HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, MARCH 7. Petitions on the Agricultural Distress were presented from Whitney, Norfolk, and Suffolk: Mr. Coke observing, that Cambridgeshire had determined not to petition a House so constituted.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8.

A Petition, signed by 5000 inhabitants of Edinburgh, was presented against the Edinburgh Police Bill.-In a conversation on the Bank, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Monck, and Mr. Grenfell, observed, that the Bank had, in their transactions with the public, derived so much profit, that their stock, worth only £120 per cent. in 1797, was now worth £280, independent of frequent bonuses of 5 and 10 per cent; that from 1797 they had always shared a dividend of 7 per cent., and, from that period, their stock had risen to the emormous amount of £30,000,000. Mr. Pearce eulogized, and Mr. T. Wilson defended the Bank.-The Five per Cents. Bill received several slight alterations, and was read a second time.

MONDAY, MARCH 11.

The Five per Cents. Bill was read and passed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated his plan for reducing the public salaries. A per centage was to be deducted from salaries, to form a fund for allowances to superannuated officers. Clerks newly appointed are to receive a lower rate of salary, but the pay of Commissioners is not to be reduced. The King's personal expenses being 300,000l. per aunum, to be reduced by 10 per cent. The salaries of the Cabinet Ministers to be liable to a similar deduction. Mr. Banks, Mr. Marryat, and Mr. Hume, objected to the plan of a Superannuation Fund, and observed, that more ought to have been taken from the higher, and less from the lower salaries.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12.

Mr. Chetwynde brought in a Bill to consolidate the 49 Statutes, now constituting the Vagrant Laws.-Col. Davis moved several resolutions relative to the expenses of collecting the revenue. He stated the charges of collecting to be 4,000,000l. that the Commissioners of Customs, besides their salaries, had received 80,0007. in gratuities, between 1784 and 1813. The speech was replied to by Mr. Lushington and Sir Charles Long, and supported by Mr. Hume, when the resolutions were negatived-A conversation arose on the Mutiny Bill; Mr. Hume, Sir Francis Burdett, and Mr. Bennet, strongly reprobated the prerogative of dismissing officers without a court martial, and argued against the principle of standing armies. Lord Palmerston stated, that in the Prussian

service, the power of dismissing officers untried was frequently exercised.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13.

Petitions from Lancaster were presented for the liberation of Mr. Hunt. Mr. Buxton observed, that Mr. Hunt had been treated with a cruelty never contemplated by the law or by the judges; and Sir Thos. Lethbridge acknowledged that a remission of punishment was due to Mr. Hunt, if the allegations respecting him were true.-Lord Normandy moved the Reduction of one of the Post-Masters Generals. In certain Bills of 1812 and 1813, this reduction had been recommended. Mr. Fred. Robinson, Mr. Holme Sumner, and Mr. Stuart Wortley, opposed the motion on the ground of the reduction decreasing the influence of the Crown. Mr. Banks declared he had never before heard so daring a doctrine. Mr. Dennison thought both Post Masters should be reduced as the duty was performed by Mr. Freeling. Lord Londonderry urged the necessity of supporting the influence of the Crown, with a view of balancing the spirit of reform and innovation. For the motion,

Against it,

Majority for Ministers,

159 184

THURSDAY, MARCH 14.

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Mr. Creevy moved for a Committee to inquire into the expenses of the Board of Controul. It consisted of a President with 50007., two Commissioners of 15007. a year each, and a Secretary and seven other Commissioners. According to the original plan of Mr. Pitt, there were to be no salaries, but now the India Company was made to contribute 26,000l. per annum to this establishment. The junior Commissioners were notoriously useless, and he (Mr. Creevy) having been Secretary to this office, could testify to the Board's performing no sort of duty. Mr. Tierney, having been President of the Board of Controul, testified to three of the Commissioners being useless. Mr. Courtnay declared the duties of the Commissioners to be arduous; and Mr. Canning corroborated this statement, and declared the duties of the department have increased a hundred fold since its first creation. Motion negatived.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15.

Lord Normanby gave notice that he should renew his motion relative to reducing the Post Masters General, by bringing the measure forward in the shape of an Address to the Throne. The army estimates were voted. Mr. Hume objected to the item of 60007. a year for the table of the Officers of the Guards; and declared that the estimates were capable

of reductions to the amount of 25,000%. and 8 or 90001. in the recruiting service.

