, on leaving the vici-
nity of Palace-yard, the procession now reached Rich-
mond-terrace (hitherto considered to be extra-parochial),
where, fortunately, the gates were not shut against their,
and, one boy being first selected from every school, the
parochial:authorities beat and marked the bounds.—
Richmond-terrace has thus become rateable, and the ac-
cession of this noble pile of buildings to the parochial
funds cannot fail to prove of great importance to their
prosperity.
• - - I. ,c
luswe..roa

IMPERIAL PA.RLIA.MENT.

other resource than to move drat the oraer of tart
13th of March be discharged, and the returns
printed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said it was not a question of the wain: of funds
which had prevented the .eXecittioh of the order of
the House. The fact wtts that the,returns being
already upon the tattle of the House, there was pe,
public officer whose duty it was to make In abstract
of them. He would here observe that a vast quan-
tity of unnecessary labour and expence would be
spared if Members would communicate with the
heads of departments from which returns r!.est Ue
made before they moved for them,
The motion was then agreed to.
Lord W. POWLtri presenrce,: tWO petitions
from certain mechanic.
„de
artisans of INtlincton
the first cr--- . •
tax of distress; and Praying that a
. night he ittipmea tiptm machinery; and the
second prkyil4r, for a free trade in corn.
I'l4' G. PHILLIPS p'resente'd a P`eilti'en rroin an
itrdiyidtral 'et Co.ventry, I.l.:e;rig that protection
might b'e affordd to the riband trade.
Mr. EDWARD DAVENPORT requested the
attention of Government to the petition in his hand
on two accounts :—first, because the neighbourhood
from whence it came was.in suet a state, that every
occurrence deser'-ed nOtiee; as any spark might
kindle ht oniiagnition, of which no one Con!d fore-
see the consequence; and seCondly, because the
petition referred .to :sit Act of Parliament now under
amendment. The petitioners stated, that on the
231 of April six informations were lode,ti against
Mr. William Moon. cf Cet'.'.pstall, near Stockport,
for over-worvi children in his factory, contrary to
the f!tl'i of George IV. The seven petitioners re-
ceived summonses to give evidence against their
employer, for attending to which they iol;t their
situations under hims as well as the dwellings they
occupied f etni the system of combination is so com-
plete at Stockport, that no operative who offends
any master can get work from the rest of them, but
remains pmsCribed, and *itlrout any hope of getting
work. Tlla hardship of the petitioners was, that if
they had neglected the summons they were liable to
two months' imprisonment ; and fur having attended
to it, they lost their livelihood: only two were ex-
amined, and they suffered for telling the truth, while
the others were ruined for sa,,ing nothing at all.
The petition went oh tostate the cause of the turn-
out at Stockport, which has now lasted five months,
and lint soiree peculiar features, which contradistin-
guished it very favourably from that of Spitallields,
which hai been us much signalized for their outra-
geous and unreasonable demeanour, as the men of
Stockport had till lately been remarkable for their
just end peaceable conduct. In January last, about
20 of the master,manufacturers of Stockport com-
bined together to lower their workmen's wages.
Previous to this they already gave less by several
per (Tat. than the masters of Manchester; so that
%viler, the workmen were threatened with a still fur-

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.)
EXCHEQUER BILLS FUNDING BILL.

On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this
Dill was read a third time and passed.

SINKING FUND BILL.

On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this
13iii was read a third time and passed.

riIES=:AGE FROM THE COMMONS.

Sir A. GRANT and others from the Commons,
broueit tip the Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill,
the Butter Trade (Ireland) Bill, and several private

The alls were severally read a first time.
LAND-TAX.

Aeccunts were presented at the bar from the
Commissioners for the Redemption of the Land-tax.

ANATOMY BILL.

The Earl of DARNLEY presented
Le_
tvdazi.tent:
from the Royal Cenege of
plaining that certain clauses
.•
al the Anatomy Bill in-
fringed- their rights,
dincl preying to be heard by
counsel against. the' „mria,,,se,, The Noble Lord
Lobserve(l) mat it nos the -opinion .of this learned
"':.ry—and he perfectly concatted in that opinion—
that the Rill, as it now mood, would rather retard
than promote the -science of anatomy. The peti-
tioners peifeetly agreed in the principle of the Bill,
but exprvs-sed what he conceived to be well--founded
oljections against some of the clauses. Ile thought
it would be better to withdraw the Bill for this Ses-
ion, and substitute a more perfect measure next year.
The Earl of NIALMESBURY concurred in the
suggestion of the Nobie Ear!, srul said he had more
than once made the ~same suggestion. lie wmdtl
take that opportunity of observing, tint - the Bill
did not extend to Ireland,—a colatry in which there
was a groat demand for e!vtgical assistance, for in no
uouatry It•eze more heads broken in the course of a

year.

