not his fault, but the fault of those who introduced a principle unfit for general application. A conversation of some length followed, in which the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Malmesbury, Earl Grosvenor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Marquis of Salisbury, and others, took part, and the Bill was read a first time. The House then went into a committee on the Springguns Abolition Bill. The Earl of Liver pool proposed an amendment, prohibiting the use of spring-guns and steel-traps in all places whatsoever. Lord Ellenborough, Earl Grosvenor, and Lord Holland opposed the amendment, on the ground that it would deprive market-gardeners of a necessary means of protection. Lord Harrowby, on the other hand, supported it, and, on a division, it was carried by a majority of 83 to 5. 16. Earl Grosvenor, in presenting a petition against bear-baiting, &c., from the well-known Mr John Gale Jones, took occasion to reprobate generally all modes of cruelty to animals, and suggested that fox-hunting ought to be put down by law, as well as bear-baiting. 18. Lord Carberry moved an Address for certain returns, upon which he declar ed, that he would found some measure for the relief of the aged and infirm poor of Ireland. Lord Clifden and Earl Darnley, deprecating in the strongest manner the introduction of the English Poor Laws into Ireland, supported the motion, which was carried. 21. Several Petitions were presented. Among them were a Petition from the City of Exeter, against acceding to the demands of the Roman Catholics; and a similar Petition from the Clergy of the Diocese of Ely. Lord Suffield relinquished his proposed bill to constitute stealing in walled gar dens a larceny; and the Lord Chancellor introduced a Bill to effect that change in the law. 25. Upon the presentation, by the Earl of Lauderdale, of a petition against the Equitable Loan Bank Bill, the Earl of Liverpool took occasion to declare generally, with respect to all the new Joint Stock Companies, that under no concurrence of circumstances would he ever propose any measure to relieve the embar rassments of any of these companies, no matter how severe might be the distress into which they might happen to fall; and further, that if any such measure of relief, as had sometimes been extended to merchants and bankers, should be proposed for any of the new companies, it should meet his decided opposition. The Lord Chancellor explained the delay that occurred in bringing forward his promised measure for the regulation of Joint Stock Companies by a reference to certain causes now in progress in the Court of Chancery, which, while they remained under discussion, must restrain him from any interference with the law, which he was called upon to administer. His Lordship, however, added an opinion, that almost enough was disclosed in the progress of these causes in court, to supersede the necessity for a new law, by exposing the dangers incurred by embarking in the fashionable speculations. The Bishop of Bath and Wells presented a petition against submitting to the demands of the Roman Catholics, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of Taunton. The Earl of Darnley, professing himself the friend of the Church of England, rebuked in harsh terms the presentation of such petitions, and eulogized the superior humility, diligence, and piety, of the Popish Priests of Ireland. The Bishop of Bath and Wells defended the Clergy of the Established Church. Lord King censured the petitions of the clergy. Lord Calthorpe lamented the presentation of such petitions, and recapitulated briefly all the arguments in favour of Catholic emancipation; the sum of which is, that the Roman Catholic religion is no longer the Roman Catholic religion. The Bishop of Gloucester presented petitions to the same effect as the last, from the Rural Dean and Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Gloucester, and 'from the Rural Dean and Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Frampton. The Bishop of Chester presented a similar petition from the Dean and Chap ter of his Diocese. The Right Reverend Prélate rebuked the disrespect offered to the Established Church, in speaking of the petitions of the Clergy, in the language of "the dog-kennel." The debate was protracted by Lords King and Holland'; an assertion by the latter that the majority of the Clergy were non-residents, drew from the Bishop of Bath and Wells the contradictory statement, that in his Lordship's Diocese, containing nearly 700 parishes, there were but 17 non-resident ministers; and from the Bishop of Chester a nearly similar report of the state of that Diocese. The Earl of Liverpool strongly deprecated the critical severity exercised upon the petitions of the Clergy, as a gross invasion of the subject's un questionable right to address the Legisla ture in whatever language might appear most suitable to the expression of his opinions, provided that it were not disre spectful. The Lord Chancellor warmly approved of the part taken at this time by the Clergy, and declared that his opinions upon the Roman Catholic question were. unchanged. 