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a' li, It ( „ ~ v ; :fi ~; .~ ~:, Y~.... ~- } 'ARV A HOUSE OF LORDS, FRBRUARY lb. • Conanetwers beard tombing the fidiewleng Scots Canoes, vis• 44 Scotts` Scott," their Lordship. " • /*whit& urea post poned; and as the of Campbell and ethers I. Archibald dmpbdk" cut %%kb et the CAM below was alarmed: The Bishop of FAY was Mom and took his seat. The Oaths of Abjuration and Fidelity bell duly administered to Madame, Eleanore Madeleine Wickham (Lady of the Right Hon. Wm. Wickham), the Bbl for her Naturalization was read the second time, and °Meted to the consideration of a Commis. , tee of their Lordships. Mr. Dradby, from the Mint, presented certain Accounts pur suant to a recent Order of their Lordships, among which was an Account of the different Prosecutions for Counterfeiting the Coin of the Realm, !cc. within a given period. "These Returns were ordered to be printed, on the melon of the Earl of LAUDZILOALL The Malt and Pension Diary Bill was brought up front the Commons by Mr. Bameme, accompanied by the•Cuslicuroa of the &CHEQUER and ether Members, and read the first time. Lord KENYON presented a Petition from a number of Tradesmen, inhabitants of the City of Westminster, praying that the Insolvent Debtors` Act may not be continued, unless sue cisnt protection or security be provided for the properties of eveditorso.—The Petitioll being read short, was ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, by command of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent, laid before the House several official Papers relative to the late war in India, and the Noble Earl gave notice of his intention to move the 'flunks of the House to the Marquis of Hastings and the Army serving in India, on to-morrow se'nnight. SLAVE TRADE. The Earl of LIVERPOOL laid before the House some documents respecting the negociitiolis had taken place with a view to a more effectual Abo lition of the African Slave Trade. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE begged leave to put a question of the Noble Earl respecting a subject of great importance, namely, the Slave Trade still carried on on the Coast of Africa, for the informa tion of the House and the country; which was, whe eler th,, Treaties entered into between this country and Spain and Portugal, for the purpose of putting a final end to the traffic on the part of those Powers, were carried into effect: particularly with respect•to the appointment of the mixed Commission which was to be sent out within a limited time after the 'Treaty was perfected ; and which time having ex pired, he wished to be informed whether these Corn anissioners had been sent out? The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that the Corn ellssion had been arranged and the Commissioners appointed, but that they had not yet been sent out. SURRENDER OF JAVA, BC.C. The marquis of LANSDOWNE moved for the production of certain additional documents relative to tlyis subject, pursuant to his notice of a former evening. The papers which he was about to move for, would, he said, throw an additional light on the unfortunate affair of the Surrender of Java arid its Dependencies. The documents he described to be ceizain further dispatches from Governor Raffles, General Gillespie, and other Officers ; these he deemed necessary, to spew the whole temper of the trainee eon between the parties ; and they would also go to shew the degree of objection felt by the Sultaun of ralartbang, as founded upon the services he had ren• dered the Dutch Authorities on a former important occasion; avid also with reference to the way in which that Sovereign conducted himself so as to save a-territory which we had in the first instance. aban dened.in the Treaty for the cession of liana. After a few firther observations from • the Noble Marquis . ' the question WaS put, and the documents moved for were ordered to be produced accordingly. —Adjourned till To-morrow. or COMMON'S. Sir CHARLES !SIORGAN presented the Report of the C ):dmittes appointed to try the merlis of the Leominster Llec till-, Which stated that the Committee had tound that Sir Wit lia.n Cunni igham Fairlie, Bart. who was returned as Member fr.; the said Borman, was not duly qualified, and that John liarcourt, Esq. should be returned as duly elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, in the room of the said Sir William Cunningham Fairlie. Pursuant to this Report, it was ordered that the Clerk of the Crown should attend the 'louse to-morrow, to make the neces sary amer.dment in the Return. Mr. BEAUMONT presented a Petition, signed by certain _ . _ . Attornies and Solicitors of North Shields, praying that the Sec- . - lion of the Act of the 44th of the King, which related to kr_ . sons practising as Conveyancers under certificates from the Stamp Office, should be revised, for the purpose of preventing unqualified persons from obtaining such certificates.—The Peti tion was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Me. Serjeant t)NSLOW presented a Petition signed by many Maehams and Shopkeepers of the City of Westminster, against the Ins°lvt.at Debtors' Act.—The Petition was read, and or. lend td lie on the table. A New Writ was ordered for the Borough of Tralee, in the room of Edward Denny, Esq. who, since his election, has ac cepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern llundreds. Petitions were ',resulted from the Farmers and Land-owners of the Counties of Monmouth, Cardigan, and Brecon, praying tharsome additiUnal duty ought be laid on the importation of Fornigt. Corn.