II MIME • , *, .IN A Petition against the additional duty on Leather was pre. sewed by the Earl of Shaftesbury from theiatmers of Whit. by ; and another Petition, having the same object, by the Earl of Lauderdale from the Tanners of Inverness. Earl GRUA esion alluded to the accounts of places in re version helm e the hoarse, and repeated what he had before stated, that there appeared to be some errors in the returns. He also stated, that he had received a letter from Lord Duck-, by which it appeared that his Lordship bad relinquished all the endowments of the Office before the date of the Grant in Reversion, made, as we understood, to the • Pruvest Marshal of Jamaica. The Noble Earl said he should take an early opportunity of bringing the subject under the cowitterafiou of their Lordships. The Noble Earl then said, that while he was on his legs, he would take the opportunity of noticing another subject of im portance. He .had learned from some of his tenants in Gros. venur-square, that a coalition had been formed between cer taiit water companies. He understood, that the charge was not more moderate, uud that the supply was very bad. The -water at presentsupplied by the Grand Junction water_wooks was, he understoOd, very much discoloured. He had thought it riglrt to mention this subject, es the state of the water sop• .plied by these companies was of great consequence to the Lealtt and safuty of the metropolis. . The Earl of L.suliEftnst.r. said Parliament had at different • times passed bills for incorporating' different companies to supply the metropolis with water. This had been done on the principle, that the competition thus cream: would procure for the inhabitants a cheaper and better supply ; but the contrary had been the fart. Indeed, it 110 W appeared that • some of these corporations had formed a- ooalition for one 7 quarter of the town, and others for another, so that•they di vided the metropolis between them. 'flans, instead of the competition winch had been anticipated, a complete mono • poly was established. In consequence of this state of things, • the supply-of water was• not only bad, but i 1 a lire took-place in a quarter of the metropolis appropriated to one company, ' the water of another could not be applied to it. .The Loan CHANCELLOR hoped their Lordships would not separate without its being distinctly entlerstood that, if these • companies acted in a way to defeat the object the Legisla • tore had in view at the time• of their incorporation, that it was in the power of Parliament to correct such a proceed ing. The Earl e SmarrasseaY said, tkat every attention had been paid to the sills on the subject which had been already before the-House; and that in the ease of any new measure, he would devote all his attention to render it fit to accom p7ish the object the!i..T.ordships always Las. in view in passiug • any act for establishing such companies.—Adjourned. HOUSE OP COMAIONS. TRVRSD•Y, APRIL 2. A Petition was presented frowthe cotton mannfacturera of • Carlisle, praying for•regithition of dm hours of labour. Mr. livzsr:.yros: postponed his Motioa respecting. widows' • peasions to that day fortnigitt. .General Gasicovise withdrew his Motion respecting costs of • snit, in consequence cif • seine conversation he had. iield•with I then A ttornertieneral. • Mr. ot. LE presented atPetition • frown the truners at Drug ! heda las we lerstoorr, against the leather duties. • A siniilar'Petition v:as presented front the tanners of Dam s Irk C. MANTIFACV,IR;;RS. 31r. W.• Sermr•preseuted two Petitions • from daces in Larcasi , ire, (roily:manufacturers, praying in •tavour of Sir R. l'etl's Rill ; one was signet! by 400, and the other by 4000 t.petions. ' erdered to Neon•ithe table. _ .T.• !Nun( presented a Tetitioa from 4540 cotton-mann , Lecturers In -New Lanark, raving for regulations in the I lionrulorlabour.—This'Petition;Le observed, contained some particular points. which, though they might appear inconsist. v eat, writ. founded in fact. He Wit seen these individuals at ;is time when their ernploveis were absent, and he could say t ate nesersaw a Trore 1110134.!Ild refigioll', Stt'ef people. They e stated eke ertatcvil of children being I ept at work fourteen ...eh fifteen hours a day, with scarcely airy interval ; but added, htirat the system in yracticc with themselves was a humane one, •i es the wrivitArg hours WCP6.I).?IV ten -hours and a Italia (ley ; yet theytuanntaisterred more thin those who were kept so long of work, owing to the fatigge, and a sense of the kindness othey experienced. He presented this Petition with great I• pleasure. •Ordered to lie on the tat le, and to be printed. lIFFOHNI. 