28. The Bishop of Gloucester pre sented a petition from a Rural Deanery in his Diocese, against submitting to the demands of the Roman Catholics. Lord King treated the petitions of the Clergy as quite unworthy of regard. The Bishop of Gloucester informed the noble Lord, that the Clergy, would not be deterred from: exercising their undoubted right by sarcasm from him. 29.-A petition was presented from the Inhabitants and the Corporation of the City of Oxford, stamped with the civic seal, praying that the laws excluding Roman Catholics froin political power might be preserved inviolate. Earl Grosvenor presented a petition against Cruelty to Animals. HOUSE OF COMMONS-February 23. -Mr Brougham called the attention of the House to the Apothecaries' Act, which he said required amendment in two particulars; the first improvement which he would propose was, to make the sealed commissions of the society evidence of qualification in all cases whatever, as it is now in all cases where it has been issued since 1815. The other amendment which he would propose related, he said, to the form of admission, which, as now arranged, confounds the well-educated pupils of Edinburgh and Glasgow with the purchasers of venal diplomas from Aberdeen and St. Andrew's, to the com mon disgrace and injury of all Scotch physicians. Mr Croker concurred in Mr Brougham's complaint as to the injustice which the Scotch physicians generally suffer from the ill repute of Aberdeen and St. Andrew's diplomas, and seconded Mr Brougham's motion for bringing in a Bill to amend the Apothecaries' Act.-Leave was granted, and the House adjourned at seven o'clock. 24-On the motion of Mr Hume, seconded by Mr Huskisson, the Committee on the exportation of machinery was revived. On the motion of the same gentleman, with a modification by Mr Wynn, certain papers, illustrative of the practice of banishing from India without trial, were ordered. Mr Martin, of Galway, moyed for and obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of bear-baiting, and other cruel practices. The Honourable Member produced a posting-bill of a bearbait, which was to be exhibited at the desire of several noblemen!! and persons of distinction, and told a shocking story of the dissection of a living dog during two successive days, by a monster named Magendie, who called himself a French physician. Mr Goulburn moved the third reading of the Association Bill. Mr Leycester opposed the motion-first, because he thought that the present peace of Ires land was to be ascribed to the Catholic Association; and, secondly, because he thought that that body would, if allow ed to pursue their career, force the question of Catholic Emancipation. .. Mr. Spring Rice made a very long speech against the motion. The Hon. member's argument was composed of a number of reported cases, (occurring before the existence of the Association,) in which poor men and Roman Catholics had obtained damage or redress in one form or other from persons in the enjoy ment of rank or wealth in office. These cases he used (oddly enough, if the gentleman were not an Irishman) as proofs that the interference of the Catholic Association is necessary to ensure the im partial administration of justice in Ire land. Mr Doherty, who had been al luded to by the last speaker as concerned in some of the cases cited, rose to repel the insinuated charge against the admi nistration of justice in Ireland, and to protest against the strange doctrine that an advocate, whose duty it is to do his atmost for his client, must maintain in Parliament every assertion which he bas made in a Court of Justice upon ex-parte statements, and for a partial object. Mr Baring opposed the motion, and strongly inculcated the expediency of Catholie Emancipation. Mr Courtenay supported the motion. He explained, that the clause empowering a single magistrate to act against illegal associations had been modified upon his suggestion, so as to make the attendance of two magistrates necessary. Mr Sykes and Sir John New. port opposed the motion. The latter rend a letter from an Irish correspondent, filled with the most gloomy anticipations from the passing of the Bill. Mr Goulburn refuted the charge of partiality that had been made against the Bill, by referring to the Act of the Session before last, against Orange Societies. The Right Hon. Secretary then read a letter from Mr Baron M-Clelland, contradict. ing, in the most direct and explicit terms, the accusation alleged on a former evening by Mr Brougham. Mr Brougham replied, after which the House divided For the third reading 226-against it 96-Majority 180. 