MONDAY, MARCH 18.

On a vote of Navy Contingencies, several minor reductions moved for by Mr. Hume, Mr. Bernel, and others, were negatived. 2,500,0007. was voted to pay off the dissentient holders of five per cent. stock.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20.

Mr. Marryat presented a Petition from the Island of Grenada, complaining of the deplorable condition of the Colony; and entered into a detail of the wretched condition of the West India Islands, produced by the Government's preventing their trade with America. Petition laid on the table. Mr. Curwen dwelling on the great distress of the Graziers, moved for a Committee of Inquiry, with a view of raising the Import Duty on Russian Tallow from 10 to 20 per cent. The motion was negatived, being opposed on the enlightened principles of free trade.-The army estimates were proceeded in.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21.

The Navy Estimates being proceeded in, Mr. Hume stated that the expenses of the Dock Yards in 1792 were 25,3521.; in 1813, 203,1571.; in 1821, 210,7457.; in 1822, 202,6717.; and the total naval expences were only 4857. 6s. 3d. less in 1822 than during the war of 1813. No answer was made to this statement, and the estimates were passed.

FRIDAY, MARCH 22.

Mr. Lambton presented a Petition in favour of Mr. Hunt, signed by 4820 persons at New-castle-upon-Tyne. The Pe. tition charged the House with gross corruption, and was dismissed for this impropriety of language.

MONDAY, MARCH 25.

The Ordnance Estimates were voted, after an opposition made by Mr. Hume to the higher Officers retaining their war salaries, whilst the clerks and inferiors were dismissed.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27.

Dr. Lushington presented a Petition from John Barkley, a lad of 17 years old, prosecuted by the Bridge-street Associa. tion for publishing a libel. The petition stated, that he had ascertained that the Jury empanneled to try the case was the very same that had two days before brought in a verdict of guilty against another person for publishing the same work. Dr. Lushington animadverted in strong terms upon the partiality of the Common Serjeant, and upon the general injustice

of this proceeding. He was replied to by the Solicitor General, when the petition was received and ordered to be printed.Sir E. Harvey presented a petition from the Essex Grand Jury, praying another Jail delivery between the Summer and Lent Assizes. Mr. Peel stated the intention of Government to make a third jail delivery in the Home Circuit, by way of experiment. The House went into a Committee of Supply.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28.

Lord Normanby presented a petition in favour of Mr. Hunt, signed by 900 inhabitants of York.-Sir R. Wilson presented a similar petition, from the Parish of Bethnal Green, signed by several thousand persons. The petition animadverted on the corruption of the House, and was rejected.-Mr. Hume presented a petition from Monmouth for Reform.-Mr. Lennard moved for a Committee to inquire into the abuses of the County Court of Middlesex. Motion negatived.

FRIDAY, MARCH 29.

Mr. Canning gave notice that he should move, on 30th April, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Catholic Peers to sit in the House of Lords.-The Barrack and Commissariat expenses were voted after several observations from Mr. Hume and Mr. Henry Bennet.-3000l. was voted for the Vaccine establishment.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2.

Sir Francis Burdett presented some petitions in favour of Mr. Hunt, and gave notice of his intention to make a motion on the subject on the 24th of April.-Mr. Calvert obtained leave to bring in a Bill relative to the sale of bread.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3.

A conversation took place on the subject of the Agricultural Report, and the House adjourned to the 17th of April.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17.

Mr. Bennet stated he should bring for ward a Bill to regulate the Licensing of Public Houses.-Petitions were presented from Kendal, Portsmouth, and other places, to relieve dissenters from that part of the Marriage Act, which subjects them to the marriage ceremony of the Church of England.

SHERIFFS.

THE Secretary to the SOCIETY of GUARDIANS for the PROTECTION of TRADE, by a Circular has informed the Members thereof, that a Person calling himself by the different names of

CAPTAIN WHEATLEY, and

CAPTAIN BIRCH, of the Royal Artillery, has recently obtained goods both in London and Warwick, by representations which have turned out to be untrue; and that another person representing himself to be

CAPTAIN DANIELLS, of No. 3, Jewincrescent, Cripplegate, has made several attempts to obtain money, but is not known at the above address.