17r:Proswoutottsaid he had 256 Petitions to present from ttßri■tcl, in favour of Parliamentarypeform and Universal Stif-' $ gage. The first of the Petitions was read in parts and they • were received. Lord ST.t.s.t.te presented turd Petitions for Reform from pc!aoss•in Lancashire. Ordered to lie or the table. Mr. Swvrn•.moves !'or certain remelts of hooks sent to the Universities, and how they vie:.e diquseitvef. 01.dered. t;is AW presented a Petition from the Kent and-Surrey t 'Casa: company,. against a Bill tor a new road.. Ordered to lie on the table. _ _ TRADE, &e. tp.iderrroctilVemo gave notice, for rte tAth inst. Of alltotfon for leave to brii:g in a'•ltitf concerning the trade, mai:misc. tures, and fisheries of the UnttedAingdons —Adjourned. Fatuty Lord LAstst.t..st presented a Petition apaii.kt the. Leather .:fite•es trOttl the Whitby sanmere. Ordered vo lie on the Lord Volts's:Tv presenter *'Petition friaalte sante plate, t complaining ;of the poO? rates. POL!CE RKWARY)i. • After discharging. a peseta's order, Mr. Herm= moved t todeal e to bring in tidbit to repeat certain parts of acts ‘• Irk b ;iv e .pecuniary rewards to police placers, &e. Leave ..deer.. v•Mmllespai then• broaglit-wp the Bill, which was read a ti &striate, and ordered to be rioted. Isorsbiltllo IKG 1,7.C4131441111 a Peritioefroorwidows of writers to the signet in Scut iand,• isr&singNthat ..thoir interests might v rs , It •hi.aWrete.d by a.lkil• haw , : she .Hoose. Ordered to tic bur— • •••• ; • ;-....*lo4wAvar 2gaiOtrill!, Leather Valles was 1.,. •1•1 iv/ • ~••• ^P 44.C.wer 001,41C,r , . aeF4Se EISAQV ,it • kqd". V•••• *.? 4,, 0.", ••t iU risings, Nliot 41 adjourn w• r...,.. Ver.-avallsowsem• • •:,... .1 1 1.13. 41011tt 1; ;:igl• .t• ••iev. • .. 'VIIE NATIONAL REGIS'T'ER. ing the bridge at Rotherbithe. Ordered to lie on the table. He also presenttil a Petition from Mr. Gibbota,•praying that his interests rniW not be injured by the Bill brought in re specting the Wats.: loo.bridgc Company. Ordered•to be re ferred to the Commuter, and to be printed. BOSH RETURNS. Sir J. NEWPORT COMptaineil of the delays ir. the retrrne of accounts ordered from Ireland. Ile moved, that the account* already ordered of assessed taxes, customs, and excise, should be ordered to be returned forthwith. Mr. LUSHIN4TON !Mill, the , orders had been regularly sent, and there had been no delay here. They were ordered to be sent expe ditionsly. The Motion was agreed-to. Sir E. 13111 i °col presented a?etitinn froin Pancras, pray ing for sonic improvement iu the•poor laws. Ordered to lie on the table. NEW CHURCHES S. The Cn A ssc etton of the Ex ( - minas': moved the first read. ing of the Bill for the building of new churches. He wished it to brread a second time on Monday, and-then give a fort night for further consideration of it. Kean a Ist tinse,and to be read a 2d on •Mowtay. CLERK (9F ASSIZE. Mr. BENNET moved for returns of fees to clerks of assize in England and Wales. for 20 sears past. Ordered. PRIVATE SHOP STEALING. The amendments were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time nextTriday. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from se Scotc h . burgh, praying for Reiernt ; and out from Itenfrewshirei against the scotch Lotiratie Asylum Bill. Ordered to he uu the table. -SLAVES. Sir S. Rostury gave notice of a Motion for Thursday next, relative to the condition of the slaves in Dominica. A Petition was rcecivcd•fromtlte tanners of Great Grimsby against the Icather duties. Mr.AV. Small presented a Petition iu favour of Sir It. Peel's Bill, from Glossop, in Derbyshire, signed by about 800, above 16 years of age. • It stated, that all who had signed it, or put down their marks, had_provieusly heard it -read. Ordered to lie on the table. • 111r..1CiLernmara relented two l'etitions of a similar character fromaeufrew and Blackburn. Ortleratl-to lie on the table. • SLAVE TR AVE. On the Motion of Mr. Rohm's, the House•went into a Com. mittee oo•the Acts respecting the Slave Trade : after which lie moved for leave to bring in itli to explain the said Acts. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, lie did riot intend to oppose-the bringing in of the -Bill. He thouglit;however, that it might prove detrimental to the interests; both of this country, and of the West Indies. M. MARRYAT observed, shat S;nrinam had lands of such fertility, as to facilitate the means of getting away the slaves from our islands; but it was very unheeth::„ and the num bers of females were spsedily diminished. Number: of slaves, however,. from the islands, were transferred to its pestiferous marshes. Leave met givea to-bring in a Bill to explain the Acts par ticularly concerning Venterara and Etwinain. 'Pic Bill was braagtii up and read a.Cmt time.