wilot Pr.Alt4l afs:Za (Lem. being Convinced that nothing wax more calculated to produce inextticable distress than annual parliaments and universal suffrage. (Hear.) ..kfr. (n antes WYNN.—TiIe Noble Lind had professed his astottislim vet that any persons out of doors should he charged ss itli acting under a delusion, although the gloss falsehood, Cad annual parliaments were the ancient right of the people of England, had been put into their mouths by designing The. Noble Lord had also argued, that, because aa old Act of Parliament confined the right of suffrage to 40 Sil;iiilig liseehoiltll4, therefore universal suffrage must have been a more uncietit right: bat the only eon( lasiuti that could be drawl' frmis this was, that the right was possesesd by freeholders ge n:crally; not that there was any such thing as nisi vet sal suff rage, the idea of which Wil4 a gross absurdity, when it was considered that the land was in the possession of great land holders. the seine kind of absurd reasoning, we were now, it seems, to execrate the nii•:nary of that abominable Parliament of 1594, which fixed the duration of Parliament to three years, though it was notoriously known to the merest smatt...ers in history, and might be obtained even from the history of England, by question and answer, that Parliaments before that period were tudi. Tinted in their duration. (Cries oy'hear, hear.) It would be endleas, however, to notice all the unblushing misrepresentations in these Petitions. We were told in those that came down from the great manufactory in London, that the late war would never base taken place if the voice of the people had been heard. Now, setting aside all consideration of the justice or policy of that war, he would assert, that no war was; ever mote popular in its commencement. (Cries of hear, hear.) Mr. Buoyant:is' spoke in explanation. After the marked manner in which the Noble I.utd had alluded to him—had held hint as daring to put hi • opinion in competition with that of .soo,txx) or a million of people out of doors—had charged him also as having slandered the I,ople, by representing them as Labouring under del - sions, and their leaders as frantic or dishonest men, the House, he trustial, would allow him to say a few words in his own behalf. hear.) It would be admitted, he trusted, by most persons, both within and without these walls, that few, Warty. individuals hail at all times shown more determined opposition than lie (Mr. B.) had done to every the smallest semblance of oppression on the part of the Government; but he ead not shown the people his friendship by eel ing them utter and grave falsehoods (hear, hear); he had nut taken advantage of their aritiquaritus ignorance, and goner them to sign petitions, the fabricators of which he charged as deluders, anti the adopters he pitied as deluded ; Petitions such as that which As serted that universal suffrage was a right for which our ancestors had shod their blood—which, turning to periods covered with impene trable darkness, dowribed the people of England as enjoying a fine and perfect constitution 14110 years ago. (A great laugh, and Cries of hear, tear.) In what history of England. he would ask, was there to be found the smallest trace of the constitution of England as it existed in the year Cos? Tins was the antiquarian knowledge of these wiseacres out of doors, who rose up boasting of their little aosumns, and their big delusions; telling us we were all an ignorant people, and that the true way of reforming the constitution was tiiat of setting it on the model ellt that which existed 200 years before the Saxon Ileptarchy was at an end ! When he accused some Mhos of attempting to delude the people (for he was convinced that hitherto it was a mere attimpt), it was reference to the pro ators of such monstrous absurdities as these. He was far frem thinking, however, that such delusions had spread widely, or to any great extent. The truth was, that the people. labouring under the severest presatre of distress, hail been collected in large masses, and finding these Peti tions ready made, had unwittingly put their hands to doctrines which they had never thought of; and delusions had thus iresn ascribed to them, to which they were no parties. Lora COCHLIANE explained.