Lord 1-10i.LAND objected to discussing the
merits of the Bill on the presentation of a petition.
The Eari of LAUDERDALE said, that if Noble
Loads kuew the state of the law on this subject,
they would not with the metuuce tv) be postponed
for another year.

After a few words from the Earl of DARNLEY,
Lord ROLL-`-,U., and Lord CALTIIORPE, the petition
N. AS read and ordered to lie on the table.
NEW STANDING ORDER.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, that great evils
?lad arisen from allowing persons, who had obtained
bilis for certain purpeses, to apply tbr bills giving
them, fresh power.. This vc.r... more particularly the
case in rail-roads, and tte extended powers were
ofcen granted against the wishes of the otiginal sub-
scribers. It inwst be dear that by this mode the
purpose for w:yhich the money was subscribed was j
altered. According to the stunding orders cf the
House, at present, the subscribers to any particular
WOO.: could not be heard against au anlication to
textend that work. This he thought a very great
hardship, for the substtibers bound themselves to
agree only to a certain work, whereas they were
made parties to a different work without being heard
against its He should therefore move a resolution
making it necessary that before application was
made to that House for the extension of powers ,
already conferred by act of Parliament, it should be
necessary that the draught of the new bill had been
submitted to a public meeting of the subscribers.,—
such meeting to be called by public advertisement,
and not to take plate until seven days after the ad•
vertisesnent had appeared : that the draught of the
bill should loc approved by three-fifths of the sub.
scribers, and that any subscriber dissenting should
be heard by his counsel of agents before the Com-
mittee. He trusted that their Lordships would
agree to this resolution, and if they did, he should
move, on a future day, ;hat it be made a standing
u. der.

Lord REDESDALE a,icj th.l! Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY concurred in the propriety of the resolution:
The Resolution was then agreed to, and ordred
to be further considered cn Monday next.—Ad-
journed to Monday, tcn o'clock.

ther reduction of 14 per cent. below the already re-
duced rate they had been receiving, they considered
the pro‘2eedings as dictated by avarice, rather than
necessity, and that if they submitted to it there was
nothing to prevent the masters from combining the
week following for a still further reduction. Ac-
cordingly) they struck work, and have been out ever
since, supported by the charity of their neighbours.
But peace would have been made ere this, but for a
determination on the part of the masters to employ
none but such as would consent to subscribe an hu-
miliating declaration, binding themselves under pe-
nalties to obey indefinite regulations. This they will
not submit to, and accordingly 8,000 of them have
spirit enough to submit to privation sooner than what
they consider to be degriding, and unjust. Consider-
ing the ruin and wretchedness scattered over the ma-

HOUSE Of COMMONS.—(LAST NIGHT.)
On the third reading of the Rotherhithe Peor
Rates Bill,
Mr. LITTLETON took orcasion to say, that his
motives in opposing this Bill had been impugned out
of doors, The lion. Member read a letter, written
by a Parliun►entary agent, in which it was stated,
that his opposition to the Bid did not proceed from
public principle, but arose from his acquaintance with
the solicitor of the parties opposed to the Bill. He
thought it tight to mention that circumstance to the
House, though he had ro intention of calling the
writer of the letter to the bar for breach of privilege.
The SPEAKER said, that before he put the
evestion on the Bail► perhaps the House would ex-
cuse him for making one observation on what had
fallen from the Hon. Member. He was quite per-
sanded that the House must feel as strongly as he
1144, with respect to the case which the Hon. Mem-
ber bad stared to the House. He did not know
1; nether the House woidd come to any distinct con-
elusion with respect to the impropriety in • any per-
son imputing unworthy motives to members of that
House for discharging what they couceived to lie
their duty, but he must say that he had from time
to time observed with great regret, what he con-
ceived to be impropriety of conduct on the part of
Parliamentary agents. The House must know that
Parliamentary agents, however nearly concerned in
the business of the House, were not officers of the
House, and that there was no way of noticing any
misconduct on their part except by having recourse
to the last resort—of ordering them to appear at the
bar, and inflicting such punishment upon them as
resulted from a distinct breach of privilege.
After a few words from Mr. D. HARVEY and
other members, the Bill was read a third time and
passed.

