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HEREFORDSHIRE. To Gentlemen, Breeders, &c. Important Sale of genuine HEREFORD CATTLE, Team of very superior young CART GELDINGS and MARES, COLTS, &c., at GREAT CORRASS, in the parish of KENTCHURCH, situated at nearly equal distances from Mon- mouth, Hereford, and Abergavenny. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By R. WHITE and SONS, On the Premises, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1833' beginning at Eleven o'clock, THE entire valuable, thorough-bred HEREFORD CATTLE, r^ma0rkably clever CART GELDINGS and MARES, COL1S, &c., of Mr. CHARLES MORGAN, who is retiring from the I1 arming Business; comprising seventeen Cows and Calves, one ditto in ditto, two Barren ditto, eight two-year-old Heifers, twelve three-year-old Steers, eight two-year-old ditto, twenty yearling Heifers and Steers ten Cart Geldings and Mares (two of the latter are in foal), -one two-year-old Cart Colt, two well- bred Nag Mares in foal, one ditto three-year-old Filley, two ditto two-year-old Nag Colts, and three yearling ditto. The Auctioneers beg leave to assure Gentlemen, Breeders, and others, that it has seldom fallen to their lot to submit to public sale so desirable a Stock. The Cattle are descended from the stocks of W. C. Hayton, Esq., of Moreton, and other eminent Breeders. The Horses, which are of excellent size and sym- metry, are sound, healthy, and temperate. Every head of the above Stock was bred by the Proprietor on the Premises. FOR IMPURITIES OF THE BLOOD, INDIGESTION LOSS OF APPETITE, HEAD-ACHE, SPASMS, &c. CONGREVE'S COMPOUND PETROLEUM PILLS, c composed of a pure Extract from the Barhadoes Tar, and Aromatic Herbs and Juices, chemically combined by a New Process. — I hey open all Obstructions which retard the motion, or add languor to the system restore the blood to its healthy balsamic principle, while they correct and invigorate its circulation and are of inestimable value in eradicating all Disorders of the Lungs, Stomach, and Bowels. If regularly taken, they will assuredly preserve the body in health (free from the ill effects arising from the dense and obnoxious vapours of a pestilential atmosphere) to a good old age and no chronical malady can resist their benign influence. A Treatise will shortly be published, detailing the properties of this interesting discovery, attested by liberal and intelligent Gentlemen of the Faculty, who recommend that every means should be adopted to induce all classes to avail themselves a,bl?fmS- Sold boxes at Is l±d and 2s 9d, by all the VV holesale Houses, and retail by all Medicine Venders and Druggists. The following Letters (with a multiplicity of others) were addressed to Mr. Congreve, and may be seen at his residence. INTERNAL WEAKNESS, FLATULENCE, &c. Regent's Park, I Brighton, March 9, 1832. orti t SIR,—Capt. Reynolds, who SIR, 1 am 70 years of age, had derived much benefit from and for more than ten years a course of your Compound have been extremely afflicted PctroleumPills/ iecommended ■with general weakness, sens*- them very strongly to me for my tions of deafness, giddiness and BILIOUS DISORDER. At pam in the head, ringing noise my advanced age, and being a in my ears, flatulence, cramp in martyr forupwards of forty years my legs and knees, costiveness, to all the tormenting sensations and incontinuance of urine, for proceeding from a vitiated state my legs and knees, costiveness, to all the tormenting sensations and incontinuance of urine, for proceeding from a vitiated state Wr derived but transient of the blood and juices, I was relief from bark and other sti- not very sanguine in my expec- mulants, which often produced tations of relief; but, after nausea, and sat uneasy on the I taking only twoboxes, I changed stomach. I at length had re- my opinion and when I had course to your reputed Petro- finished two more could join my leum Pills," which, I am happy sporting friend in the chace, to say, gave tone to the stomach, breathe freely, eat heartily, and and every unfavourable symp- sleep, without iear ot being an- torn vanished in three weeks. noyed by that midnight demon Very respectfully yours, —the night mare. W.LAMBERT. I Yours, &c., G.ILIF. To Mr. Congreve, 30, College- To Mr. Congreve, 30, College- street, Chelsea. street, Chelsea. Of whom also may be had the following Valuable Medicines. Congreve's Balsamic Elixir, for Coughs, Asthma, and Hooping- Cough. Congreve's Golden Balm, for Children cutting their Teeth. ————-— Antibilious Pills, for Bilious and Liver Complaints. Observe, the Proprietor's Signature across the Government Stamp. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. MORISON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES having su- perseded the use of almost all the Patent Medicines which the wholesale venders have foisted upon the credulity of the searchers after health for so many years, the town druggists and chemists, not able to establish a fair fame on the invention of any plausible means of competition, have reverted to the expedient of puffing up an article in Pills of a fictitious Dr. Morrison, (ob- serve the subterfuge of the double r,) for the express purpose, by means of this forged imposition, of deteriorating the estimation of the "UNIVERSAL MEDICINES"of the BRITISH COL- LEGE OF HEALTH. The public will avoid this imposition by observing not to apply for these medicines to druggists, none such are allowed to sell them, the College having their own appointed Agents in every town throughout the kingdom. None are genuine which have not the words, Morison's Universal Medicines," on the government stamp attached to each box and packet. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS, CURE OF SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS ALL OVER THE BODY. To Mr. Shepherd, Hygeist, Newcastle. DEAR SIR,—The following very extraordinary case of cure you are at full liberty to give all possible publicity to :-About two years ago, I was afflicted with an eruption in different parts of my body, which increased to such a degree that I became lite- Tally covered with sores, attended with excessive pains, especially in my legs and arms; in this condition I applied to a medical gentleman, and was attended by him for nearly three months' without receiving any relief. I also tried other means recom- mended by my friends, all of which completely failed. At length, hearing of the astonishing cures effected upon others by the use of Morison's Universal Medicines, I was determined to make the experiment in my own case. I procured first from you, and af- terwards from Mr. Nevison, your,worthy agent at North Shields, a supply of your invaluable pills: after taking them for a short time, I found a gradual improvement; the ulcers began to heal, and the pain to subside. Thus encouraged, I have -Continued to take them about fourteen months and now, to the astonishment of all who were acquainted with my case, I am restored to per- fect health, and have resumed my employment as a mariner. I have just returned from a foreign voyage in good health and spi- rits-my cure I attribute entirely, by the blessing of God, to the wonderful powers of the Universal Medicine. I am, sir, your humble servant. No. 34, Middle-street, Milburn-place, JOHN READ. North Shields, Jan. 23, 1833. P.S. I have never witnesssed a greater proof of the efficacy of the Universal Medicine than in the above case. When I first visited him he was literally covered with sores, but in a short time there were symptoms of improvement in the outward ap- pearance of his deep-rooted malady, but other symptoms ap- peared a large place broke at the bottom of his back, which discharged a great quantity of matter. At this time he was re- duced to a mere skeleton. As this healed two large sores broke out on his shoulders. Afterwards his head became one whole mass of sores his mouth and throat than became completely ul- cerated but by constant perseverance with large doses of pills, eventually all his pains and sores were entirely removed, to the astonishment of all who saw him, and I am happy to say he now <enjoys good health. Facts are stubborn things. C. S. The Medicines are sold in Pills, (marked No. 1, and No. 2,) with full directions Boxes, Is Igd, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis and the Aperient Powders at Is I Id per box, by the following Agents 2 At MONMOUTH, Mrs. Heath, Bookseller; ABERGAVENNY, Mr. Stucley, Bookseller; CHEPSTOW, Mrs. Williams, High-street; USK, Mr. Lewis, Tailor; TINTERN ABBEY, Mr. Pritchard Ross, Mr. Jones, Watchmaker NEWPORT, Mr. Evans, Book- seller PONTYPOOL, Mr. D. Parry TREDEGAR IRON WORKS, Mr. W. James, Grocer. GLOUCESTER, Mr. Needham, Bookseller CHELTENHAM, Mr. Herbert, Bootmaker, Arcade, and Mr. Arkell, Tailor, 3, Church- street, leading to the Churchyard; TEWKESBURY, Mr. D. Potter, Hanbury Terrace; NORTHLEACH, Mr. Duckett; NEWENT, Miss Grocer; COLEFORD, Miss Phillips; JNEWNHAM, Mr. J. Griffiths; LYDNEY, Mr. Nash, Grocer; CIRENCESTER, Mr. J.Sa- vory WiNCHcoMB, Mr. Tovey, Weaver; CAMPDEN, Mr. Cherry, G.rocar MORETON, Mr. Minchin, Jeweller STOW, Mr. Tils- ley 'STROUD, Mr. Harold; KING STANLEY, Mr. Andrew: NAIESWORTH, Mr. Holmes DURSLEY, Mr. Goodrich TET- BURY, Mr. Dyke; THORNBURY, Mr. Wansbrough WOTTON- UNDEREDGE, Mr. Round; CHIPPING SODBURY, Mr. G. Cole; CHALFORD, Mr. C. Innell, Baker; LECHLADE, Mr. Laurence; BLARENEY^Mr. Minchin, Grocer; MITCHELDEAN, Mr. M'Laren. General Agent for Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, Mr. C. CHUBB, 7, Worcester-street, Gloucester. Insolvent Debtors' Court. NOTICE is hereby given, That THOMAS BARTON BOWEN, Esquire, one of his Majesty's Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, will, on the Twenty-seventh day of February, 1833, at the hour of Ten in the Forenoon pre- cisely, attend at the Court House at Monmouth, in the county of Monmouth, and hold a Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, pursuant to the Statute. Abbey Tintern and Bigswear District of Roads. NOTICE is hereby given, That a MEETING of the TRUS- TEES of this DISTRICT of ROADS will be held at the SLOOP INN, in the village of LANDOGO, on Monday, the 18th day of March next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, when the TOLLS, arising at the several Toll Gates, called the BIGSWEAR BRIDGE GATE, MONK and CLEARWELL MEEND GATES, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best bidder or bidders, either separately or together, and for such term as the Trustees may then determine upon, com- mencing from the 20th day of March next. Whoever happens to be the highest bidder, will be required to pay One Month's Rent in advance on signing the Contract, and give security, with sufficient sureties, for payment of the re- mainder of the Rent so agreed for, on the 20th day in every subsequent month. The Tolls collected at the above Gates, during the last year, have amounted to the several sums hereinafter mentioned, viz -— Bigswear Bridge Gate, £ 360 Monk Gate, £ 56 and Clearwell Meend Gate, £40, clear of the salaries of the collectors. THOMAS A. WILLIAMS, Monmouth, Feb. 8, 1833. Clerk to the said Trustees. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Pontypool District of Turnpike Roads. NOTICE is hereby given, That the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates within the said District, called or known by the names of the PONTYMOIL GATE, and the PENYRIIEOLIIIR GATE, will be respectively LET BY AUCTION, to the best bidder, at the house of Mr. John Joshua, at Trosnant- on Tuesday, the fifth day of March next, between the hours of Twelve and Two in the Afternoon, in the manner directed by the Act passed in the third year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, For regulating Turnpike Roads," which Tolls pro- duced the last year the several sums following Pontymoile Gate X-565. Penyrheolhir Gate. £ 160. above the expences of collecting them, and will be put up at those sums. Whoever happens to be the best bidder, must at the same time pay two months' rent in advance, and give security with sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, for payment of the rest of the money monthly. CHARLES THOMAS EDWARDS, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. Dated this 12th day of January, 1833. GLASGOW LOTTEEY. By Authority of Parliament. BY virtue and in pursuance of the Act 1st and 2d William IV. cap. 8, the Shares of the GLASGOW IMPROVEMENT COMPANY become Tickets or Chances in a Lottery, for the dis- tribution of the property, funds, and assets of the said Company. The Commissioners under the Act hereby give notice, that they will, ON THE 17TH OF APRIL NEXT, Draw and distribute, in the manner of a State Lottery, a portion of the propert} .funds, and assets ftf thp soi<1 rnMrany 10 7.0fiQ lots or prizes, ot various amounts ot vafue, among the holders of the 10,000 Shares, Letter B, numbered from 1 to 10,000. The Lots comprise Three Prizes of £ l0,000 each, Besides other Prizes of the value of £ 2000, £t200, ZCIOOO, £800, £500, £400, 7C250, £150, £ 100, £50, £ 20, £ 10, and E5, As set forth in the Schemes at large, which may be had gratis at all the Lottery Offices in London, and of their Agents in the Country. In order that the Public may be assured of the in- trinsic value of every Prize Lot in the Scheme, the Lottery Office- keepers are guaranteed in giving to every fortunate holder of a Prize Share, the option of taking the property or receiving THE VAZiTIB IN MONEY, as stated in the Scheme, Subject only to a commission of 5 per cent. on Prizes above £100, to cover the risk and expense of sale, and the usual small discount, if the money be received immediately after the drawing. By this option, every inconvenience is obviated that might have been anticipated from the acquisition of distant property. The Shares, divided agreeably to the provisions of the Act, are now on Sale, at the Old State Lottery Office, T. BISH, STOCKBROKER, 4, CORNHILL; and at his new Lottery Office, No. 138, Regent-street, London and by his Agent, J. NASH, MERLIN OFFICE, MONMOUTH. X. s. d. X. Whole chance 12 12 0 may gain 10,000 Half do. 6160 ——— 5000 Quarter do. 3106 ——— 2500 Eighth do 1166 ——— 1250 Sixteenth do 186 ——— 625 Bish's success in selling Capitals in all public and private Lotteries, for the last half century, is so well known, that it is useless stating any particulars. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, 6th February, 1833. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of Contract- ing to supply BEEF and MUTTON to his Majesty's Land Forces (the Foot Guards excepted,) in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties and Islands :— Bedford, Leicester, Berks, (including the town of Lincoln, Hungerford,) Middlesex, Bucks, (including Colnbrook,) Monmouth, Cambridge, (including the town Norfolk, of Newmarket,) Northampton, Chester, Northumberland, (including Cornwall, (including Scilly,) Berwick on Tweed,) Cumberland, Nottingham, Derby, Oxford, Devon, Rutland, Dorset, Salop, Durham, (including Holy Is- Somerset, land,) Stafford, Essex, (exclusive of Tilbury Suffolk, Fort,) Surrey, Gloucester, (including the city Sussex, of Bristol,) Warwick, Hants, Westmoreland, Hereford, Wilts, Hertford, Worcester, Hunts, York, Isle of Man, North and South Wales. Isle of Wight, In the several counties in North Kent, (including Tilbury Fort, Britain, in the county of Essex,) And in the Islands of Alderney, Lancaster, Guernsey, and Jersey. That the deliveries are to commence on and for the first day of April next; that proposals in writing, sealed up and marked Tender for Army Supplies, will be received at this office on or be- fore Thursday, the 7th day of March but none will be received after eleven o'clock on that day. Proposals must be made separately for each county and Island, except for the counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which must be included in One Tender likewise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, as also the several counties in North Britain and each proposal must have the letter which is annexed to the tender properly filled up, by two persons of known property engaging to become bound with the party ten- dering in the amount stated in the printed particulars, for the due performance of the Contract; and no proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed tender, and the prices expressed in words at length and should it so happen, that during the continuance of the Contract, no lroops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount of the stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, will be refunded to him. N.B.—Persons who may make Tenders, are particularly requested to observe, that the Foot Guards are not in future to be supplied with Meat by the Contractor, and they are desired not to make use of any forms but those recently printed, which may be had upon application at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four and of the Barrack Masters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.
