1 150 eating the Irish Catholics, which was fixed for the 13th of April, he should move for a Call of the House on the 12th, the day preceding.— (Hear, hear, hear ! ) Mr. BaNKEs gave notice, that he should, on Tuesday next, move for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent Offices front being granted in Reversion for a limited period.—( Hear, hear ! ) LORD STEWARD'S OFFICE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQU ER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to render valid and effectual, certain Oaths which had been administered to certain Members of that House (Messrs. Cavendish and Dundas) by the Deputies of the Lord Steward, during the v aca nc y of the Office of Lord Steward. The CHANCELLOR of the Exe too ER then observed on the necessity of the Bill. .1 he Office of Lord Steward (recently filled by I ord Aylesford) had been vacant for some time, and subsequent to that vacancy two Members euf that House had taken the customary oaths before the Deputies. The necessity of the . Bill was evident, from the fact of the Members not having had the oaths administered to them legally. After some few observations from several Members, the Bill was brought n, read a first and second time, and afterwards went through a Committee of the whole House; it was then read a third time, and ordered to the Lords i:Our Readers will observe, that this Indemnification Bill was brought in and carried through its several stages in one day—a mode of pro cecdinie, that is very uncommon, and only resorted to in cases of great ernergencvl Mr. Wviiia e, inmediately after the passing of the above Indemni fication Act, gave notice, that he &iould move for have, on Tuesday next, to bin' io a Lill to abolish the custom of adminkterine Oaths to Members of that House by the Lord Steward or his 15eputits.— Bear, hear ! ) MUTINY BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Mutiny Bill. Mr. W.ATBILE.ID said that he wished to call the att..ntion of the Committee to a circumstaece that prevailed very gener.llly, of sending soldiers to school, in order to render them fit to become non-comtnis sioned officers. The legality of the order upon that subject had never been di.puted until it was exercised upon individuals in the regiment to which he belonged. In conformity to the principle that had been adopted in several regiments, he had ordered one of the soldiers in his to go to school. The man refused, and was advis.d by a brother sol dier to adhere to his refusal. He (Mr. W.) in consequence of such dis• obedience upon the part of the soldier, ordered him to be imprisoned; the consequence of which was, that the Officer who had put in force the order, was prosecuted, and a verdict given against him, the Judges having declared it their opinion that the order was illegal, and that the soldier so imprisoned had it in his power, and would be justified in commencing a prosecution for false imprisonment, so that a prosecution actually hung at this moment over his (Mr. W's) head. his Royal highness the Duke of York had thoLght it necessary that the soldiers should po,sess the means of becoming less illiterate than they usually were, but he wished to know whether it had been determined that they should become so spontaneously or upon compulsion. The CHANCELLOR of the ExenLV es said, that the order issued by the Commander in Chief s:as not compulsory. It was only intended to ,take th..t general, .which had been adopted with seccess by several iegitnents. A • conversation took place in the Committee upon the subject of flwrc'ging soldiers, and Mr. Brougham having been give n to under stand by Lord Palmerstone, that the only provision in the Bill respecting that mode of punishment, was•the more general extension of the Act of last ession, leaving the punishment of the soldiers at the discretion of the Commanding °filer, stated that he would enter his protest against so pcUous and inlurious a practice. The resolutions were then agreed to, and the Report ordered to he received on Monday. WAYS AND MEANS. On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Excn QUER it was resol ved, that, in addition to the sum of 5031,7001. subscribed in Exchequer Bids, to be funded in FLbruary last, the sum of 6,7e9,C251. to be raised by Navy 3 pet - C.,pt. Annuities, at the rate of 1251. for every 1001. con }ributed; 1081. in 5 per Cent. Stocks ta-he adOed to the Stock created by the sub , cription, and to bcar interest from the 3th January, 1312. • iteport ordered to be rectiyed on Monday. 'Fite Legal QuAys 1 iil wai brought in, read a first time, andorder eel eo be read a second tirne on Monday.