—Knowing, as he did, the respect able individual, ialaior Cartwright, with whom many of these Pen lions originated, lie would say that there was not a snore worthy man in existence. ( Lebeghing.) Ile could not sit silent and hear that venerable person charged with deluding the people. If there was one quality in his character more marked than another it was since rity; but no man ssoald be accused for an error in judgment. The Petition from Alilgate was then read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Lorti G. CAVENDISH presented two Petitions from Flues in the county of Derby, praying for Reform. Adjourned till Monday. LIST OF SHERIFFS. Sheriffs appointed by his itoyal Highness the Prince Regent in Council, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, for the year 1817:-- Regfordshirr—Sannuel Crawley, of Stockwood, Esq. Iferkshire —William Stone, of Englefield, Esq. Buckinghamshire—G. Carrington, of Missenden Abbey, Esq. Cainb. and Hunt.— Postponed. Cheshire—Sir Richard Brooke, of Norton Prio►y, Bart. Philip Musgrave, of Eden Hall, Bart. Detbushire—Thounts Hallowes, of Glasswell, Esq. Deramshire—Sir Walter Roberts, of Courtland, Bart. I)orsetshire—Sir William Oglander, of Paruham, Bart. Essex—John Hall, of Woodford, Esq. Gloucestershire—Sir H. C. Lippincott, of Stoke Bishop, Bart. IPrOrdskire—Edmund Morns, of Charley-wood, Esq. Hereerd lire—Tornkyna Dew, of Witney Court, Esq. Kest —William Alexander Morland, of Lamberhurrt, Esq. Leicegterehire—Clement Winstanley, of Itrannston, Esq. IMeoM , hire--Sir Robert Sheffield, of Normanhy Hall, Bart• Mairmouthshire—Robert 'Thompson, of Tinterne, Abbey, Esq. Narplk---Henry Newts Burroughs, of Burlingham. Esq. Arortbamproashire -.Sir C. Knightley, of Fawsley Park, Bart. Northumberlawil —Sir T. J. Clasering, of Harwood Skeels, Bt. Nottinghamshire—T. 'Backbone Hildyard, of Flinthanr, Esq. Oxfordshire--James C arty Willington, of Coggs, Esq. Rstlmelshire—Tll4lll3s nailer Baines, of Morcott, EN. SluapsAire—William Ormsby Gore, of l'orkington. Esq. Mapes hthiee—Pliitill John Miles, of Wrasnell, Esq. .talfordsh re—'lho mac Kirkpatrick Hall, of Holly-bush, Esq. Cernty , ,i'Soittharoproo —.John Fleming, of Btonehann Park, Esq. siiifalr—Sir Robert Harland, of Narton, Hart. .Surrey—'Thomas Lett the younger, of Dulwich, Esq Sussex —James Cranhourne Strode, of Yrant, I,:sq. H'w•rriekshirr--The Hots. Henry Verney, of Compton Verney. Wiltshire—John Dunce, ford Penritd,lork, ot Compton, Esq. LVorcesarshire— Juksi Taylor, of Strenslumt Court, Esq. Yerbrhire— Sir W. Mordant Milner, of Nan Appleton, Bart. illituu A mulch Harris, of Keneggy, Esq. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, Feb. 15. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. ENLARGED. n. GRIFFITH, Of C:Hteibury, draper. from Jan. 25 to March 13. BANKRUPTS. s• . BAX NISI FR M. jun. latc of 'fres Malt:e, clothier, Fcb. t".!, March 1, 29. at Gtkilicoatl.. Ans. Lowe ano Co. Soutnampton-huiltlingt. Smyrit R. of Leeds. I:0 .icr, Feb. 28, March I, 21, at Leeds. Att. Mr. Lake, I/cm-gate-11111. Groat.r. T. of Leeds, merchant. Feb. Z 3, March 1, 519, at Leeds. Att. Mr. Lake, I toerirate-hill. F. C S W. of A ltlcragate-street. cork-manufacturer, Feb. 18, March ir9, at Guildhall. A , 41. tourteen end Co. Waihrook. % ,, ts M. o f Pall-Mall, lapidary, Feb. 18, 4S, March 1 0 9, a. Cu/IC.- IAL Mt. Mr. Isaacs, 13 or; -Arc,t, St. Mary-axe. TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. WAT.DECR AVE S. of Sewardstone, Essex. coach-mm.ler. Feb. 2 2, March 1, 29, at Guild: Lill. Att. Mr. Hanierton. •;t- Et- Helens. PAT E nnt),l T. and T. HA:two:1o, of Size-lane, ;tat-manufacturers, Feb. IS, 25, Mardi 29, at Ginhihall. AU. Mr. Partin, Walbrook. WAnwicatit .1. lute of Trowbridge, clothier, P. IR, 23, Mardi 29, at Guildhall. A tts. Lowe and Co. Southamptan-buildings. Mosra LEY G. late of flay, Brecon-hire, merchant, Feb. 27. 