—Adjourned cite Monday. AGRICULTURAL: REPORT FOR MARCH. The continuance of wet and variable weather hatshad u* fare arable effects on cold and wet•sei is, where the operations of husbandry are in oensequenee backward, and the spring ' sowing • wtil be late. Bean sowing was for sonic time sus , pended, •it being impossible to work the land, and water standing on those already pet in. A genial April may 'yet recover the thin_planted and sickly wheats, end improve them, as has often happened lute thebeavicst crops. Opposite reports, fortunately, arc received from time,most forward and best cultivated Corn distriott, where time Wheats have a pro• mising appearance, and the spring culture liar, been forward ; Beansrl'eas, Oats, and Barley, being, well :trove time ground. Never amore plentiful Turnip and Potatoe season; the tine quality at the latter has helped much to economise the stock of Bread Corn. .The alarming progress of, the rot in sheep has at least had one good effect—that of inducing perscus nuacastomed to such excellent practice, to.draw their Turnips from thetwater sodden soil, tied to feed their sheep upon a dry layer. It may be relied on, that the periodical rot in sheep under which the nation suffers, might he, with great propriety and little exception, termed rriodical wane, et/ tare. Lambing has becouio-geueral, with various success, from time stated the weather. THE SABBATIT T •OTAITRITE.—Mr. Rowland Nara, of Parinetta, New South Wales, gives, in a letter to a friend ill London, the following description of the strict observance of the Christian Sabbath, at Otalieitc —" When my friend, Mr. Conk, with his family, arri‘ed on the coast of Otaheite, in the bi ig Active, they were much surprised that not a single na. live could be seen all along the simmer the vessel sailed; -nor could theysperceive any smoke arising from their-well. ings. This excited in the mind of Mr. Cook and others a painful suspicion that the bland had been subdued, and all the inhabitants cut off in the wars. In to midst of tlis agi tation of -mind, one-ofthecailors, ao Otaheitan, who left Port Jackson in the Active, observed, that the natives were keep ing the sabbath day—that of late they did no kind of work `Ser cooked any kind of victuals—nor went out of their lionises, except to worship God—and that the whole of the day was employed either HT religious worship, or in teaching one another to read. At length, the verAe! came to anchor iii.Matavaie bay : hut eat a I'M tve maul~ his appearance until Monday moraine, when great nimileer• repaired to the brig, bringing with them their usual testimonies of hospitality's, of butt and food °fall kinds, with other presents of cloth, dm. lees beingbighly pleased and thankful. to God, thaute bad . sent another teat her among them; and thus fully satisfying all on board that they had been observing the Sabbath, as before expressed. A grand seiztwebas been made by P. Nizolle ; searcher at the Costomliotise, Southampton. Twentrlive• barrels, which lied been consigned to the care of Messrs. Le Fetivre, aid entered as containing hardware, were shipped on board the Rose, Captain •Gruchy, for Jersey. •fin exainiiia , ruination, however, by the officer, eighteen of them were I found to contain nOd swords, tit for cavalry, mid Re- other sevenelocksand•screws is Ihe finest order. 'flieir value is estimated at full 1,2001. half of **hie): goes to the officer It is seppo-ed they were tlestirt , -1 fir S t .., /I. A sawiLicp ,I.i , le• I ..i.S1: 4 1.1 1 : 4 11 (10 6g• : 4 01 •) .t .:, •1.,ig Ns-grit/ink •-• . . • • .1 .0 • APRIL 11. RE! JEW OF LITERATURE. )14crrations on' the Stale of Ireland, principally directed to its Agricultural and. Rural Population ; in a Series of Letters, nritten•on to Tour through that Country. BY .1. C. CURWEN, Esq. M.P.—Two 'Vets. bvo. Mr. Curwen proceeds from Donaghadee to Belfast, thoLce to Derry and Limerick, viewing the Giant's Causeway, and then to the beautiful Lakes of ICHlar. ney. We find that it is impracticable to follow the Author in this route, embracing, of course, so many descriptions and local observations, which can only be appreciated and understood by a general perusal of the work ; and, at the same time, we apprehend, we shall render Mr. C. more substantial service by merely quot ing those passages which are of a general nature, and which prove the Author to entertain the mast liberal and enlightened sentiments upon important sub jects of national concern, as the fairest specimen of the qualifications he 'possesses to elucidate the .state 'of the county: and people that he has visited, _ _ _ . . . In alluding to the different manner in which the Sabbath is observed in the two countries,-Scotland and Ireland, he oh:tames-- .. When we consider how great is that proportion of man kind, Who rise every day, with the exception of one in earls week; to labour, hi order to live—to whom, resting from such labour is partaking the greatest of luxuries—how must this indulgebe &ay tof lest .be baited aped welcomed? How many of these laborious individuals have no other opportunity of even witnessing the presence of the glorious s si n_ o fe n d e i g e ing in the absorption ofhis genial rage--of inhaling the pure revivifying air, by the 'wonted exercise of their limbs—of reciprocating in thetteuder interremrstof childree—oferear and dear relations and friends—of partieipatinc .it: the dis charge of those naurral claims on the heart, and the moiler atereleasnres to ‘whieli their virtuous lives so fully retitle them-eall of which can only. be permitted earl enjoyed by the return of thie all-hallowed turd delightful day! 