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plying generally to the United Xingdom, whilst in piccadilly, from Clarges-street to Hyde-park-corner,
the present bill Ireland was insured- . • 1 a purpose not at all 'lliitfthe'objects in contempla-
The House divided on the question, thafthe words lion of the Bill, and prily calcOated to exempt the
se the Order for hearing tbe.tetitioners by thOmselves, \ wealthy nobility and gentry of Picctlilly from an
their Counsel, or Agenss, ba discharged," stand pgrt I 'spoke which they op ht to pay as a part of their
r 4 the question. 4 "
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I parish taxes ; and no mother Bill was introduced,
Contests-,Presetiaki.MPLlbraitris 41-83.--Not- to perpetuate this tax on the people of London :Jed
Contuse--rPresentffiegsktiaxies3o-67.—Majority16. Westminster, already forty-two years in operation ;
On. our. re-admiwilim;we found Lord GREN- he should therefore decidedly oppose the Bill.
V 144. on, his legs, speaking on the question for the Mr. BURTON said, if the Honourable Gentle-.
folcEfig! and combating the argument of Lord man would suffer the Bill to go into a Committee, it
Bitharst His Lordihip lamented, that bills should might be so modified as to meet his objects, as well
be so freqitently paSsed in a hurry at a late period of as those of its friends. He had no wish to exempt
the knit:AN :without time being given to consider the inhabitants of Piccadilly,• from Clarges-street to
their contents, of which description was the act of the Hyde-Park-Corner, from an expbnce properly belong-
48th of the King, relied upon by the Noble Earl, ing to them. His object was justice to the persops
and which did nothing short of 'enabling the King's who had lent their money upon the credit of those.;
Ministers to make ex Most facto laws. He was, how- tolls, guaranteed them upon the faith of Parliament,;
ever, of opinion, that such an Act must be construed for the House had not only recognized and approved
strictly, and that being so construed it did not apply the illegal application ofthe money towards purposes
to the present Bill, which, as stated by his Noble different from those specified in the original. BP, J
Filiencr(LOrd Buckinghamshire), did not in fact con- trospectivcly, but prospectively, by authorizing the
tinue--the Act Which it professed to continue, but was like application in future. The creditors were, there-
an entirely new Bill, inasmuch as it did not extend to fore, deprived of their security for the liquidation ttf.i
Ireland. To give time therefore for the considera. their principal ; and the House was bound, in justiVeP
tion.of the important question which had thus arisen, to secure them. He was himself the trustee in-40R4?'
he moved to adjourn the debate till to-morrow. nation for three elderly ladies in Ireland, to the
The LORD CHANCELLOR entertained con- amount of £l4OO, two of whom would be. ruing,"
siderable doubt upon the question now st-irted. He and reduced to indigence, if this Bill did notiiist
was inclined to think that the present Bill was not a Mr. H. SUMNER had no objection to insert a
continuing bill, within the meaning of the Act of the clause in the Bill to prevent any part of the toll from
48th of the King, but at any rate he thought it was being appropriated to the paving of Piccadilly ; but
due to the subject, to take till to-morrow to consider was of the same opinion with the Honourable And
it ; and from this course no inconvenience could Le:,rned Gentleman who just spoke, as to the necese-1
arise, for if they could pass the bill to-night, they sity of passing the Bill, of which all the inhabitants
could pass it to-morrow, and if they could not pass it of London and Westminster enjoyed The benefits; and
to-morrow, they could nor pass it to.night. ' the expence of which would fall only upon thke
Lord ELLENBOROUGH wished shortly to ex- classes who were best able to bear it.
press his opinion on the subject now, as it would be from PR 'SON s.
inconvenient for him to attend his duty in that House Mr. WELLESLEY POLE brought in the Irish
to-morrow night. He concurred in the doubt ex- prisons improvement Bill; read a first, and ordered
pressed by the Noble and Learned Lord ; for, al- 't be read a second time, on Thursday the sth of
though in general cases, where the Bill was to con- April.'
tinue an Act, similar in all its provisions, and that THANKS TO GENERALS COTTON AND ANSON.