SOLOMON HOLLOWAY has been convict

ed on two prosecutions, ordered by the Committee, for extensive frauds practised on Members of this Society by means of fictitious letters purporting to come from individuals of respectability, and of various false pretences.

That the firm of

WORTON, HARDIE, WALKER, & SMYTH, whose Notes were entitled "Mersey Bank, Liverpool," (mentioned before) has been altered to, or succeeded by, the firm of

WILLERTON, HAYNES, and Co. whose Bills are headed"Liverpool Bank,"and that WILLERTON, BEAUMONT, GRAHAM, and Co. Bankers, of Waterloo-place,(mentioned at the same time) have been succeeded by FRANCIS WILLERTON and Co. at the same place.

The Secretary is also desired particularly to caution the members against a person calling himself

Mr. G. W. SANSOM, and sometimes Captain W. G. A. PEARSON, of the Thalia, in the London Docks.

The Members are also informed that a well dressed Foreigner of middle stature, rather shortly made, who speaks quickly and in bad English, having looked out some watches, promised to call with the money and take them away the next day. Soon after his departure, one of them was missed and he was seen no more.

The Secretary is also desired to state that the persons undernamed, viz.

Mrs. FANCOURT, alias Mrs. PHILLIPS, alias Mrs. MITCHELL, alias Mrs. PoYNDER, alias Mrs. STAPLETON, formerly of No. 113, Winchester-row, Paddington, and lately lodging at No. 61, Wilstead-street, Somers' Town; and now residing in that neighbourhood ;—and

SAMUEL HOPLEY, late of No. 3, Elbowlane, Dowgate-hill, also

NORMAN and GEORGE, 24, Basing-lane, in which firm

GRAY, frequently mentioned, is

The following are the Pictures purchased this season at the British Insittution Gallery:

A Park Scene, by Mr. Laporte, sold to Mr. Agar.-The Cook-Maid, by Mr. Fraser, to Dr. Billing.-Italian Peasant, by Mr. Steevens, to Mr. Bailey.-Fruit, by Mr. Beardmore; Flowers, by Miss Brown; and River Scene, by Mr. Tennant, to Mr. Bosanquet.-View, by Mr. Nasmyth, to Mr. Baker.-View, by ditto, to Mr. Baildon.-Woman and Child, by Mr. Graham, to Col. Braddyl.-The Larder invaded, by Mr. E. Landseer, to Sir C. W. Coote, for 200 guineas.-The Essex Life Boat giving assistance, by Mr. W. Daniel!, to Mr. Cox.-Maternal assistance, by Mr. Call, to Mr. Chippendale.-Girl with a Hawk, by Mr. Newton, to Mr. Chapman.-A Ballad Singer, by Mr.Haynes, to Capt. Dayle. -Oporto, by Mr. Guest, to Mr. Fox.Mischief, by Mr, Dagley; and A Sketch near Islington, by Mr. Malkin, to the Countess de Grey.-A Scene on the Ganges, by Mr. W. Daniell, to, Mr. Giles.Ben Venu, by Mr. Stanfield, to Mr. Glossop-Windsor, by Mr. Ingalton, to Mr. Hoare. The Midnight Alarm, by Mr. Woodin, to Mr. Holford.-The Vale of Morpheal, by Mr. Vincent, to Mr. Harvey.-Dancing Dogs, by Mr. Davies, to Mr. Knight.-The Mischievous Boy, by Mr. Farrier, to Mr. Kinloch.-Boy with a Bird's Nest, by Mr. C. Robertson, to Mr. Mildway. The Fish Boy, by Mr. Mendham, to Mr. Praed.-A Coast Scene, by Mr. Stanfield, to Mr. Pilgrim.-The Nurse, by Mr. Reynolds, to Mr. Russell.-Landscape, Cattle, &c. by Mr. Tenant, to Sir C. Scott. View on the Thames, by Mr. Deane, to Mr. Stokes-Design for the Picture of the Death of Eli, by Mr. Bird, to Mr. Townley.-Cottage Scene, by Mr. P. Reinagle, to Mr. Townsend.-Infantine Sports, by Mrs. Carpenter, to Mr. Wilton. -A Fishmonger's Shop, by Mr. Fraser, to Sir M. W. Ridley.-Poor Relations, by Mr. F. P. Stephanoff, to the Rt. Hon. N. Vansittart.