23.In the House of Commons a conversation of some length arose upon the introduction of certain Bills for the incorporation of new Companies. Mr Grenfell, Mr Hobhouse, Mr Huskisson, Mr Baring, and Mr Maberly, were the speakers upon the occasion. The, ge neral feeling of the House seemed to be, that though the excessive rage for spe culation ought to be discouraged, the House of Commons was not the tribunal best qualified to elect among the coma panies soliciting to be incorporated; and that the House of Lords having provided sufficient securities that no Bill shall pass to incorporate any company without a capital, the popular branch of the Legis. lature need not scruple to assent to incorporations that went no further than to enable companies to sue and be sued by their representatives, without relieving the members from an individual respon sibility. The Budget. After several petitions had been presented, (most of them a gainst the Assessed Taxes), the Chan cellor of the Exchequer brought forward the Budget. The Right Hon. Gentle man commenced with a most gratifying exhibition of the resources of the country, deducing philosophically, from incontrovertible data, that the prosperity which we happily enjoy is necessarily and steadily progressive. He calculated the annual surplus revenue for the next four years would be, at least, one million and a half for each year, and of this annual surplus he proposed to dispose as follows for this year: Duties proposed to be Repealed, and esti mated Annual Loss. Hemp-Reduce to d. per lb. BRITISH CHRONICLE. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.On the 14th instant, Angus Cameron, who had been indicted for mobbing and rioting in 1797, but who at that time absconded from his bail, by his Counsel, Mr Duncan Matheson, surrendered himself to abide the award of the Court, which will hereafter be determined; in the mean time he is admitted to bail. The diet was then called against William Watt, late clerk with Messrs J. and W. Jollie, W. S. ac cused of fraud, breach of trust, and forgery, who, failing to appear, sentence of outlawry was passed against him. Wil liam Sutherland, spirit-dealer in Canongate, was then placed at the bar, accused 1 £,857 1,343 354 " 3,391 137 5,000 4,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 4.000 18,913 235,000 £276,995 of the crime of wilful fire-raising, to which he pleaded Not Guilty. In consequence of an error in the indictment, he was recommitted on a new warrant. On the 21st, J. Ferguson, accused of theft and housebreaking, aggravated by being habit and repute a thief, he having on the 19th October last broken into the house situated in Wardlaw's Close, Dalkeith, belonging to Robert Fairbairn, journeyman baker there, and stealing therefrom nineteen playing cards or thereby, pleaded Guilty, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. William Gillespie and William Murray, accused of theft, committed by means of housebreaking, respectively pleaded Guilty to the theft, but not to the housebreaking; and the Court taking into consideration their previous good character, and it being their first offence, (so far as came under their observation,) sentenced William Gillespie to eighteen months, and William Murray to twelve months imprisonment in Bridewell. John Sutherland, accused of house breaking, with intent to steal, he having, on Tuesday the 4th of January last, broken into and entered the shop situated in Greenside-Street, belonging to Thomas Edmonstone, spirit-dealer, pleaded Guilty, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. Charles M'Gee was, after a long investigation, convicted of theft, committed by means of housebreaking, actor, art and part, aggravated by being habit and repute a thief, and previously convicted of theft. He was sentenced to be transported for the whole period of his natural life. 28.-Francis Milner Ward, accused of falsehood, fraud, and breach of trust, failed to appear, and sentence of outlawry was pronounced against him. The Court then proceeded with the case of Robert Murray, some time in the naval service of the Hon. the East-India Company, who stood accused of being concerned in the robbery of the Stirling Mail Coach, of three parcels of banknotes, addressed to the Bank of Scotland, the Commercial Bank of Scotland, and the Leith Bank, on the 18th of December last, while the horses were changing at Kirkliston, in the county of Linlithgow. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty; and, after a long trial, in which the prosecutor failed in bringing home the crime to Murray, the Jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of Not Proven, and he was dismissed simpliciter from the Bar. He was, however, immediately apprehended upon a warrant of the Sheriff, on a charge of returning from transportation. Lavender, Superintendent of Police at Manchester, (formerly of Bow. Street,) was in Edinburgh for the purpose of establishing his identity as a convicted felon. He has been since transmitted to London for trial on this charge. MARCH. Death of the Hon. F. Ashley Cooper. On Sunday the 27th ultimo, about two o'clock, two young Gentlemen, Collegians of Eton, the Hon. F. A. Cooper, son of the Earl of Shaftsbury, and Mr Wood, son of Colonel Wood, were in the play. ground, when some words arose between them, and they pushed each other; from words they proceeded to blows, and had fought for several minutes, when the Captain came up and separated them. It was subsequently determined that they Wood, and he ought to have been taken Burning of the Kent East Indiaman. Extract of a letter dated Falmouth, 4th March." Put back the Cambria, Cook, for Vera Cruz, having on board 547 passengers, officers, seamen, soldiers, women, and children, rescued by her from the Honourable Company's ship Kent, Captain Cobb, which unfortunately took fire on the 1st instant, in lat. 47. 