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FOREIGN. PORTUGAL.—It appears by accounts from Oporto dated the 10th inst., that no material change has taken place in the positions of the brothers, nor has any step been taken or tried since the unsuccessful sortie of the 24th ultimo. The Pedroites were preparing for new aggressions, and the place had suffered, and was suffering, less annoyance from the Miguelite bombs than it had for some months. The foreign portion of the troops, however, is represented as in anything but a good temper, and desertion to some extent had taken place. Provisions were becoming dear at Oporto, and the I cholera had also made its appearance The chief hopes of the liberating army are now fixed on the interference of the French government. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 16.—TL-5 arrival of the Persian Ambassador has excited great attention, and the more so as it was immediately reported that the object of his mission was to offer succour to the Por?e. It has been since dis- covered that the obliging offers of. the Persian Court are founded on self-interest, the Shah requiring from the Sultan, as the condition of his assistance, the cession of the Pachalik Bagdad, which has been so long the subject of contention between the two empires. Should the Suitan not be in need of military aid, the Ambassador is said to be authorised to propose to the Porte a pecuniary indemnity for the cession of that province, which, on account of the continual disturb- ances, is a constant source of expense. Some persons con- jecture that Russia favours the last proposal, because it would relieve the finances of the Porte, and enable it to pay the arrears of the contribution due to Russia. However impro- bable it is that the Sultan will agree to such a proposal, it is, however, affirmed by respectable authority that the offers of Persia are so extremely advantageous that it is probable that the Porte will not directly refuse them. The accounts from the Egyptian head-quarters are favourable; the lan- guage of the persons immediately about Ibrahim gives reason to hope that Mehemet Ali will consent to a final arrange- ment, on the same basis as the armistice. Ibrahim therefore waits for orders to retreat within the Syrian frontier. The Augsburg Gazette of the 12th inst. has the following letter of the 3d ult. from Alexandria:—" Yesterday, upon receiving the news of the victory gained at Koniah, and of y I the capture of the Grand Visir, Mehemet Ali declared that on the arrival of the Grand Visir he would meet him on the beach for, said he, Redschid is a higher functionary of the Porte than myself, and I am still its faithful vassal! The Egyptian fleet is in this port. All the vessels are covered with flags, and are firing salutes, which are returned from the ramparts. The rejoicings are to continue for some days." FRANCE.—The Chamber des Mises en Accusation, have decided that the Viscount de Chateaubriand shall be ar- raigned before the Court of Assizes. The three counts brought before the Chamber were—1. For exciting hatred and contempt against the Government; 2. For having at- tacked the rights which the King holds from the will of the nation, by the declaration made by him on the 7th of Aug., 1830; and 3. For provoking the overthrow of the Govern- ment—a provocation not followed by effect—by publishing his pamphlet, entitled Memoire surla Captivitê de Madame la Duchesse de Berri. The editors of the Courrier de TEu- rope, the Q-uotidienne, the Gazette de France, the Echo Francais, the Hevenant, and'live Mode, are also sent before mooting at his own house, which ia the decree of rn.pro- ber is termed reunion publique, and which concluded with the words Votre fds est mon lloi. M. Auguste Victor Thomas is also to be indicted for having delivered the above speech, and also for having been an accomplice of the jour- nals which published it.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, FEB. 14.-The Duke of Sussex took the oaths and his seat.—Lord King presented a petition against negro slavery, from the Wesleyans of Uxbridge, and also a petition for the better observance of the Sabbath.-The Duke of Richmond stated that Ministers had no intention of taking the management of public roads into their own hands, but that a select committee would be appointed, to inquire into the subject. The debt upon the roads amounted to £8,000,000, and, in many instances, the expenditure greatly exceeded the receipts.—Papers relating to Holland and Belgium were laid on the table.—Adjourned. FRIDAY, FEB. 15.-The house was much crowded in every part. Several petitions were presented praying for a better observance of the Sabbath. Lord Colville gave notice that on Thursday next he would move the revival of the committee of inquiry into the affairs of the West Indies. COERCION OF IRELAND. Earl Grey, pursuant to previous intimation, laid before their lordships the bill for the adoption of measures to put an end to the disturbances at present existing in Ireland. His lordship spoke at considerable length. In doing so, he premised that the existing enactments had been found inadequate to suppress-the outrages that were now committed on life and property, that dis- turbed the peace of the country, and that impeded the progress of the law. The evils of the country were of the most appalling character, inflicting death, and destroying the property of all ob- noxious individuals. In the course of his speech his Lordship* stated the extraordinary number of homicides, burglaries, burn- ings, rescues, illegal