28, March 29, at Hereford. Au. Mr. Smith, Gray's-inn-square. LAMU J. A. late of Wood -street, Cheapside, ribbon-manufacturer, Feb. 22, March 4, at G00111;111. Att. Mr. Cole. Cataton-st. MORI:AN I). late of Neath, Glamorgansldre, ironmonger, Feb. 22, March t, :9, at Guildhall. A.L. Lane and Co. Lawr..nce Fount ney-hill. Bluest's J. of Myton. oil-men:lant. Feb. 20, 22, Marsh 29, at kingston-upon.Dull. Att. Mr. Dyke. Te.:iple. Koe H. of Mill-wall, I', bar, Roman c,went-ruanuficturzr, Fch. 25, March 1, 29, at Gnialt::lL Att. Mr. Cranch, Union-court, Broad-ttrect. ASHrroitTri J. of Boothfold, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturer, Feb. 23, Mardi 4, 23, m1;10.91311. Ails. Milne and Cu. Temple. FosTLa %V. of Leicester, gro.Nr, Feb. IR, 19, March t 9, at Mar ket Harborough. Alts. Long and Co. Gray's-inn. FosTER S. of Leicester, tallow-chandler, Fcb. IS, 19, March 29. at Market Harborough. Mts. Long and Co. Gray's-inn. SMETIII;urr H. of ()Main, hatter, Feb. 22, Mardi 3, 29, at Man chester. Ails. Milne and Co. Temple. Coo reit H. of Glouce,ter, cheestfactor, March 3, 4, 29, at Glou cester. Au. Mr. King, Seri PALK C. of East Teignmouth, linen-draper, March 1,3, 29, at Chudleigh. Att. Mr. Williams. Red Lion-square. Doses E. of Ludgar,•!-hill, habenlasher, Feb. IH, 25, Marli 29, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. dopson, Castle -street, Holborn. TEMBY P. late of Cambome. Cornwall, innkeeper, March 14, 15, 29, at Redruth. Atm Cardale and Co. Gray's-inn. WAILES G. of Nlcldon-park, farmer, March 14. 15, 29, at Newcas tle-upon-Tyne. Att. Nlr. Hartley, Ncw Bridge-street. D.tvtr:a 11. of Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper, Feb. 27, 2 8 . March 29. at Bristol Au. Mr. Halls, Staple-inn. HULL G. sen. late of Hillinorton, Warwickshire, fdlmonger. Feb. 19, 20, Mardi 29, at Rugby. Ate. Mr. Dawson. New Burling ton-street. (Dividends, 4e. br our welt ) OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 3d Feb. 1817. THE Principal Officers of Hie Majesty's Ordnance L do herein/ give 'entice. that proposals will be received at their office in Pall Mad, ox or befisre Monday, the 244 h instant, from such oceans as may he willing to andertake the :NZ!, of TOOLS OF' VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS pr seruke of 's Department, for a period of three years, determinable after the expiration ty . the first year, upon notice of rice months, at the option of either party. Patterns of the Article: nwy be viewed wpm applention at the Principal Storekeepers' Office intik Tower ; and farther particulars, together with the terms and conditions of Me contract, may he known at the Secrehiry's Office in Pall Mall ofbresaid, any day between the laws n and five o'clock, where Me proposals mart be de. livered mated up and endorsed, " Proposals for TOOLS, A:c." but iszs ' proposal can be udmitkii after the said Skis inst. at twelve clock at neon of the SOW dly, wilful- will any tender be *Wired unless the party making it, or an arent in his behey . shall delend. By Order of Me Board, R. If. CREW, Secretary. COMMISSARIAT' DEPARTMENT, Treasury Chambers, 2414 January, 1817. NOTICE is hereby to all Persons desirous of Contracting to Supply BEEF and MUTTON to his Majesty's Lead Forces, inclidille the Royal Mortars, is Catitcmmratit, Quar ters, and Barracks, la the naderotentioned C'outaies, Places, arid Istuads: Anglesea, Bedford, Berks (including the Town of Hungerford), Berwick, Brecon, Bucks, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Carnarvon,Cornwall (including Scilly), Denbigh, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham (in cluding Holy Island), Essex, Flint, Glamorgan, Gloster (including the City of Bristol), Hants, Hereford, IlerUbrd, Hunts, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight. Kent, Lancaster. Lincoln, Merioneth, Middle sex, Monmouth, Montgomery, Norfolk. Northampton, Notting ham, Pembroke, Radnor, Rutland, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, War