Sir G. ROBINSON presented a petition from
the cordwainerg of Northampton, for the repeal of
the corn laws, and economizing the expenditure of
the country.

Sir J. WROTTESLEY presented a petition
from the manufacturers and merchants of Wolver-
batnptou, praying for the opening of the trade to the
East Indies and China. The petitioners stated
that they were in great distre39, and that they con-
sidered the opening of the trade would materially
benefit them.

Mr. ROBINSON supported the prayer of the
petition.

Sir C. BURRELL considered the fallacious
principles of free trade to be at the bottom of the
present distress of the ceuntry. He wished those
persons who petitioned for the repeal of the Corn
Laws to remember, that in the course of the year
1827, 145 ships, lade:► ‘rith corn, cr.me into the
port of Hull, only nine of which were British ships,
and that the foreign ships left Hull taking with them
no manufactures, beciuse specie had been given for
the cargoes.
Mr. SYKES complained that the Hon. Baronet
had not given him notice that he intended to make
any observations respecting the shipping of the port
of Hull. He could have brought documents to the
House to show that the foreign shipping in that
port was decreasing.

Sir C/BURR-ELL contended that he had a
right to make the statement he had without giving
notice to anv one.

THE PRHCTING OF RETURNS.

Mr. HARVEY said that on the 13th March laSt,
the House made an order, the object of which was
to have a large mass of returns then lying on the
table analysed, and an abstract • of their contents
made out. He had lately ascertained that no pro-
gress had been made towards the - execution 'of the
order of the House, and on his inquiring the cause,
the answer he received was, that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer had no 'funds applicable to such- a
purpose. It wooldhave.cost only a few pounds. to
have made an abstractor thd returns, whilst, the
printing of the whole mass would probably amoufit
to botween 2001, togl 3004 iloWever, he had no

nafacturing districts, it might have been expected that
in the fourth months of the sessions somewhat more
than mere casual mention would have been made of

it, however impatient the House is of such allusions.
From all that appears, however, it seemed likely
that gentlemen would shortly be sent back to their
constituents ignorant of the only thing that it very
much imported them to know,—namely, what excuse
the Government had to give for bringing the coun-
try into such a condition ; and, that which was much
more important than either their offence or their
punishment, by what means they proposed to extri-
cate it from its present embarrassment. What sort
of figure would the 653 individuals, who are said to
represent, or as some will have it to misrepresent,
the people of England, make, when their ruined and
starving► constituents inquire what is to be their
fate ? Why, their answer must be, we have passed
many turnpike-bills, and have settled the exact spot
from whence a member, tinder certain circumstances,
shall address the House; but whether you are to
live or die, it did not occur to us to ask, till the end
of the session, and then we were told the inquiry
came too late to be answered. An Hon: Baronet

had given notice of a motion for inquiry into the
state of the country last Tuesday, and that motion
had shared the fate of all which have been made
upon the same subject. When the member for
Essex brought it forward in 1822, there happened
to be (on the first occasion) no House; the same
event occurred when he (Mr. E. Davenport) brought
the same question forward in 1827; and by the
same machinery the same effect was produced on
Tuesday, though it would be invidious to name the
parties who had effected it. Ile trusted, however,
that that Hon. Bart, would still persist in his resolu-
tion to bring on this motion.
Sir G. PHILLIPS expressed a doubt as to the
correctness of the petitioners' statement, and believed
that if the other side were heard, the case would ap-
pear in a different light. With respect to the al-
leged combination of the masters, he must say that
they had a right to purchase labour as cheaply as
they could, and workmen had a right to sell it as
dearly as they could. He believed that the dispo-
sition to tuin out amongst workmen was in propor-
tion, not to the lowness but the highness of wages.
In confirmation of this opinion, he would state to
the House the contents of a letter which he had
lately received from a respectable authority at Man-
chester.
The letter stated that the manufacturers
of Manchester had made no reduction in the wages
of their workmen during the last 12 years. The
letter also stated the wages which spinners might
earn per week without deduction at the prices
offered by the masters. Those wages were for some
spinners, from 255. to 305.; for others, from 30s. to
405., and for others from 40s. to 60s. Rather than
work for those wages, however, the men chose to
turn out. During the last six years upwards of
20,0001. had been subscribed for the support of the
turn-outs in Manchester, and 300 members of the
I
combination were now receiving Gs. a week from
this fund.

