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CIALEDONIAN ASYLUII for STPPO.RTING
%-/ and EDUCATING the CHILDREN of SOLDIERS,
SAILORS, and MARINES, NATIVES of SCOTLAND,
who have died or been disabled in the Service of their Country,
and of Indigent Scotch Parents resident in London not entitled
to Parochial Rehcf, Cross-street, Hatton-garden.

PARL IA MkAiTy I 11Y PROCEZPINGS. '

110 USP. OF LORDS, APRIL 16.
Counsel and witnesses were heard in support of the 'Alliddice
Divorce 1314, and on the motion of the Loan Cuanern..i.the
evidence was ordered to be printed. .406. f it.
' The Bishop of OX FORD presented Petitions 'l'Mui the
Dean and Chapter of Windsor and from the City of Bath, against
the Catholic Claims.—Laid on the table.
Lord SA ITOUN presented a Petition from the Island of
Nevis, praying for an equalization of Duties. Laidipn toe table.
The Innkeepers Allowance and the Grants in Aid Bills were
read a third time and passed.
Earl STA NIIO PE wished that a Petition presented yester-
day hy.a Noble Marquis, and read short, be now read at full
length, as it related to the important topics of the Currency and
Agricultural Distress.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the Petition having
been read yesterday, when it was presented, the motion of the
Node Earl could not be acceded to. The House knew of no
such words as" read short."—Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
,t, A Petition was 'presented from an individual .named R. Ste-
Plans againit the Division of Counties' Bill.—Laid on the table.
Mr. CRAWLEY presented.* Petition from Hofliton against
the Insolvent Debtors Bill.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir H. PARNELL aged a question as to the intention of
the Hon. Member with regard to a motion which had been
given notice of, for a repeal'of the Union;
Mr. ELLIS said, that the lamented death of the Hon. Diem-
ber who gave the notice left the question where it was before.
Sir W. GUISE presented a Petition from the Clothiers of
the County of Gloucester, against the Warehousing Bill.—Or-
dered to be printed.
Petitions were presented from the Towns of Wellingborough
and Woilason, in Northamptonshire, praying for the institution
of a Court for the Recovery of Small Debts.—Laid Oil the table.
bk. DAWSON presented a Report of the state of the Mill.
bank Penitentiary.—Ordered to be printed.
Colonel LESLIE presented a Petition from the County of
Monaghan against the Catholic Claims. Ordered to be printed.
Colonel O'NEIL presented a Petition from the County of
Antrim, signed by 18,700 inhabitants, against any further con.
cessions to the Roman Catholics.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. ELLIS presented several similar Petitions from West-
meath and Dublin.—Ardered to be printed.
Mr. AGAR ELLIS. presented a Petition from the County of
Kilkenny, in favour of removing the disabilities of the Roman
Catholics.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. U. COOPER presented a Petition from the Dean and
Chapter of Gloucester, against any further concession to the
Roman Catholics. He stated that the Petition expressed the
exact sentiments which be bed always entertained..
Mr. GRENFELL said, that he should take this opportunity
of expressing his opinion upon this subject, because be should
not think of troubling the House on Thursday. He had uni-
formly voted in favour of the restoration of the rights of the
Catholics, and the longer he lived the more satisfied be was with
that vote: He expressed his surprise at the quarter from which
the Petition bed come.

PATRON.
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
PRTAIDINT,
His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK and ALBANY.

The SIXTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER wiU take place
at the Freemasons Tavern, on SATURDAY, the 2.6t1i of
April next.
The !tight Aoki. Viscount CLENORCIIY in the Chair.