wick, Westmoreland, York; Cities of Ely, Carlisle, and Chester, and their vicinities ; Towns of Henley on Thames, Taunton, New castle-upon-Tyne, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Trowbridge, Lei cester, Dudley, Derby, and their vicinities, and in the several Counties in North Britain. As ~iso to supply Beef, in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney. That the deliveries are to commence on and far the twenty fifth day of March west; that proposals in writing, sealed ap, and marked, ' l'ender for Army Supplies,' will he received at this Office, on or (fare Tuesday the 254/i day if l'ebrisary but newt :AU be received after tre'hc o'clock on that day), and, is seta by post, the postage must be paid. Proposals must be made &vitro:sly for each county, island and pin x, e.rcept for the Counties amsprising North and South Woks, all of which must be included in one Tesukr . • as also must the sire rid Counties in North Britain, and the proposal ,Jar the supply V* Beef in the Islands qf Guernsey, J erse y, an d Alderney, must include the whole of the three Is!ands : and each proposal must Aura the later width is annexed to Mc tender properly filled up, by two per sona of known property, engaging to become bound with the party tendering, in the amount stated in the printed particulars, for the dac prrfornwncc of the contract ; and no proposals will be noticed unless made on a printed tender, and the prices expressed in words at length ; and should it so happen, that daring the continuance of the contract, no troops should be stationed or supplied in the county, the expellee of the contract and bond, paid in the first instance by the contractor, will be reAticied to him. Particulars of the vont/acts may be had upon application to No. 35, Great George-street, lirestminster, betwei is the hours of rkven and jive; and at the Offset of Deputy C'ummientry General Young, Edinburgh. MEMOIRS OF THE JUDGES. -40-- in answer to very general enquii ies respecting our MEMOIR% of the Junues, we take the liberty to inform our Reader, and the Public, that the press of Parliamentary Intelli gence has unavoidably cassed a short delay iii their inser tion; but several are composed, and will very soon ap pear. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON : MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1817. THE French Papers, and other Foreign Journals, received this week, whatever interest they may have excited in the minds of those more directly concerned iu their contents, do nut furnish any topics of importance equal to the events which nave recently occupied the public attention at home. The Paris I'ap rs of the 7th inst. state that the FEBRUARY 17. Emperor of Austria has founded in his states a Sinking Fund similar to that of France and England. It appears by the letters received in Paris from l'ort Louis, in the island of France, that the late divadful fire there was aggravated by the insubordin ition of the negroes and soldiers. The latter, in particular. armed themselves against those who wished to extinguish the flames, and actually cut the hose and pipes asunder, which were conveying the water to the engines, in order that they might plunder with more effect. Many of these wretches perished in the flames, in a state of intoxication. Lust night (the 6th), thcre was a play performed at Court, at which his Majesty and the Royal Family were present. FRENC II I: uN ns.