Mr. E. DAVENPORT—The Hon. Baronet,
being himself a master-manufacturer, was excusable
for being the knight-errant of all the fraternity, from
whatever part of the world they might «ime; but
he should recollect that statements from Manchester
were no answers to mal-practices at Stockport ; and
there was this peculiarity in the case, that the people
of Stockport complained they did not receive the
same liberal treatment as their Manchester neigh-
bours, and on this the merits of their striking work
entirely turned. As little did the statement of
prices given to spinners at Manchester apply to a
turn-out of great numbers at Steckport, of which
the spinners did not constitute one-tenth part. As
to what the Hon. Baronet had said touching his
guess about the- truth of the other part of the peti-
tion, be already knew that he (Mr. E. Davenport)
had made it his business-to inquire into the truth of
the allegations from both sides. of the question, and
the result was, his conviction that the statement was
substantially correct.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN objected to the
reading of letters which contained only party repre-
sentations of circumstances, and would- lead the
House to form unjust conclusions. It was indis-
putable that extensive distress prevailed at the pre-
sent not only amongst manufacturers but amongst
shopkeepers. He thotight that a Committee should
be appointed to inquire into the causes of the distress.
FRENCH CLAIMS.
Mr. BERNAL said he had g petition to present

from a Mr. Newland, arising but of his claim on the - the fill, their motions for a reduction of the to-
French Government; Which claim was referred to baeco and Hemp DU:lei:
the Conitti:;sioners under the treaty with France.— I IN THE COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Member observed, that by the act ofl Mr'. HUME objected to the. manner in which the
1819, any surplus after the liquidation of thokie ad
.Iyrtbrent duty was flied on French boots;
chats was to be zit the o'."'Crown.— The report was brought up, and ordered to be
That oilm t,.!Oulitcci now to about 290,000/. in all, z taken into further consideration on Monday.
farthing not a farthil of it could be disposed of by the On bringing up the report upon the Land Revenue
Treasury until the Whole of the claiMs on it were 1 Bill,
decided. The Hon: rtleinber thin pr.o'"cee4.ed to I oral 1...617111EP.; in reply to some queries put
state the ciretimit,nitleii Unuer which the petitioner to him, stated that it was very soon intended to
mad hts Claim. He had in the first instance, put in ± open the new entrance to the public, through the
his claim for a large sum, which was disputed; but late site of Carlton-house, so as to afford a direct
at lensth a decision was made in his favour. He and handsome entrance to St. James's-park from the
hail then a claim for interest on his principal, at the bottom of Regent-street. The complaints which
rate of five he; colt., but the CommisBioners only had reached him of females having been lately in-
awarded three pet. cent. By the ;let of 1810, part: stilted by t!,reisa language and indecencies from men
ties whose claims 1-v ere by the Coiiimisz whilst wiitikir4 in the inner ehelosurel and shrub
sioneis wei.e b^tnza l'y thtir adjudication, unless beries, would not probably occur again, as officers
against it was made within three I had been only this day stationed to watch over and
months. The petitioner did not make the appeal take persons so offending into custody.
within that time, but kis reasons for not doing The report was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to
so were these :—A Mr. Simoox had also a claim be read a third time on Monday. The -Charing-
for interest at the rate of five per cent., and cross Improvement Bill went through similar stages.
he was assured by the Comraistionera tleq Sir A. GRANT brought up the report of the
if they should dtelde that any Claimants should Warehoused Sugar ; its further cOnsiderAtioh
be allbwed five per cent., he, and those simi- was fixed for Monday.
lariy circumstanced, would be allowed it, with; The Exchequer-bills (13,438,8000 Bill was
out the necessity of appealing to the Privy Council; committed;
Mr. Simcoa wrote to the iietitioner to this effevi In the Committee -Air. tillAicstA mot'ed to add the
and the pNitioner, acting on this information, which clawe of appropriation usual each year.—Agreed to.
was corroborated by the testimony of others, did Mr. HUME conceived it was highly complimen-
not make any appeal. The Commissioners subse- tary to his Majesty's Ministers that a clause like
quently decided that certain parties were entitled to this now assented to should have passed without a
the full interest at five per cent.; and when the peti= single observation. In facia Ministers had it so
rimier claimed; oil the strength of that decision, he much- their own way, that there had been but ohe
erns ilia by the allegation, that he should have ap- dispute maintained on the course they had pursued
pealed within the three months. The Hon. Mem- in things great or small, and that „as whether a