STEWARDS.
Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Cock- Robert Shank Ateheson, Es+
burn' of Cockburn and Rya. :Enna Barkty, Esq.
law, Bart. Walter "Boyd, Esq. M.P.
Lieut.-General Sir F. Grafton D. B. Brodie. Eq. •
Maclean, of Maclean, Bart. Donald Charles Camtron, Esq.,
Lieut.-Gen: Sir Thos. Ilislop, Alexander CoylandoEsq.
of Tothill, Bart. G.C.8., Steuart B. Inglis, Esq. •
Lieut.-Oen. Sir Wm. Hopkton, Hugh M'lntosh, Esq. •
• K.C. B. Charlet Mackinnce, Esq.
Lieut.-Ger. Fred. Maitland Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Major - General Sir Edward - M.P.
Barnes, K.C.B. Robert Robertson, Esq.
Major-Gen. Sir Thos. Sydney Alexander Robert Sutherland,
Beckwith, K.C.B. K.T.S.
Colonel Sir Evan Macgregor George Tritton, Esq.
Murray, of Macgregor, Bart.
Tickets 20s. each, to he jut' of the Stewards, at the Asylum,
and at the Tavern. Dinner to be on Table at Half-past Five.
It is requested that Naval and Military Officers will appear
in Uniform, and that those Gentlemen will wear the Highland
' Garb who are provided with it.
On SUNDAY, the 20th instant, TWO SERMONS will be
preached for the BENEFIT of this INSTITUTION, at the
Caledonian Church, before his Royal Highness the President,
the Vice-Presidents, Stewards, and Directors, by th, Rev. ED-
WARD IRVING, A. 31. Pastor or that Church. Divine Ser-
vice begins at .Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, and at Half-past
Six in the Evening precisely.
• On the same day a SERMON will also be preached for the
BENEFIT of the INSTITUTION, in the Gaelic Language,
by the Rev. JOHN LEES, A.M. Divine Service to begin at
Half-past Two o'Clook.

M. S. METCALFE, Secretary.

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, that holding just as strong an
opinion as Ma Honourable Friend, and just the other way, he
could never hear such opinions warmly expressed without as
warmly opposing them. With regard to the quarter horn
whence this Petition came, he should be very much surprised if
the Clergy did not to a man come forward to resist this inroad
Upon die British Constitution.
Ur. B. COOPER said he did not think it necessary to offer
any observations upon what bad fallen from the Hon. Member
as to the conduct of the Petitioners.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. EGERTON presented a Petition from tbe Dean and
Chapter of Chester, against any further concessions to the Re.
abalrillithelleiloAdsdered m be printed.
Lo, rd BOTHAM prowled a Pedtios Sums Beverley against
any further concessions to the Raman Cathelie&—Ordered to
CORRY preseeint tern ekl lir Petitions 'in
County of Fermatiagh.—Ordered to be printed.
Lord C. MANNERS presented a Petition from the Clergy
and Archdeacaery of Ely against any further concession to tip
Catholki—Ordered to be printed.
Colonel BARRY presented a similar Petition from Ennis-
corthy, to the same effect. •
Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented similar Petitions front
Wending in Gloucestershire, and from the Parish of Ely.
Mr. Secretary PEEL presented similar Pedtions from the
Synod of Glasgow; froth the Inhabitants ofibe City of Oxford;
from the Parish of Bedworth ; from the Archdeacon and Clergy
of the Archdeaconry of York; and from the Inhabitants of the
Town of &owe,. In the County of Warwick.—These Petitions
were severally ordered to be printed.
Lord PALMERSTON presented a similar Petition from the
University of Cambridge.
Mr. WODEHOUSE presentedl Petition to the sante er.:et,
from the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.—They wore severally
ordered to be printed.
Din HUME presented a Petition fines twenty Indieldnals,
calling themselves Free-Thiakers, of the City of Edinburgh.—
They stated that they had been In the hapit of meeting on Sun-
day evenings, for the liteial purpose of dismissing theological
questions, and that the doors were open to anybody who chose
re enter. They took no money at the doors, and they had a
library, consisting of books which treated of the matters' they
met to discuss. They complained, that -en the 17th of Novem-
ber last, the Sheriff and his Officers., entered and seized their
books, and took three of them into custody. Upon inquiry
they found that the law of Scotland authorised this act, and
that according to an uorepealed Act of Charles the Second, they
might all be 'hanged upon the charge of blasphemy. They
Prayed that the How would take their case Into consitkration,
and adopt such measures as would afford them protection. He
'lily agreed With the Pedribiters that their inquiries were en-
tided to the protection of the Jaw.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, that in offering a few ob..
servations upon the Petition, be should not enter into the ques-
tion of the enactment of new laws upon the subject. If the,
honourable Member would cosine down and propose to remove
' ewe laws whisk were the protection of the Christian Religion
its Scotland, be &cold Ife fully prepared to meet him—(Hear).
Se should now only remark upon the acts, of this Society, and
upon the *centres which had been taken with regard to it. He
• had received information that those persons met on Sundays, in
a house in the suburbs of lidintLltgh, for the purpose net only
of denying die divine character of the Christian Religion, but
.the existence of Gee biaualL These meetings were held with
open doors, and Children were brought by the members to hear
the blasphemous doctrines'which were inculcated. Finding this
to be the case, he had applied to the Clergy of the parish, in
the hope of dissolviug the meetings without foam. As this
proved to be ineffectual, he had thought it due to the preserva-
tion of the morals of the metropolis of the country, that such a
school for blasphemy should be put down. The persons who
were take* into custody, bad afterwards expressed a sense or
their improper conduct, and he therefore had not proceeded,
and did not intend to proceed against them. In consequence of
what they had done, a corresponding society at Glasgow had
given up their meeting.
After a few ohs-mations from Mr. Mouca, and Din limn in
reply, the Petition was laid on the table.
Mir. CAMPBELL wished t• 1 ask a question of the Chancel-
lor of die Exchequer, as to his intention with regard to the
Scotch 'Spirits on hand, at the time of lowering the duties. The
Him. Member said, that a drawback ought tote allowed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he
had stated on a former occasion his intention that the change
in the duties should not take place until the 11th of October,
in the hope that the stock on hand row would be chiefly cob-
slimed. When the whole measure was completed, be hoped to
be able to provide for the difficulties complained of, to the sada.;
faction of the parties.
Air. GOULBU RN presented a Petition from the Vicar-Ge-
neral and twelve of the Cli rgy of the diocese of Elfin, against
the Tithe 13111.—Releried to the Committee. •
tiis X. LETHBRIDGE ruse to present a Pctitiou front