notices, attacks on houses, resistances to tithes, &c., that had occurred, the total being 9002 crimes in the course of one year. Before adverting to the nature of the pro- posed measure his lordship owned that he had expected happier results to follow the Emancipation Bill, though that measure was far too long delayed. But severer laws were now requisite, for many parts of the country were in actual rebellion. He grieved that such should be the case, but the necessity existed. The bill that he proposed is of a two-fold character. Its first ob- ject is to give to the Lord Lieutenant the power of suppressing in- stanter, by proclamation, all associations, meetings, adjourned meetings, &c. that may be deemed dangerous to the public safety and tranquillity. Its second object is to repress the disorders that now destroy or endanger lives, or that devastate property. The provisions to effect these objects consist of the leading provisions of temporary and other acts previously passed, in England as well as in Ireland, in emergencies but mainly of provisions contained in the Proclamation Act and in the Insurrection Act: there will be some alterations, but only such as the different cir- cumstances may require. Some of the penal consequences of violating the law will be mitigated, as contrasted with previous and similar enactments. There will be powers to declare, by proclamation, the districts that are in a state of disturbance. In those districts martial law is to be proclaimed and administered and individuals accused before them are to plead forthwith, in- stead of being allowed ten days, so that trial shall not be de- layed. The proclamations to make it illegal to attend seditious meetings; to be out after sunset and before sunrise, &c. Amongst the mitigations, it may be mentioned that intimidating jurors, which before was punishable with death, will now expose the party to transportation. The Habeas Corpus Act is to be sus- pended in the disturbed districts, &c. These were harsh provi- sions, his lordship admitted but he maintained that the public safety rendered them imperative. He added that there would be another measure, giving the power to change the venue in certain cases. The Earl of Longford maintained, that the present Viceroy of Ireland was not likely to carry these coercive measures into bene- ficial effect, and signified it to be his intention to submit a motion for the restriction of the press. The Duke of Wellington said he would heartily support the proposed measures. They ought to have been adopted two years ago. No provision was made to prevent the intimidation of wit- nesses. He also thought the military judges should have the assistance of the civil powers in every thing except trial. The approval and responsibility of sentences should rest with the Lord Lieutenant. He did not concede the Catholic claims from an apprehension of civil war. He would do any thing to forward the measure before the house. The Earl of Uibridge, (Lord Anglesea's son,) defended the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Earl of Eldon concurred :n the principle that, to preserve our liberties for ever, it was sometimes necessary to suspend them for a short time. How long was the bill to continue ? It ought to be co-extensive in duration with the evil, and should not cease before justice should have been done upon all the parties who might be convicted under it. Earl Grey said he had intended that it should continue to the end of the next session of parliament; but hoped it might be safe to repeal it earlier. He would consider the noble earl's suo-crestion. The Lord Chancellor said, the legislature would be abandoning its authority, and the crown would be a usurper, were either to claim the allegiance of the people without affording them protec- tion. The civil power would be ordered to assist the military authorities to the fullest possible extent. He thought that those provisions which struck at nocturnal visits would sufficiently pro- vide against the intimidation of witnesses. He hoped the mea- sure would be limited in its duration, and had the most implicit confidence in the wisdom, firmness, and moderation, of the Lord Lieutenant. Lord Ellenborough called the measure one of unexampled se- verity, alleged that ministers had brought Ireland into its present state, did not know whether he should vote for the bill, thought it ought to have been justified by documents, and wanted to know when it was proposed to take the second reading. Earl Grey—Monday next. Lord could not help expressing deep concern and anxious feais that this measure had been so early resorted to. The Marquis of Lansdowne said, it seemed extraordinary that he (Lord Ellenborough) alone should require documentary evi- dence. The production of documentary evidence would make disclosures of names and persons by whom information had been given and, had those disclosures taken place, these persons would be held up to vengeance, and become the obiects of furious and sanguinary persecution. J The Earl of Wicklow maintained, that documents ought to have been produced. The bill was then read a first time.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, FEB. 14.