ber then contended that in equity Mr. Newland was
hound td hare his claim admitted, The difterente
3f interest -betcsreen three and five per cent. was a
very large
On the motion that the petition be brought up;
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said that there was every disposition on the part of
the Government to attend to the equitable as well
as legal, rights of claimants, but the petitioner in
this ease had no just cause of complaint. The ease
of (we believe) De Santin, on which interest of five
per cent. had been allowed, bore no analogy to that
of Mr. Simms, or of the petitioner ; and the case of
the Luxemburg- claim, which they said bore the ana-
logy, was not decided at the time. But in fact, the
petitioner hml made an appeal to the Privy Council,
in part of which he denied tho right of the Corn-
missioners to reduce the rate of interest ; and,
after beating it, the Privy Council decided, rc-
versing the decision of the Commissioners in some
points only, but not in this of interest ; thereby
leaving the adjudication in that respect as it stood.
With respect to the surplus which remained after
the previous adjudications, the Treasury were most
anxious to apply it to those claims which were be-
fore the Commissioners; but the fact was, that claims
to the emount of a million and a half were made on

it, and as ore case was decided fresh cases came
pouring in every day ; so that they were obliged to
consider the whole again.
Mr. LITTLETO contended that no satisfactory
answer had been made to the claim of the petiti-
oner. If the statements of Mr. Simcox and others
were true (and they had not been denied), the peti-
tioner was justified in not having made his appeal,
and he had now an equitable demand, which ought
to ke admitted, or which at least deserved inveati-
2ation; for it was not to be denied that the case of
the Luxemburg claim was quite analogous to that of
the petitioner.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said that the Luxemburg claim had not been decided
at the time that the petitioner should have made his
appeal.
Sir T. ACLAND supported the prayer of the
petition.
After a short conversation, in which Sir T. Ac-
LAND, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. R. GRANT, Dr.
PHILLI-
MORE, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
took part, the petition was ordered to lie on the table:
IRON.
Mr. COURTENAY moved for certain returns
relating to the (month of iron imported and ex-

mar ble arch before his Majesty's new Palace should
be ptrmitTed to remain there. He yet would ob-
serve, that notwithstanding these indications of
public satisfaction, we were going on with establish.
meats as large as those of 1817, 1818, and 1819.
Our military establishments were larger now than
in those years. With the exception of one great
and important measure relative to Ireland, but which
like Aaron's rod, had swailowed up all the rest,
nothing had been done to alleviate the condition of
the people. Both sides had taken the lead from
Ministers, and we had to thank their moderatior,
not our prudence, that they had not applied for and
obtained almost any thing they desired. Certainly
Ministers had arrived at the clause just now passed
with greater ease and facility than any set of Minis-
ters \Awn he recollected in office. There was a
time for every thing, and he hoped there would
come a time for reduction. One thing only he
would entreat of Government, which he hoped
would be granted,—that it would not involve itself
in any pledge, implied or expressed, as to the re-
newal of the Bank of England's charter.—(Hear.)
The system of the Bank, and its too intimate con-
.
nex;on with Government, had been long felt by the
commercial world particularly as a grievance, and
he hoped it would be no part of the policy of Govern-

. importet-
ported from 1825 to 1828 inclusive.—Ordered.
Mr. HUME a,ked what had become of the Re-
port of the Commissioners who had been sent out
to Sierra Leone and the Mauritius.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
regretted that in the absence of his Right lion.
Friend the Secretary for the Colonies, he could not
rerly to the Hon. Gentleman's question.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Stockport,
complaining of the great distress of trade in all its
branches. He deplored that Parliament were about
to adjourn without attending to the severe distresses
of the people; and it was surprisiog to him that
gentlemen should, in their individual capacity, feel
those sympathies which in their collective position
they abandoned when in that House. The petition
prayed a repeal of the Corn Laws; as well as an
inquiry into the distresses of the manufacturing
districts.
After a few words from Mr. MoNcK and Mr.
Mskv.-ELL, the petition was laid on the table.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN presented a peti-
tion from Robert Ayr, Esq., late of the Nymph
sloop•of-war, praying the House to take into its con- •
sideration his claim for redress, under some long
standing grievance.
IRISH SUB-LETTING ACT.
Mr. 0. CAVE presented petitions from Anna-
duff, and four other townships in Ireland, against the
Sub-letting Act ; and a petition from Poer, in West.'
cneath, on the subject of the Poor laws. The Hon.
Gent. observed that these petitions were originally
entrusted to the Member for Clare (Mr. O'Connell);
and he took occasion to condemn the exclusion of
that Gentleman as an act calculited to disgrace the
House and the country.