MR. MARTIN'S PICTURES. At Mr. Martin's Exhibition, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, the chief attraction is his new piece of The Destruction of Pompeii

and Herculaneum, painted for the Duke of Buckingham. The historical particulars are set forth with astonishing assiduity and topographical minuteness of detail. The subject is one of appalling sublimity. The deluges of fire, which are only variable in hues of horror-the sleet of fiery mud mingled with the sky, and falling dense as the earth's surface in the devoted city, already obscured by the shower-the deadly blue of the hot and turbulent waves, their tops curled with flame, amid which the ships are tossed, and the distracted crews rocked into physical as well as mortal oblivion-and the group, including the King, his household and military attendants, all waiting in the fore-ground for the completion of the most confounding and hopeless of all evils ever experienced by human kind-these are the points which are chiefly observable on the first glance at the composition. A closer inspection developes the multiplied labour of touch and tint by which Mr. Martin works up his perspective, perhaps beyoud any other Artist. The drawing of the human figure is generally defective. The colouring is a justifiable excess of the brilliant hues of the Artist's pallet, by which he has drawn them out into a general tone of absolute horror, and of an effect of utter consternation.

This work is more complete than any previously painted by this Artist. The lines and groups are all beautifully arranged; and the light, from its central energy on Vesuvius, is gradually carried off with exquisite judgment to the darkened extremities of the picture.

The pictures of the Fall of Babylon-of Macbeth-the Expulsion from Paradise -and the Welsh Bard, form the next attractions in the Exhibition. There are, besides, several of his studies for the most excellent of his works; so that a morning can scarcely be spent more agreeably than in the perusal of the works of this very diligent and highly promising Artist.

ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-
HOUSE.

The number of works of art sent into the Royal Academy for the coming Exhibition, are said to exceed those of any former year.

Atherton, William, Everton, near Liverpool, brewer, April. 15, 16, and May 4, George, Dale-street, Liverpool, (Hinde, Liverpool

Abbott's Thomas and Richard, Skinner-st. Snow

hill, wine merchants, April 16, 30, and May 25, (Heath, Temple

Arnsby, Samuel, jun. Boston, Lincolnshire, horse dealer, May 2, 3, and 28, Peacock, Boston, (Thompson, Stamford, and Wright, Temple Branwhite, Peregrine, Bristol, fringe manufacturer, April 16, 17, and May 4, Bush, Cern-st. Bristol (Baynton and Son, Bristol; and Vizard and Co. Lincoln's-inn-fields

Buckle, Christopher, Manchester, draper, April 12,

13, and May 7, Albion, Piccadilly, Manchester, (Law, and Co. Manchester; and Adlington and Co. Bedford-row

Boultbee, Thos. Litchfield, coal master, April 12, 13, and May 14, Flitch of Bacon, Whichnor, Bridges, (Simpson, Litchfield; and Scudamore, Temple

Baker, Willm. Rew, Devonshire, farmer, April 16,

17, May 14, Half-moon, Exeter, (Pring, Crediton; and Andros and Co. Chancery-lane Barthrop, Willm. sen. and jun. Bradford, wool staplers, April 8, 9, and May 14, Saracens-hd. Lincoln, (Moore, Lincoln; and Styan, Lincoln'sinn-fields

Birmingham, Frances, Charles-st. City-rd. brewer, April 13, 20, and May 18, (Miller, Castle-st.

Holborn

Brown, S. late of Fulham, but now of Vine-street,

Lambeth, cooper, April 2, 16, and May 11(Branscomb, Wardrobe-pl. Doctors-commons Barmby, T. Dewsbury, Yorkshire, clothier, April 11,

12, and May 11, Sessions-house, Wakefield, (Archer, Ossett, & Fisher, and Co. Thavies-inn. Baylis, J. Curdworth, Warwickshire, coal merchants

April 22, 23, and May 11, Bull, Nuneation, (Goodacre and Co. Lutterworth

Betham, G. late commander of the ship Asia, mari

ner, April 23, 30, and May 25, (Tatham, Castlest. Holborn

Brown, Warham, Jemmett, and Co. Liverpool, merchants, May 1, 2, and 28, George, Dale st. Liver

pool, (Massey, Water-st. Liverpool; and Adlington and Co. Bedford-row Cooper, R. Stratford, Essex, grocer, April 6, 13, and