—Adjourned. PROVINCIALS. , - . rt, . Several of the Nail Ironmongers in Dudley and its vicinity having Ltely lowered the wags s, the Nailors assembled in a riotous manner at . Dudley on Tuesday last; but by the activity of Mr. flawke , 4, a Nlagis tratc, mho called out the Volunteers, tranquillity was si;on restored. Three of Most active in the riot were lodged in the workhouse. Monday nidutiing, on the ariv:,l of one of the ratli coaches at cliippenham, two men, outside passenger;,, were f3itticl dead, and a 4 “ilclier, sca,s taken off the coach, with sore faint signs of ani plaeion left, but be expired the foibiwi.)g morning. During the night it hall reined butts violently and incessantly, and to the cold, added to the 4pm-heti state of tlit;: gamy:tits, the fatal 3;;Oleut rnliy avubtleivi MARCH R. be attributed. The bodies were decently interred, and attended to the grave by nearly the whole of the inhabitants of Chippenham. The City of Oxford has voted 501. in aid of the National Church of England Education Society. A meeting of the merckants, ship-owners, and inhabitants of Ply. mouth, was held on Monday last, at which it was resolved, " That a Petition he prepared and presented to the Honourable House of Com mons, praying that the Charter g ranted to the East India Company may not be renewed ; but that, if Parliament should in its wisdom I think fit to renew the Charter, that the liberty of trading to the East 1 Indies may be extended to the p ort of Pl y mouth." 1 At a gentleman's garden, within a few miles of Norwich, on Thurs \day last, were taken from a p ond at one haul, forty brace of perch, which averaged three pounds each fish, and twelve brace of pike, the sma ll e st weighing six pounds. - l'he pheas a n ts feed close to the widows, • and after dinner nets being placed round the garden, thirty-two brace and a half of hares were caught and then liberated. Mr. Merle, of Brighton, has a cat with three kittens, to each of which Nature, in a frolicksome mood, gave two heads • and what is equally extraordinary. t hese double-headed animals are all living. Monday last, at Herne, Kent, Quick, a labouring man, sold his wife and two children to Tunsley, another labourer, for a gallon of beer 1 and two 11. no tes. Lately, a poor woman, in returning to Ct,tterstock, near Oundle, was met by a sailor on crutches, who demanded her money, and as saulted and robbed her of nine pence. On the woman calling murger, a shepherd ran to her assistance, when the sailor threw down his crutches and ran away. On examining the crutches, two 11. notes were found concealed in one of them. • A family of swindlers, consisting of a woman • calling herself Mrs. Mills, two marriageable daughters, a son thirteen years old, (all of genteel manners) and a female servant, have been committed to gaol at Hull, on charges of swindling a number of tradesmen, at Leeds, and other towns in Yorkshire, of goods to a considerable amount. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Roberts and Richard Roberts, of Wood-street, Spital-fields, silk-manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. Charles Fairbone, of New-street, Fetter-lane, mathematical instru mem-maker, optician, to surrender, March 7, 12, and April 14, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Stott, Gray's-Inn-square. Joseph Cliff, of Aston, Cheshire, linen-draper March 9, at five, 10, and April 14 , at ten, at the Geo rg e Inn, Leek, Stafford. Attor nies, Messrs. Kilimister and Challinor , Leek, Satlisrdshire ; and Messrs. Dewberry and Haslewood, Conduit street, Hanover-square. Hattill Arnold, of Cateaton-street, warehouseman, March 7, 14, and April 14, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hurd, King's Bench walks, Temple. Edward O'Neill, of Liverpool, cooper, March 17, 18, and April 14, at one, at the Star and Garter tavern, Liverpool. Attorney, Mr. Avison, Hanover-street, Liverpool. Frank!and Coates and John Willher, of Cheetham, Lancashire, common brewers, March 16, 18, and April Pl, at two, at the White Bear Inn, Manchester. Attornies, IVlessrz. Sliephard, Adlington, and Gregory, Bedford-row, London ; and Mr. Law, Spring-gardens, Man chester. Samuel Williams, of Greenwich , tobac conist, March 7, 14, and April 14, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Dixon, Nassau-street, Soho. Matthew Stothard, of St. James's, Gloucestershire, merchant, March 19. 20, and April 14, at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Attornies, xi!. Stephens, Bristol ; and Messrs. Sweet and Stokes, Ba singhall-street, London. Martha Nash, of Harlington , Bed ford, g rocer, March 9, 14, and April 14, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Atturnies, Mr. Townshend , Staple Inn, London; and Mr. Lade , o f Hitchen, Herts. Ralph Broadbent, of Mancheste r, victualler, March 16, 20, and Alain 14, at eleven, at the Mosley Arms Inn, Manchester. Atrornies, i Mr. Ellis, Chancery-lane, London; and Mr. Morgan, Back Mosley street, Manchester. mer • Thomas Coed, late of Northumbe r l and-street, Charing-cross, chant, March 7, 28, and April 14, at ten, at Guildhall. Attonal-, Mr. Charsley, Mark-lane, Fenchurch-street. Sarah Baines and John Gale Baines , o f Bradford, Wilts, haker, March 16, at five, 17, and April 14, at twelve at the King's Arms Inn , Melksham, Wilts. Attornies Messrs. Frowd and 'Co. Serle -street, Lincoln's Inn, London; and Messrs. G. and F. Moule, Nlelkshain, Wiltst John Buckley, of Halifax , linen -d r a p er, March 19, (20, an d April I`.lt: 14, at eleven, at the hite Swan Inn, Halifax. Attow ort h and rnies, Wiglesworth Grays Inn, W London ; and Messrs. Wigles Thompson, iialifax. Is i and • Samuel Kettle, of Liverpool , timbe r-merchant, March 17, April 14, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, Liverpool. AttOrDie^, :\.,r. T. Windle, John- street, ' Bedford-row, London ; and Messrs. Grifli.a and Hinde Fenwick-street, Liverpool. luxber; I • Ricllard ' (...'00k ) of Bolborough, Bishop's-Cunnings, Wilts, p