Act had expired before the passing of the subsequent Generals COTTON and Amox, who commanded
one, when the word "revive" ought also to have been the cavalry at the Battle of Talavera, attended to
inserted, • yet it was ,the constr4tion adopted by receive, ip their places, the Thanks voted to them
Judges, to comprehend " revive" in the term " con- by tie unanimous decision of the House. The
tinue," But, in tl4 case before them, .it most forci- SPEAKER addressed them in substance as follows—
* struck his mind, the same construction-would not " Lieutenant-General Cotton and Brigadier-Gene-
' appll, because of the•difference between the Bill and ral Anson,
the ct it was intended to continue. " Upon your return from the eventful war which
The second reading was postponed till to4notpaw. has been carried on in Spain, you have found that
Lotd-ORENVILLE moved, " That such *of his whatever alterations of opinion may have prevailed
Majesty's Judges as are in town, be desired to attend respecting the best plan of conducting the campaign
this House, for the purpose of giving their opinion on and regarding the final issue of the contest, your con-
any question which may be proposed."—Ordered. duct has never met with any other than one united
Some conversation took place between Earls BA- expression of applause and admiration (Hear, hear!)
TRURST and LAUDERDALE, and the.Lono CHANCEL- The British cavalry has long been famed for its su-
LOR, relative to the Judges. periority over that of the enemy, and though con-
The Earl of LAUDERDALE conceived the scant practice has of late augmented the efficiency
Judges would attend, not to hear their debate on the and reputation of the French cavalry, and though
Bill, but to answer the questions which might be pro- that cavalry has been flushed with so many victories,
posed. the British cavalry under your command displayed its
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that, because wonted superiority and revived irs ancient triumphs
the Judges would attend, it did not follow that a at the battle of Talavera (Hear, hear.) When the
question would be proped—but they would be pre. history of these events shall be read by posterity,
sent for the purpose of answering any question, if the be assured that your deeds will be regarded with
House should think fit. applause, and your names mentioned with glory
The Earl of LAUDERDALE perfectly coincid- by an admiring nation. You do not serve an un-
ed with the Noble and Learnd Lord. grateful country. It has always been its opinion
SLAVE TRADE. that military glory is national strength. This House,
• Lord HOLLAND rave notice of a motion for Monday, re- always prompt to express its gratitude where merit
spectine the Fordo African Slave Trade.—Adjourned.
is conspicuous, has honoured your conduct with an
unanimous expression of its Thanks. In the name
then of the Commons of the United Kingdom, in
Parliament .assembled, I do now Thank you for
your highly distinguished conduct displayed on the
27th and 28th of July, in the Battle of Talavera."
Major-General Sir STAPLETON COTTON replied :
" Mr. SPEAKER—In endeavouring to express my
sense of the very high honour conferred upon tneb
which, has been communicated to me in set flattering
a manner by you, Sir, I shall fall far short of.what I
feel upon the occasion.—To receive the Tluknks of
Parliament is the highest reward to which a soldier'
can aspire ; and believe me, Sir, I shall ever consider
it my greatest pride to have been so honoured. This,
I may venture to say, is the feeling of all my brother
officers and soldiers, who had the good fortune to be
commanded by one of the most able and distinguish-
ed Generals who has adorned the annals of this coun-
try, and who, should an opportunity occur, will, I
trust, again prove to the world that a British army
is not to be beat by a French force of double its num-
bers."
General AxsoN likewise stated the pleasure he de-
rived from the reflection, that his exertions had been
thought worthy of this high honour. It would be
the pride of his life, that his conduct had been thus
.noticed by-Parliament. But at the same time he was
-aware, that •the merit belonged much more to the ex-
cellent casiduct of his fellow Soldiers, than to him.—
For the handsome and flattering terms in which the
Speaker had delivered the Thanks of the House, he
requested that he would accept of his particular ac-
knowledgments.
On the motion of Mr. PERCEVAL the address
of the Speaker and the Answers were, as usual, or-
dered to be entered on the Journals.
Mr. HUTCHINSON postponed his notice of a
motion for the Thanks of the House to Sir ROBERT
WILSON, in order to make way for the Scheldt In-
quiry.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Sir WU.LIAM CURTIS, 'Air. MANNING, and some other
Members presented Petitlons against the 1;111 fur establis!iing
New Docks on the Thames, near Rotherhithe. Received and
ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. ROBERT WARD brought In the Bill for regulating the
Onse of Paymaster of Marines.—Read a first, and ordered to be
read a second damsel Tuesday.