—Leave was given to bring in a bill for the London and Birmingham railroad. Petitions were presented for the abolition of Negro Slavery for the better observance of the Sabbath for reform of corpora- tions and for the abolition of tithes and church-rate. IMPRISONMENT OF INFIDEL TEACHERS. On the presentation of a petition for the release of the person called the Rev. Robert Taylor, Mr. Cobbett said that Mr. Taylor was imprisoned for attempting to unchristianize the country, and yet it was proposed to admit Jews to all privileges of Christians. He should oppose the emancipation of the Jews, as well as every other attempt to unchristianize the country. Mr. Hume was sorry to hear it, and hoped he would not persist in this design and appealed to the noble lord (Althorp) whether Taylor's case was not deserving of favourable consideration. Mr. O'Connell was no friend to blasphemy, but thought that the very best way of treating individuals like Taylor and Carlisle was with silent con- tempt. Mr. Pry me said that, as a member of several Missionary Societies for the conversion of Pagans to Christianity, he knew not how he could consistently punish a man for arguing against Christianity. Lord Althorp thought that would apply to fair ar- gument, but not to ribald jests, which deserved serious reprehen- sion. He saw no advantage in such prosecutions but, if indi- viduals took up such cases government should not interfere. Mr. E. L. Bulwer gave notice that he should introduce the silk question on March 7 Mr. Kennedy that next Thursday he should move for a committee on entails in Scotland and Mr. Godson that, at a future day, he would move that, in cases which prisoner's counsel could not address juries, prosecutors' should not. ADMISSION OF MR. PEASE. Mr. Wynn, after citing various enactments, and arguing from them that a Quaker was fully entitled by law to sit as a member of Parliament, moved that Joseph Pease", Esq. is entitled to take his seat on making his solemn affirmation and declaration at the table, in lieu of those oaths which were demanded from the other members of that house. (Loud cheers.) The Solicitor-General acciarfialioh. 1 1 1 '■ 1 CORPORATION REFORMS. Lord Althorp, before making his motion for a committee to in- quire into the Corporations of England, wished to explain why he desired that his other motion, which stood for to-night, should be postponed. (Hear.) From the inquiries he had made, he found that some alterations were desirable, and he thought that it would be more convenient for the house that it should be ad- journed till he was ready to bring forward the motion in a more perfect shape. In many corporate towns such was the effect of those corporations, that instead of being for the benefit of the whole community, they were a source of quarrels and disputes, which extended so far, that in cases of confusion and riot, the corporations could not obtain assistance in restoring peace. It was, therefore, highly desirable that an inquiry should now be made, whether there should not be an alteration in the constitu- tion of those corporations, in order that they may be made more popular, and more beneficial to the communities to which they belonged. His Majesty's Government had intended to bring forward a bill upon the subject on their own responsibility, but looking at the great variety of interests and at the amount of pro- perty which belonged to corporations, ministers found that it was impossible, without inquiry, to devise and propose a measure that would be satisfactory. They therefore had determined that the best course to pursue would be to submit the subject to a committee of the house. He intended to propose a larger com- mittee than usual. It was necessary he should do so, because as the committee was to take into consideration not only the state of the corporations in England and Wales, but also in Ireland, it was requisite that a certain number of members from Ireland should also be on the committee. His lordship then moved that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the state of the municipal corporations of England, Wales, and Ireland, and to report whether any and what abuses existed in them, and what measure was necessary to be adopted for the correction of those abuses. The noble lord further stated that the Lord Advocate of Scotland had a separate bill in preparation for the correction of abuses in the corporations of Scotland. Sir R. Vivian opposed the motion. Mr. O'Connell expressed the greatest satisfaction with the proposal. Sir R. Inglis objected to the production of charters before the proposed committee. Se- veral members, both English and Irish, expressed themselves in favour of the motion, which was agreed to, and the committee appointed. LAW REFORM. The Solicitor-General obtained leave to bring in five bills, which were introduced last session namely, a bill to abolish fines and recoveries, and substitute a simple deed a bill to amend the statute of limitations, by making twenty years' adverse possession a bar to all actions a bill to amend entails, allowing a father to inherit his son, and brother to brother a bill to con- fine the right of dower to property of which the husband dies seized, and which is not willed (not to have a retrospective effect); a bill, to amend the laws of courtesy, by giving the husband a right to his wife's estate, whether they have children or no, and, if she have children by a former husband, he shall have only half. He had not brought foiward the general registry bill, be- cause, as there was a difference of opinion on it, it was deemed unadvisable to make it a government measure. It would be brought forward by the learned member for Southwark. MILITARY AND NAVAL SINECURES. Mr. Hume said, his object was to enable ministers to reduce the taxes. He should have awaited the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but for the death of the Governor of Berwick, a military sinecure appointment. Were he to defer his motion, the appointment might be filled up. On the Ist of last July, to which the last official account of the expenditure and revenue of the year