went to attempt to tnimmel and cramp the energy
and enterprise of this great nation by adopting
hastily the restrictive monied policy of preceding
Administrations with respect to this great privileged
chartered country.
Mr. S. RICE defended Parliament from the
censure at►empted to be cast upon it by his lion.
Friend. Government had well employed its time
in the direction of the labours of the liousc,, and in
overcoming the difficulties which surrounded the
great question of emancipation. The concession, he
trusted, would he a wise measure, even as respected
economy, by suffering his Majesty's Ministers to
adopt a strictly enforced system of economy and re-
trenchment in all the civil and military estaashtnents
throughout Ireland.
Mr. BENSON concurred in the opinions delivered
by the Hatt. Member for Limerick. The charge of
remissness or inattention to the higher interests of
the state was, in his estimation, totally unfounded.
The other clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and
the report was ordered to be received on Monday.
The Sugar Duties' Bill was read a third time,
and passed.
On the motion for the third reading of the Tailzies
Regulation Bill,

Mr. R. GRANT presented a petition from T.
Phibbs, of Dunnamurry, praying compensation for
losses incurred by the Confiscaling Acts of the French

Captain GORDON, after objecting to the prin-
ciple of the Bill, moved that it be read a third time
that day six months.
Mr. KENNEDY had no objection to postpone
the third reading of the Bill till Monday, though.
he saw no ground for delaying its passing at once
into a law.
The Bill \vas then ordered to be read a third time
on Monday next.
SCOTCH POOR REGULATION BILL.
Mr. SLANEY brought in a Bill for amending the
law of parochial assessment for the poor of Scot-
land.—llead a first time, ordered to be printed, and
to be read a second time on Monday next.
SCOTCH GAOLS' REGULATION BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a Bill for
amending the law regulating gaols in Scotland. The
Bill, he said, was an amendment on one which had
advanced to a committee stage in that House, and
had then been withdrawn. The principle however
being the same, he hoped would induce the llouse
to permit its being read a first and second time that
evening, in order that it might be considered in a
committee with as little delay as possible.
The Bill was accordingly read a first and second
time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at Nine o'clock till
Monday.

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Government in 1795 and 1796.—Ordered to be
printed.
On the motion of Mr. G. DAwsos, the Ilouse, at
its rising, agreed to adjatirn till Monday next.
On the motion of Mr. G. DAWSON, a copy of the
Report of the Commissioners for considering the best
mode of keeping the public accounts was ordered.
In answer to a question from Mr. Hum:, he said
that the Report was that of the majority of the three
Commissioners.
SCOTCH POOR LAWS.
Mr. MAXWELL brought forward his motion for
an alteration in the present mode of assessing the
poor-rates in Scotland. At present the principle of
.the poor-rates was also partially recognized in that
country; and the consequence was, that from the
adjacent districts where they did operate, a mixed
congregation poured in, which acted most unfavour-
ably upon the morals and interests of the better class
of working people. He wished, therefore, that the
local authorities should have a discretionary power of
estimating the rate upon those houses which har-
boured and lodged this floating class of poor, so as to
render them reasonably cautions in the admission of
these people so as to enable them to acquire a settle-
ment. His motion was for lease to bring in a Bill
to alter and amend the law of assessment for the re-
lief of the poor in landward parishes in Scotland.!
In answer to a N,
question from Captain (JORDO
Mr. MAXWELL said that he meant to confine
the operation of this Bill to those parts where, in
point of fact, the benevolent principle of the poor
laws had been broken down. It was not meant to be
compulsory, but to be optional, with the majority of
the inhabitants.

The LORD ADVOCATE had no objection to
the introduction of the Bill, although he saw no
reason to alter the present system of the poor laws
in Scotland.