Mr. GILES, at the request of Mr. Whitbread, postponed the
second reading of the Bankers Draft Biil till Thursday next, in
order to enable the House tp go the sooner into the Scheldt In-
quirY• • •

The Irish Distil!ery Duties Bill was read a second time pra.
forma, and orderta to be committed on Mondiiy, with a view to
fill up the blanks, and to have it printed in a per!ect shape.
Mr. WHARTON presented Accounts of the gums adyancelli
to the Portuguese Troops, by order of the House.—Laid'on the

Mr—Toe/rime, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for
Irestid, piiietited certain Papers respecting the nun.her of ves-
sels, and their tonnage belo.iging to the ports of
Ordered to lie on the Table.
On the motion of ,Mr. BATI:IURST, )air Lucas Pepys war
oirsiered to attend the Committee on the Scheldt Inquiry.
The Muttny Bill was read a third dere, and passed.
Mr. LUSHINGIVN brought up-the Reports of the Commit-
tees on the Sugar Beentlea, and Naval Stores Importation Bills.
'rheßetelitiohifWereigrieed to, and Bills ordered accordingly.
. .
WEST*ljiTlit SUDITOAY TOLL BILL.
Mr. nOME.SLIMNE It moved the second reading
of the Westminster Sunday Toll Bill.
Mr. HERBERT opposed the Billion its principle,
Contidering it, as he did, to 'be no less than a Bill to
Sloiliade on Sundays the City of Westminster, by
establishing a triple toll at every avenue leading out
of that part of the metropolis, from Westminster-
bridge round to Gray's-inn-lane ; and as particularly
41st:suing upon that day, to that class of the inbabi.
tants of this smoky metropolis, who, being indispcn-
sibly confined to the business of their several avoca-
tions during the rest of the week, had only Sunday
left to them for a little innocent recreation in the
country, for the preservation of their health. lie
begged leave to remark, that Sunday was a festival;
and, therefore,, nota day to• be observed with the ri-
gotir•of a cast. -The. Honourable Member next pro-
teedic!, it some length, into the history of this Bill,
irlriclir was originally instituted by a Bill in the sth
of the King, enacted for twenty-one years, and ena-
bling. tliC trustees thereby appointed, to borrow a
sum of 4930, at 4,4 per cent. for paving the City of
Weettninster, upon. the credit of those very tolls, the
-surplus of .witieh, over the interest, in each year, the
trustees *ere bound to apply:towards liquidating the
oviginatlo..p; but 'which they did illegally, though
otherwise latidably, apply towards lighting and
cleansing-the sirecti and squares of Westminster.—,
At the expiritior of the 21 years, a new bill Was
passed, in which the House not only l'U'egnized the
illegal act of the trustees, but enabled them to apply
for the future a portion of the produce towards the
same purpose of cleansing and lighting the streets and
sqtiares. But not stopping there, they had since ,;p.
plizd a sum of £lBO a year, towardi the paving of

LORD CHATHAM'.
Mr. WHITBREAD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
whether the rumour was true, that Lord Chatham has resigned
his situation as Muter-General of the Ordnance ?
The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, that
he believetl Lord Chatham had tendered his resignation of that
situation to his Majesty, and that it had been accepted.
Silt RICHARD sTRACHAN.
Mr. CA.LCRAFT moved that Sir Richard Strachan's Narra-
tive be read ; as Lord Chatham's Narrative had been read in the
House. The Narrative was read accordingly, and entirely con-
tradicted the statement of Lord Chatham as to any agreement re-
specting the naval investment of Flushing; and accounted for the
delay in the arrival at Batz from the state of the weather and
other circumstances, of which he was surprised that Lord Cha-
tham should have been unaware. It conclude. with saying, that
after his (sir Richard Strachan's) severe trials and unremitting ex-
ertions, he did not expect such conduct on the part df the //art
' of Chatham ; and that now be had stand to k solicitous about the
spision e'his Lordship.—[As the Narrative will be published entire
in the evidence, we do not think it necessary to enter here into
the details.)
ECIIZLDT EXPR2ITION.
The House then resolved ttse'f into the ComMittee of Inquiry
on the Scheldt Expedition, sad Suingers vette, si natal, et..
eluded.--Minurned