extended, the expenditure of the year ex- ceeded the revenue, £ 1,240,000—a state of things far from be- ing desirable. The deficiency could only be supplied by loan,— by new taxes or, what was far preferable, by reducing the ex- penditure of the country. There were no hustings in England on which the candidate did not profess himself the advocate of every practicable and wholesome retrenchment of the public ex- penditure. And what retrenchment more practicable and so wholesome as the abolition of sinecures ? From an official docu- ment issued in 1816, and signed Henry Goulburn, it appeared that seven sinecures only had absorbed in a comparatively few years, not less than £ 1,062,000. One of these seven sinecurists (the Hon. C. W. Wyndham) received as secretary and clerk of the enrolments of the island of Jamaica, a salary of £ 4500 a-year, from the year 1763. He resided the whole time (53 years), up to the date of the account, in London receiving in that time not less than £ 238,500. Then his brother (the Hon. Percy Wynd- ham) held two other sinecure appointments, for which he received not less than £ 334,000, making a total of £623,000 received by these two fraternal sinecurists alone. The entire sum received by these two sinecurists, compound interest included, was £ 2,059,300. No money should be paid where no services were performed, or where they had not been performed. If he could once establish that principle, he should gain a point of the utmost importance in every futuie proceeding of the house. Some civil offices had been abolished, but the question was never put with regard to naval and military sinecures. The holder of the governorship of Berwick was a non-resident. There was no cahnon there, and no duty to be performed. It was, then, a perfect mockery to keep up the office. If ministers were not strong enough to contend against the influence which sustained these abuses, let the house litand between them and that influence. (Cheers.) Mr. Hume concluded a long and able speech by proposing—"That it is the opinion of the house that the utmost attention to economy in all the branches of public expenditure is at all times a great and important duty, and that it is the opinion of this house that sine- cure offices, and offices held by deputy in the army and navy, are unnecessary and inexpedient as a means of remunerating public services." Mr. Robinson seconded the resolution. Lord Althorp said that, when the estimates came under discus- sion, the hon. member and the house would have an opportunity of expressing an opinion, by a separate and substantive motion, on every one of those places, which he must say he thought had been improperly called sinecures. The hon. gentleman would do him'the justice to acknowledge that, when sitting on the other side of the house, he was pretty consistent in his adherence to, and support of, every measure of public economy yet he felt so satisfied that these places ought not to be abolished, that upon every motion for their extinction he had always separated himself from the hon. member for Middlesex, and voted against him. Did the hon. gentleman mean to say that no public money ought to be paid to any person who was not on actual duty ? He begged the house to reflect upon the length to which such a proposition would carry them. He did not mean to say that these places might not be improperly disposed of; but they could not be disposed of without the annual consent of Parliament. He moved the previous question. Lord G. Lennox could not agree to the second resolution, but he supported the first. His relative, the Duke of Gordon, was Colonel of the 1st Royals, a regiment which had been in India. for 24 years. It was a sinecure undoubtedly. (Loud cheering.) Mr. O'Connell said there was no sinecure more deserving of the notice of the House of Commons than the one which had been mentioned by the noble lord. Here was a noble Duke, possess- ing large estates and a vast income, who received a great portion of the public money, for which he rendered no service. He put it to the reformed parliament thus—" Will you or will you not vote for the abolition of sinecures 1" Upon that point let us divide. (Great cheering.) Colonel Williams rose and said, I stand here as an unwilling member of parliament. (A laugh.) I never saw my constitu- ents till they sent me here. (Laughter.) They never knew me -(roars of laughter)—they never saw me until I went to thank them for the confidence they reposed in me. And what were the grounds of their confidence ? Because in every hamlet, town- ship, and hundred, with which I was connected, I had always stood sentry over the public purse. (Cheers.) I have a great respect for his Majesty's present government-it is the only ho- nest government which has existed within my recollection. (Great cheering.) The members of it are the only men that I would trust with the public purse. But, if they fail in pursuing an unflinching economy, I shall withdraw from them my support. In all public grants we ought rather to consider the wants of those who contribute them, than the wants of those on whom they are contributed." (Cheers.) Sir James Graham admitted that this question was one of great public importance; but with one or two exceptions, these mili- tary and naval governments, for he could not call them sinecures, could not be abolished with advantage to the public either in a political, a moral, or an economical point of view. Since he had the honour of holding the situation of First Lord of the Ad- miralty, he had in the estimates of the navy made a reduction of £ 1,000,000, or of one-fourth of their whole previous amount, (cheers), and