'After the preserlbed duties of the sabbietls are religiously performed, I cannot censure, much less interdict, the application of those feve4nrs of exemption from perpetnaltoil, to the honest gra tification of feelings—the birthright et' a .feee people—se commendable in their nature as they mere/to:thy of social beings; when partaken with decency, temperance, and mo deration; especially by those whose hut, when compared with that of their ruperiotA, i • eitimAtitls on this occasion peculiar respect. On the other timid, I cannot approve of the gab bath's being made subservient to pleasure, capable ef hien equally well pursued on every less exceptionable day in the 'week. I shook' do great injustice to my own appreciation of this sacred slay, were I to close these aniniadversious without expressing how much 1 Ice! the culpability of those imbed duals whc, in disregarding tile violation of it in themselves, compel the irreverence and profanation. of it also in their de pendent:. By those who are the arbiters of their own titue -who labor:not to live, to wlvare the initulgeuce of rest becomes slavery—the gratification of pleasure satiety, and with whom every pursuits appals!—what excuse can be urged—what plea sufficient to insure a verdict of not guilty?' There is much truth and - real sense in these remarks, -Without bigotry on the ens hand, ,er indifferent:: oisth.e other; and we must agree with him in equally revro - bating the spirit of superstition, which would deprive many of the Labouring clu e s of necessary enjoyment and recreation, and the allowance of pleasures which have a'strong tendency to abolish all rewllectMn of-the origin and , proper antics of the Sabbath. There is an interesting account (Vol. 1.1).232.) of an Institution at Londonderry, called "The Charitable Loan Society," the object of whichi is, to lend to the poor small sums of money, not etemedittg Five. Pounds, free of interest, to be repaid by weekly instalments of sixpence in each pound, on the security of the persons recommending the applicant. This plan has.been very successful, and we think it admirably adapted fur any .town or district that is .not too large ; it deserves to be known,4 as there are many places in England where.it might he practised with great benefit. Mr. C. makes some sound obs-rvations on the best means of employing the people. At prasent ac. riculture forms the principal occupation of the great mass of the population 'of Ireland, which increases so rapidly, that there exists a great want of employ—teruling ei‘.* course to produce mar.y evils, both. moral and . political. The question then arises how theznisciiiefis to be p-evented —.and whether the manufacturing system would effect it. . Our Author says " Certainly not ;" and we are of the same opinion. He allows that "if manufactories -of cotton and woollen were judiciously estahlished in ap propriatc vlaces, - cmployinet.t might be _given to a vast number of children and adults, but he adds --- "Pleasing as the contemplation of su much political good may be,yet, %elicit it is regarded by the cy eof the inoral.st. it may, by; possibility, beseen in lessist tractive colours. Le. questionably, marntreturee wouideiroduee profitable lainicr —profitable ade e e %smild create wealth—wealth artificial Wallis; yet these iai,Jit geverate 'kiwis Weis, in the rle• strectimi of ell tile tiiie febeit'es of life. 'l . lw -aerifireof • dereaslie happen ss in 11:c e obit) 'nay be the pi ive of fine clothes for children ; 'or, in other words, the multiplication tof wala.., though justified by augmented rernings, is no seca.. ruby for the iminteirepliel celieneiriere of that 'laterite et elVection whir b IWO, bent ens lilt. loi.st I Of the wet mud dour, by a participation in the sr reirbeditere endured. The extan ed eoitier on the bo g , mielieltered esed imposersred of cu",- i I torts when at home, partakes • niereerf the seileamillet ; ble ss i ngs IC!' Mall that , the wed protected; well sap pointed ill'U/411 ill file ?Cy with ti .! . ele his Lai ulnae. .-The termer is ter: remelted from 011'4 41 , Oititiel4, ediivie are eleitiely impeiselinte over the . esdi •ir el - leiter : .seel %Oil A ...”., I •!: T . • ••'t I: i• ...)41„1 1 ,8 :-•• -, ~s . 4 ••••.4. .- . 1.. .• .••• . ••.4!•-• f • tt ;!, •L ,g ~ /L. i.. 4 ...p1...V.. NM. ••••••• . • .6 e 1"..4 t eigt.siriWl6.o. ...•