—Tucsday 59f. 70c—Wednesday, 60t: loc. The Royal Court of Paris has at length given judg ment in the important question between the Royal Ex. chequer and the house of Barandon, of London, regard ing certain bills which that house ncgociatcd fur Buona parte, on the eve of his abdication, to the amount of 710,000 francs, or 29,5831. The judgment rejects the claims of Burandon and Co. The grounds of it are, Ist, that the endorsement of the bills, of which Baran don and Co. are the holders, is blank, and without any date or enunciation of the value received ; 2d, that there is no evidence that the negociation was completed on the '2 t st, of June, which was the last day of Buonaparte's power in fact ; and that, on the contrary, it would ap. pear from the interpolation and substitution of several leaves in the books of the Civil List, that there was an attempt to give the transaction a date prior to its real date; and 3d, that it is not proved that value was given for the bills to the Treasurer of the Civil List. —Paris Paper. A private letter from Paris says—" A hoax has just been practised, with singular success, upon Sir Sidney Smith, the President of the Society instituted for the de:iveranee of Christian Slaves in Africa. A pretended Courier, coming from Rome, alighted at Sir Sidney's Hotel, a few nights simr, commissioned to present him from the Pope with the great key of the dungeon in which the Christian captives were kept at Algiers, which key was stated to have been sent to Rome by Lord Exmouth. This present was acconipanied with a most flattering letter from his Holiness. Sir Sidney, overjoyed at this mark of distinction from the Holy Father, hastened to communicate the intelligence to the French and Foreign Ministers, and to receive their con. gratulations on the occasion. One of these Ministers, however, in perusing the letter in question, observed in it some inaccuracies of language, which led him soon to reflect, that all acts of the Papal Chancery are al ways written in Latin, and never in Italian, as was this letter : and this reflection brought on another, that the Pope never writes official letters at all, but brils, which are uniformly written and addressed, in the name of the Pope, by the Secretary of State, the office now held by Cardinal Gonsalvi. The deception thus de. tested, I leave you to judge of the mortification of Sir Sidney, and of the amusement afforded to the saloons of Paris by this mystification." The Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday last inform us that the King is recovered completely from his fit of the gout, and that the French Funds are 60-25. The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied with the debate on the Finances, which is uncommonly tedious and heavy. Italy continues to be infested with bands of robbers, who elude the vigilance of the Police and Military sent after them, with wonderful dexterity. The amount of the French Lean, it now appears is only positive for 100 millions of francs, about flair mil lions sterling, but optional for the second 100 millions, or four millions. At the expiration of eight months, the Contractors for the first four millions may take the second, but ut a higher price of the Freneh Funds. The fimr millions absolutely contracted for are .- Naken at .55. French Funds—and the payments are to be completed by the end of ten months from the date of the contract. The Contractors are—first, Mr. Baring, of London ; next the Hope.-s, of Amsterdam ; Parish, of Hamburgh ; a house at Frankfort ; and 5 Bunking-houses at Paris. It is to be under the management of a Committee, who arc to take care that it does not operate to the detriment of the Funds of the different countries. The Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday state, that the debate on the Budget was still going on. Lafitte, the banker, made a very able speech on the subject of the loan ; and stated not only that all con ditions of it would be fulfilled, but that he himself was ready to complete it, and " in the latitude of my con nections." " I will not." he said, " stop, but at the point which. Government itself shall have marked out !" This speech was highly applauded, and ordered to be printed. French Papers to the I 4th instant are arrived. The most interesting part of their contents is the resumed discussion of the Budget. This presents sonic new cir cumstances to our notice. In the tiebute on the I Ith inst. on the finances, the greater part of the Ministers appear to have soolen, as we cull it in England, seria tim. It is sottwwbutt curious to lice X. Pastitiier, the