May 11, (Sheffield, Prescot-st. Goodman's-fields Craston, T. West-hougton, Lincolnshire, manufactu-,

rer, May 6, 8, and 24, Eagle and Child, Wigan. (Battenby and Co. Wigan; and Norris, John st Bedford-row

Corbett, E. Liverpool, brewer, May 9, 10, and 25,

Bridge, Little Bolton, (Broadman and Co. Bolton; and Adlington and Co. Bedford-row Dean, R. William, and Co. Bethnal-green, brewers, April 6, 13, and May 11, (Goren, Salisbury-st. Strand

Duckworth, E. Ribchester, Lancashire, victualler, April 10, 11, and May 11, (Thorn, Burnley,

(Hartley, Burnley; and Appleby, and Co. Gray'sinn-square Davidson, W. and Co. Liverpool, merchants, April 29, 30, and May 25, George, Dole-st. Liverpool, (Crump, Liverpool; and Battye, Chancery-lane Evans, John, Sheerness, haberdasher, April 6, 20, and May 11, (Spence and Co. Furnival's-inn Emmott, W. Leicester-sq. tailor, April 20, 27, and May 28, (Collett and Co. Chancery-lane Furnival, W. and Co. Stratford-upon-Avon, corn

merchants, April 26, 27, and May 14, Hatch and King's-hd. Derby, (Bankart, Leicester; and Taylor, John-st. Bedford-row Friend, John, Bristol, maltster, April 19, 20, and May 18, Commercial-rooms, Bristol, (Cary and Co. Bristol; and King and Co. Gray's-inn-sq. Firmstone, Joseph, jun. Kidderminster, dealer, April 22, 23, and May 11, Jerningham Arms, Shiffnal, (Caser, Wolverhampton; and Whittaker, Broad-ct. Long-acre

Frost, George, Sheffield, cheesemonger, April 9, 10, and May 11, Angel, Sheffield, (Wilson, Sheffield; and Wilson, Greville-st.

Faulds, A. Rossendale, Lancashire, cotton spinner, April 6, 8, and May 11, Star, Deansgate, Manchester, (Crump, Liverpool; and Battye, Chancery-lane Gaunt, W. Leeds, cloth manufacturer, April 4, 6, and

May 11, Court-house, Leeds, (Furbank, Leeds; and Stocker, and Co. New Boswell-ct. Carey-st, Garnett, A. Liverpool, merchant, May 3, 4, and 11,

George, Dale-st. Liverpool, (Rotton, Frome; Selwood, and Edmund's, Lincoln's-inn Gratty, W. and Co. Liverpool, cordwainers, April 26, 27, and May 21, George, Dale-st. | Liverpool, (Fradsham and Co. Liverpool; and Adlington, and Co. Bedford-row Good, Peter Peyton, Clapton, and Lloyd's Coffeehouse, insurance broker, April 20, 30, and May 25, (Steevens, Little St. Thomas Apostle Garnett, J. Liverpool, linen draper, May 3, 4, and 28, George, Dale-st. Liverpool, (Ored and Co. Liverpool; and Lowe, and Co. Southamptonbuildings

Harrison, I. Mount-terrace, Whitechapel-rd. flour factor, The Angel, Norwich, (Parkinson, Norwich; and Stevens and Co. Little St. Thomas Apostle

Hughes, Mark, Bolton, and Norton, J. Dudley, Worcestershire, iron founders, April 4, 6, and May 7, Royal-hotel, Birmingham, (Fellows, Dudley; Wills, Birmingham, & Clarke & Co. Chancery-le. Hoyle, T. and Co. Manchester, calico printers, April 10, 11, and May 7, Star, Manchester, (Shaw Burnley, and Norris and Co. Bedford-row Hudson, W. Bayswater, ship owner, April 13, May 4, and 18, (Scale, Covent-garden-chambers Hawksley, J. Birmingham, merchant, April 9, 12, and May 11. Royal-hotel, Birmingham, (Palmer, Birmingham; and Long and Co. Holbornct. Gray's-inn