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einitati of Somerset, upon the subject of Agricultural Distress,
*Pilch had been put into Ms hinds by a person of the riamt of
Hunt. The contents of the Petitiop by no means met his view
of the question of Agricultural Distress; and he had hoped bat
the county of Somerset would have exercised a very different
opinion upon that question. However, die person he had men-
tioned was possessed of so much insinuation of manner as to pre-
vail*Pon them to adopt his Petition, and it was, therefore the
Petition of the county. At the same time be knew that a large
sod most respectable body of that interest which was most suf-
fering in the county, did hot approve of its contents.
•`Mr.IIOIIH OUSE wished to rag the attention of the House
to the fact that the Sheriff had reamed to sign this Petition on
behalf of tb. Meeting, and ba consequent* of this, its presenta-
tion had been delayed for several mouths, until the signatures
could he obtained. He thought it the duty of the Sheriff to act
on behalf of the people on such occasions.
Mr. C. WYNN and. hir. BA NKES expressed their opinion
that the High Sheriff was not bound to sign a Petition.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL thoZethe Sheriff ought to have
signed the Petition, as presiding r akhe Meeting, to 'hew
that ix was the Petition agreed to. • :lA__
t After a few obsorvations from Sik?..r.PITMIIRIDGE, the
Petition was ordered toile pdated...
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Lord MILTON presented Petitions from llpeteaster and
anoth;r place, against the General Turnpike Act.-g Ordered to
be printed.
The Noble Lord presented Petitions against any hasher enn-
cessitins to the Catholics, from the Archdeaconsies of the West
and North Ridings of York.
A Message (toed the Lords announced that their Lordships
had agreed to several Bills.
Colonel DAVIES wished to put a question to the Secretary
fur Foreign Affairs. It appeared that thee Right Hooourable
Gentleman assumed that France would not attempt to possess
itself of any a the Colonies which had thrown off their allegi- •
ante to Spain ; but the Right Hooourable Gentleman had not
stated whether, if France was to make such an attempt on any
of the Spanish Colonies which bad not thrown off thole alle-
giance, Cuba, for instance, would thi s. country not call. for a
declaration on that subject?
Mr. CANNING said, the state of the Spanish American Co-
lonies was such as called for some declaration as related to them ;
but it would be a most extraordinary course to adopt now, to
call on France to give a pledge for future contingencies; nor
could. he answer fur the conduct which our Government might
adopt on future contingencies. He had on a former night stated,
the principle on which this Goverratient intended to act was that
of strict neutrality, and to that declaration he still adhered.
After a remark in explanation front Colonel Davies, the con-
versation dropped.
Mr. GRENFELL moved for a series of Returns felative to
the Amount of Balances in the hinds of the Bank of Irelanduptd
of the number of Irish Bank Notes in eirculation.—Ordered.

FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL.
Lord ALTHORPE, in rising to tubmit the motion
of which he had given notice to the House, wished
to make some explanatory observations, as he was
afraid of involving himself in misconstructions from
two classes of persons by the course he was about to
take. In the first place, there ss as a class who might
suppose that be wished for war. He should state at
ouce, that he was the decided advotate of peace. To
another class he feared it might appear that he wai
indifferent to the success of Spain in resisting the vie,.
lent and atrocious attack which was now made upon
her as an independent nation. He must claim the
indulgence of the House if he did not exactly confine
Windt' to the question, in order to 'avoid both of
.sisese possible misconstructions. And first, with respeet
to the question of war or peace—he thought there
,Was no man who could look at our present financial
difficulties, and•the distress 'which more particulatly..-
pressed upon -oile of the greatestinterests of the Coun-
try, without seeing that nothing could juitiry' ivar
short of the necessity of self-defence. This he knew
was not the language held by Ministers; but be
thought it impossible that any man could look on
war, in the existing circumstances of this dOuntry, as
anything but the greatest calamity which touldhefal.
it. There was another reason why he Was 'against
war—he had great doubt whether it would materi-
ally assist Spain ; on the contrary, he believed that it
would tend to unite the FrenCh people in the contest
much more than they were united at present. Hold-
ing these opinions, he admitted that it was impera-
tive'upon him to shew that the repeal of. the Bid he
was about to move would not be inconsistent with
strict and honest neutrality. At the same time, Le
must say, that he thought the employnsent of strong
language to the Allied Powers at first would have
removed the necessity of war`; "and at all events, he
thought it would have been worth the
_hazard of it.
He did think that at the Congress of Vetonahis Ma-
jesty's Ministers had not done justice to thii country.
They ought to have remonstrated more decidedly,
and to have put forward some of those hiz,h4rinci- •
pies of international law upon which we oufselven
had always acted. It was not enough to advise' the
Allied Powers that their own interests woulst.tilifer
by the attack on Spain; they ought to have been told
that the principles of justice and of the ini.lependenie
of nations would be violated by it. What would he ,
said of him if .. friend of hii came and consulted Aids
upon the proposed cornfrp:ission of 'a great crime, anti he only persuaded him not to do it, because it seat •
against his interest? It would'iiiiala, that 'One Was
just as bad as the other.--With regatd to the goes-tion of neutrality as it wool,' be affected by this Bill,.
it could only allow the same facilities' too* POWet. '
as it did to the other; and therefore cottitf'be'idttl-sa
plainetl of by neither. He was not deeplY
doctrine of jurists, but he contended that this OM."s
ciple was dearly laid down in Grothis. He thoUglit
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this might be done with the strictest adheyenq 're a'4.
neutral course; and if Fiance chose to &dare
upon that ground, he trusted they. were not 'so *Ste:.
graded as not to be able to repel unjust aggressibn,
notwithstanding all their difficulties. It then 'the
.measure would not be an infringenierit of helmet?,
.would it be productive of any domesiic incobee-'•
nience? Upon the former debates on the.quelildn,""
it had been argued, that great inconvenience waled,:
arise from having troops destined. for the service df
foreign Powers parading about the streets: but stake
that time the six Acts had imposed a htal .y
upon the training of men within his MajetWi
doniti-
nions; therefore that inconvenience had been removed.
It was riot only desirable to repeal the kill; as te.,
moving unnecessary restrictions, but it was desirablit
in order to prevent future bickering% and contentlione
to which it was sure to •give rise. It would be
membered, that previous to the passing:af' the Bile
of 1319, by the 9th and T9th- of UeorgettberliSic
r MO it ararniali :v