that, too, without diminishing the efficiency of the navy. And in the estimates for the present year, he had carried reduction still further. (Great and general cheering.) He had also greatly diminished patronage. There had been effected during the last year in all the departments a saving in the amount of official salaries of £ 284,000, and the whole reduction in the estimates amounted to £ 2,800,000. (Great cheering.) I his reduction was accompanied bv a reduction of taxation to nOW CtJdScU lO CAisij -^uccLij ucai j this year, prove that he had a bona-fide surplus, arising not from increased, but diminished taxation. (Cheers.) It was un- doubtedly part of the patronage of the Crown to appoint to these offices. The Crown had a right, in the first Instance, to appoint to commands it had next the power of punishing those whom it appointed to commands, if punishment were necessary and it would therefore be extremely hard, if, when it had the power of punishing;, it had not also the power of rewarding such of its servants as distinguished themselves in the hour of battle. These appointments differed from pensions, inasmuch as their emolu- ments did not attach to their offices, but passed annually under the revision of the house. Mr. Roebuck complained that the present ministry were anxious to uphold every old abuse, (deafening cries of No," and mur- mers,) connected with the public expenditure. (Cries of Oh/" and murmers.) Major Beauclerk contended that nothing was more hurtful to the feelings of British officers than the existence of those sinecure places as rewards for military men. Capt. Yorke said that reductions had been carried to an extent which went to impair the efficiency of the naval service. Mr. Cobbett said he should be able to show, that, if the nobility and landed gentry and clergy had paid their fair share of the pub- lic expenditure in the last fifty years, not one penny of the debt of England would now be in existence. Mr. Shiel said that he was struck with the use which the right hon. baronet had made of the personal pronoun in a speech which, in other respects, was one of great modesty. He should feel it his duty to give his support to the motion of the hon. member for Middlesex. Sit J. C. IJobhouse said, the whole question simply was, whe- ther or not the parliament of the country was to be the original paymasters for these services. It might as well be said that half- pay was a sinecure as that such appointments were sinecures. The hon. member for Middlesex had the other day made an ob- servation which had not a little amused him—he had said that the great duty of the reformed House of Commons would be, to make the ministry feel a little uneasy. He was certain that the hon. cent, had done so with every ministry and he could also assure him that he had not enjoyed a comfortable ten minutes since he had been in office (loud laughter). Sir E. Codrington said that he would go as far as any man in putting down all sinecures not earned, and all pensions not for real services yet he would give his firm support to ministers on the present occasion. Other hon. members addressed the house. Mr. Hume replied, and the house divided, when there appeared, For the motion 138 Against it.. 232 Majority -94 FRIDAY, FEB. 15.—Mr. Pease, the Quaker member, took his seat on the ministerial side, after having made his affirmation, which had been specially written out for him. Lord Morpeth gave notice that, on Tuesday, the 2d of April, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to allow the affirma- tion of a Quaker to be received instead of an oath, for the pur- pose of holding office under government. On the presentation of a petition in favour of a General Edu- cation Bill, Mr. Wjlks (supporting it) complained that no benefit had been derived from the labours of the charity commissioners, who had not half completed their work. A petition for the commutation of tithes was strongly supported by several members, who condemned compulsory payments for the maintenance of religion. Mr. Hume intimated his intention, to propose shortly the building of a new House of Commons. Mr. Shiel gave notice that, when the measure was brought forward respecting the Church of Ireland, he should move that the Bishops of that country should no longer have seats in the House of Lords. The Chancellor of ihe Exchequer stated, that he should bring t, In forward the question connected with the renewal of the Bank Charter as early as possible, but not before Easter. DUTCH EMBARGO. On the motion that the house resolve into a committee of sup- ply, Sir R. Peel, without proposing any resolution, or calling on the house to express any opinion, went at considerable length into the question of the embargo on Dutch commerce. Whether he should call for the expression of any opinion hereafter, would depend on the present discussion. He condemned the procla- mation as unprecedented, particularly in setting forth no grounds for its issuing, and as contrary to the principles of all laws that extended protection to foreign merchants, except in cases of actual war. Dr. Lusliington, the Solicitor-General, and the Attorney-Ge- neral, defended it, as resulting from the undoubted prerogative of the King. He had the power to declare war, and, they ar- gued, he had the power to adopt intermediate measures, or miti- gated hostility, that might cause, certainly, but that might, on the other hand, avert, war. Mr. Baring, Sir James Scarlett, Mr. F. Pollock, and Sir R I 'man, complained of the proclamation. Lord Palmerston replied, and the house resolved ,f=elf into a committee of supply, and, after several votes of course, au^ urned to Monday.