30. N. long. 9. 45. W. on her passage to Bengal and China. The Kent, soon after the removal of the above to the Cambria, blew up; and from the returns made since, ninety must have perished in her, or were drowned in getting into the boats, &c. of whom 64 were soldiers, 1 woman, 21 children, 1 seamen, and 3 marine boys. The purser set off by the mail yesterday for the India-House. We are happy to state, that the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood have contributed every thing in their power, by clothing and money, to the necessities of the poor creatures, who saved nothing more than they stood up in: and many, from having been taken out of their beds, were destitute of any covering whatever. The Cambria is only 200 tons burthen, and had a cargo on board, besides near fifty persons, (miners,) and from which, added to the people saved from the Kent, made a total of about 600 souls huddled together for near three days. Captain Cook did every thing in his power to make them as comfortable as the circumscribed limits of his vessel would allow, particularly the women and children; and by carrying a press of sail, fortunately reached this port just as a strong north wind set in." The following is a list of the passengers, troops, women, and children, on board the Kent : Passengers Mrs Colonel Fearon and five daughters, Mrs M'Gregor and one son, Miss Dick, Mrs Bray and two chil dren, Miss Murrays, Mrs Waters. Writers Mr Grant, Mr Pringle. Cadets Mr Shuckburgh, Mr Birch, Mr Hatchell. Military Officers-Lieut.-Col. Fearon, Major M'Gregor, Captain Sir Charles Farrington, Bart., Captain Green, Cap. tain Spence, and Captain Bray. Lieutenant and Adjutant Shaw. Lieutenants Baldwin, Dodger, Raxton, Booth, Douglas, Campbell, and Guinnis. Ensigns Assistant-SurTate, Shaw, and Evans. geon Graham. Second Master Waters. Paymaster Monk; all saved. Total on board-19 passengers, 20 military officers, 344 troops, 43 women, 66 children, 145 ship's company.-Total, 637. Return of troops, women, and children lost-Troops 64, women 1, children 21. Ship's company-Men 1, marine boys 3. Total lost, 90. Another vessel, the Caroline, Captain Bibbey, of Liverpool, observed the fire of the Kent, on the night of the 1st March, and saw her blow up. Captain Bibbey immediately made all sail to the spot, which he reached about half-past three next morning, and was the happy means of saving other 14 persons, soldiers of the 31st regiment, whom he picked up from various fragments of wreck, on which they had supported themselves after the vessel blew up. Captain Cook of the Cambrian, and his crew, have been handsomely rewarded for their humanity and intrepidity, by the East-India Company, and also by Government, and the committee at Lloyd's. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. Feb. 26. Edward Crowell Desbrowe, Esq. to be Secretary to the Embassy at St. Petersburg. -The Hon. William Henry Fox Strangways to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at Fio rence. II. ECCLESIASTICAL. Feb. 23. The Rev. John Smart was ordained Minister of the Associate Congregation, St. Andrew's-Street, South Leith. March 3. The King has presented the Rev. Dr John Gilchrist to be first Minister of the Church and Parish of Canongate, Edinburgh, vacant by the translation of the Rev. Dr John Lee to Lady Yester's Church, in the city of Edinburgh. 16. The Rev. John Martin was ordained Minister of the Relief Congregation, Crieff. 23. The Relief Congregation of Burreltown gave a unanimous call to Mr John Waddel to be their Pastor III. MILITARY. 2d Life G. Lieut. Burrowes, Capt. by purch. vice Ridout, ret. 17 Feb. 1825. Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Dallas, Lieut. do. R. H. Beaumont, Cornet and Subdo. Lieut. 1 Dr. G. Cornet Davies, Lieut. by purch. vice Skinner, 9 F. 7 2 Dr. 3 4 Dr. 10 C. A. D. Tyssen, Cornet do. do. Assist. Surg. Morrison, from 1 Vet. Bn. Assist. Surg. vice Lyster, 94 F. 3 March Cornet Somerville, from 4 Dr. Cornet vice Wyndham, prom. 25 Feb. Lieut. M'Queen, Capt. by purch. vice 10 March Goff, ret. Cornet C. Phillips, Lieut. G. H. Lockwood, Cornet do. do. 17 Feb. J. Timm, Vet. Surg. vice Bird, dead C. Villiers, Cornet by purch. vice So25 do. merville, 2 Dr. C. H. Nicholson, Cornet by purch. vice Lord J. Fitz Roy, 63 F. 3 March |