-114.7 were read, and ordered to lie on the table. Da Oa melon of Sir. GRENFELL, there were ordered to ise laid b.:forc the (louse various minute Accounts relative to the atr.our.t cf Bauk Notes and Bank Post Bills in circulation during the List three }oars. GRENFELL rose to give a notice relative to certain transactions between Government and the Bank of England. 11,1 had very frequer.tly, for some years past, called the attention cn Ole House to the amount of the balances of the public money in the bands of the Bank. Ile thought the subject a proper one for the consideration of the finance Committee. But if it should turn out that this Committee did not consider that ques tion, lie now gave notice, that after the Easter recess he should submit to the House a motion on the subject. Mr. AldermanWOOD presented a Petition from the Debtors confined iu Whitecross-street Prison, praying that the Moons modation of Day Bales might be extended to that Prison.— Read, old ordered to lie on the table. BAST INDIA AFFAIRS. Mr. CANNING laid upon the table a considerable volume of papers relating to the war in India. He gave notice, that to-morrow se'nnight he would move the Thanks of the Jiouse to the Marquis of Hastings, and to the British Army. • Sir ROBERT WILSON did not wish to bring on any premature discussion; but he wished to know whether Ministers had received any information, or had taken any steps to procure it, to ascertain hor far the laws of nations had been violated by-the exe cution of a Killidar taken at the fort of Kalmar.? Mr. CANNING answered, that he believed Mini sters were not yet in possession of sufficient informa tion to enable them to form a distinct opinion upon the important question. Sir ROBERT WILSON was anions that equal justice should be done to the State andlo the sadi. vidual ; and he accordingly moved, that th ere b e Acid before the• House, Copies of all Reports or other D oc uments received by Ministets from the Marquis of Harting:, or Lient.-General HWaNrelativit wise execution of the Killidar of srhosnite had spoken. M. CANNING said. dot bo bsd no objection to die productioi of the pepers--P*Pers ordered. On the motion of Lord Moasirra.an account was ordered of the amount of the Territorial Debts of the' ,fast India Company at their several Presidencies, according to the latest advises. PROSTITUTIN IN LONDON. The Sheriffs of London presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor and Common Council of London, on the subject of the number of Female Prostitutes in the City, and on the difficulty of putting down the many houses where they were harboured. Mr. Alderman WOOD observed, that the subject was one of great importance to the health and morals of the rising generation. He hoped that the Law, Officers of the Crown would take up the subject,and put an end to an evil arising out of the confinement of these depraved females with paupers and others who had been guilty of no offences. If the other side of the House, did not think the Matter worthy its attention, he would submit a measure upon the sub ject on some future occasion. GALWAY RZCOONIZANCEIL Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH presented a Petition from Mr. Mundell, dike Agent of the Right Honour able Denis Bowes Daly, _praying that the time' for 'entering recognizances, for the purpose of prosecu ting his Petition against the return of the Sitting Members for the County of Galway might-be exten ded from to-morrow, when the time would expire, to the I:3th of March. On the Petition being read, it was moved, that the time for entering the recognizances be extended to the 12th March. Mr. WYE observed, that if this motion was agreed to. it would be the first instance in which the House had extended the recognizances, merely on account of the neglect of petitioners. The rule hitherto observed in such cases kad been, that in case of any mistake, or any act done inadvertently, in ignorance of the rules, the time would be extended. It would, be quite new to extend the time, on account of the lathes of the petitioner. Sir J.- MACKINTOSH suggested, that as he was then in ignorance of the particular circumstances of the case, it would be better to adjourn the debate till to-morrow, when he should have an opportunity of inquiring into the circumstances of the case. He 'accordingly-moved as an amendment that the debate be adjourned till to-morrow. After a few words from Mr. MARTIN, Mr. Tom :Cßl', Mr. ROBERTSON, and Lord CASTLEREAGH, the adjournment was agreed to. Lord DUNCANNON presented a similar Petition. which was disposed of in the same-way. 81. 1 1 NE TRAM Lord CASTLEREAGH brought up a large mass of papers relative to negotiations with foreign Powers,, on the subject of the Slave Trade. Some other doe currents were also subjoined.. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, that the documents were too voluminous to be taken into consideration to-morrow, as hi, Lordship had proposed. Lord CASTLEREAGH concurred, that Members could not be prepared for a discussion on the subject until the papers had been printed : he, therefore, did not object to postpone his, notice until Friday next. Mr. SMYTH observed, that he wished to obtain from the Noble Lord some information on another important point connected with this interesting ques• tiun. The House was aware, that conventions had been signed betweenthis country and Spain and Por tugal, for the establishment of commissions for the adjudication of captured slave ships on the coast of Africa, in South America, and in the isla:zst of Trini dad. The ratiacations of those conventions were to be exchanged within a limited time; and at the ex piration of months at the latest, the commissions were to be established. He wished to know whether that desirable object had vet been accomplished, and if not, when it was probable that it would be attained. Lord CASTLEREAGH remarked, that there were three Conventions—one with the King of the Nether lands, on which no enactment had been yet founded ; and two others with Spain and Portugal : as to the latter, two Bills had been passed, to enable Govern ment to act upon the Conventions ; but, without going into detail, he could state that, with the utmost anxiety on the part of Ministers to complete the ob j.:ct in view, they had experienced great difficulty in tilling up the list of the Commissioners. Mr. WILBERFORCE complained that a strange delay had occurred in sending out the Commis sioners. Ile did not mean to impute it to the Noble Lord opposite; but the House should know, thin every day which was suffered to pass before they went out, signed the death-warrant of hundreds of their fellow creatirres.—(llear, hear.) Ile trusted he need not add any thing further, to urge the sending those Com missioners out. If they could be sent even a week sooner than was intended, the lives of thousands might be saved by it. LAW OP APPEAL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in snaring that the Bill for repealing the Law of App ea l by Wager of Battle in criminal cases, and in Writs of Right, be committed, observed, that in passing the Bill through the Committee at present, he wculd purpose some verbal Amendments ; but there was a material one which he intended to propose afterwards, which ap plied to Appeals in cage of Treason abroad. An Honourable Member had on a former evening ex pressed a doubt whether such right of Appeal did not exist as a law. Upon'examitung into the matter, he had found, thaf that law was in effect virtually re pealed ; for it could only be tried in the High Come of Chivalry, which Coutt was not in existence at pre sent. However, as it had not been expressly repealed by any Statute, he would include it in his Bill, and set the matter at rest.. Sir F. BURDETT wished to save one part of the Law of Appeal—that which was made in cases of Murder; and he intended, when the Bill was recons miued, to submit an Amendment to that effect. He admiped it would be a hardship to have any man liable to be uied twice for the SW* offence; but he considered the right of Appeal in such eases necessary, as a protection against an undue Exercise of the power of the Crown in pardoning persont amvicted of murder. Sir J. MACINTOSH would have offered himself upon this subject on a former amigo, if he had an:. ticipated any serious objection -to the bill ; but he considered it so wise and so much celled for %meanie dm* did not imagine ant Individual would hist opposed . it. He multi lists* fah Amore to say argumsru which might be *feed is favour of the. appeal in cases of .murdet.) bat be professed he did, net ire how any part of the law could be suffered to amain, without leaving a principle equally incon sistvt with humanity and justice--(Hear, hear.) The objections to the repeal of that part ofit which ap plied to cases of murder, rested upon no better audio. , city than the observations of Junius upon the case of the Kennedys. The bill then passed through the Committee, pro forma. The report was received, and ordered- to be taken into further codsideration on Monday next. i • REGULATION lIILL. On the motion, by Mr. BENNET, for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. OMMANEY made two objections to it. The first was, that the laws, as they stood at present, gave the climbing boys sufficient protection; and the second was, that the machinery which was proposed to be substituted for them was not found to succeed. Mr. BENNET said, that the answer to the first objection might be found in the evidence of the mas ters themselves, who bad all admitted that the laws were not sufficient for the protection of the children. His answer to the second objection would be, that that could not be called a failure in the machinery which succeeded is 990 cases out of 1000. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Wednesday. VSORY Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW moved the second reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill. Mr. CALC RAFT said, he did not intend to trouble the House with objections to this Bill in its present stage, as he understood he should have an opportu nity of doing so on the bringing up of the Report. Mr. PROTHEROE thought that if the House agreed to pass this Bill, it would be too bold an experiment. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed onWednesday, on the understanding that the Report should be brought up on Thursday. On the motion of Sir Joux IslawPonr; there were ordered to be laid before the House certain Accounts relative to the Expenses of collecting the Revenue in Ireland. MR. BARON M'CLELLAND. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) rose to move for cer tain Papers relative to a prosecution for perjury in Ireland. In 1815 . a true Bill was found by the Grand .Inry of Galway against Edward Burke, for perjury. The trial was appointed to come on at the next As si7es, but was postponed on account of a representa tion by Burke that a person who was a material wit ness was absent. lie (Mr. Martin) was the prosecu tor, and at the next Assizes when the trial was called on, he was under the- necessity of moving that it should be postponed on account of the illness of Mr. Conniss, a material witness. But Mr. Baron M'Clel land refused the .applicaton, because his (Mr. Martin's) aflldivit did not state that he had seen Mr. Conniss, and only alleged his belief that he was too ill to at tend. On this an affidavit was procured from the Physician, which expressly stated that the witness could not attend on account of illness. Notwith standing this, Mr. Baron M , Clelland determined against his (Mr. Martin's) application to postpone the trial. This ,he considered an outrageous deter mination—(/aughter). He concluded by moving for a Copy of the Indictment against Burke, and the proceedings had thereon. On the suggestion of Lord CASTLFRFACH and Mr. WyNxr, the motion was withdrawn, till the Chief Secretary for Ireland could attend in his place. Adjourned at a quarter past tix o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. i'l HAZARD AND CO. ARE THE CONTRACTORS FOR TILE NEW LOTTERY TO BE DRAWN THE szD - OF HARM. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1819. THE FUNDS. PRICE Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Reduced 77 6t 7i—Cnns. 7611* Cons. for Acc. 76 21-31 per Cent. 86 5j 61 4 per Cent. 95; per Cent. Navy 1044 Bk. Lg. Ans. 20 16I—Excheq. Bills (2d.) 12 18 pr. India Stock 228 9 8 The unusual arrear in the French Papers has been made up by the arrival to-day of those from Tuesday to Saturday last inclusive. The KING has got a slight attack of the gout, which does not, however, prevent him from transact ing business in his private apartments. A Royal Ordinance has been issued, whereby his Manumit, taking into consideration the low plice of grain in many of the South-western Departments of the Kingdom, and the great abundance at the same time of maise and millet, gives authority to the Pre fects of those Departments to allow from week to week, as long as the average price of corn may con tinue as low as at present, the exportation of maise and millet to foreign parts. The Departments to which this liberty has been conceded, are those of the Gironde, Landes, Lower Pyrennees, Upper Py rennees, Upper Garonne, Ariege, Oriental Pyrennees, Aude, and Herault. The business in the Chamber of Deputies during the last week has been of very little public interest. The Reports of the Committees on the two Bills for 'altering the term of the financial year, and for regu lating the trade in saltpetre,' hive been presented ; and on Friday a discussion on the former was com menced, but adjourned, on Ole arrival of the dinner hour, till the following day. Brain an observation incidentally dropped by one of the Members, it ap pears that there is an expectation of the Chamber being prorogued in May. The Chamber of Piers do not appear to have had any meeting daring the week. . The last Resolution which they passed, for an Address to the Vito, re , Tustin him to bring in a MR for the abolition of the Davit d'Ambains, hat been communicated, Order of his Missarr; a) the Chamber of Dem, 'which may be regarded as a sort of assurance th in so far as the will of the KING IS concerned, ti.. will be no opposition to this important mid smut measure. Count de Botrrnttlast, Prefect of the Depanrn, of the Lower Ithine, is said to have been appoi 4: , Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Brae. A rumour is stated to be current at Paris, POP; and the Duchess of LUCCA, Ex-Qu een ETRURIA, have both paid die debt of nature. 1., news, however, is allowed to want confirmation. Cnikarits IV. of Spain did not, it seems, di e -le, as was stated, but at Naples, where h e on the 19th of last month. Accounts from Munich present us with the i7;-. esting sight of a beneficent Monarch meeting his rca ple for the first rime, in Representative Assemb:. The Diet Bavaria was solemnly opened on the,!: instant, by the King in person, who delis ered the occasion an Address, full of patriotic and , sentiments, as honourable to his own character , they must be gratifying to the people under I .i. sway.—" You will see in all my Government' he. says, " a persevering tendency towards the cord men good ; you will recognize in it this cdnstri and irrevocable principle—to grant to agrica'.;u: t to the arts, to commerce, to conscience, and to op nions, every freedom of action and developema compatible with the rights of individuals, and ' with the permanent object of all society: y es will find the country," he adds," labouring unier bur. dens, caused by these extraordinary efforts which perious circumstances rendered necessary; but you .4 ill be consoled by finding that these burdens arc dimi• nishing every year ; and I hope, that by' our u..ited efforts we shall, ere long, succeed in re-establis!ting the equilibrium of our finances."—The QUEEN and the whole Court were present at this august cere• mony, and nothing could exceed the manifestatio of devotion and attachment exhibited by the blew hers of the Diet towards the first constitutional Km' of their country. French 5 per Cents.—Friday 70 f. 10 c. The official Report on the murder of our country. men, ARBUTHNOT and AMBIHSTIR, to which we yesterday alluded, will be found among our extraes from the American Papers. The decision of the House of Representatives, on this foul transactor, is honourable to the American chara:ter; but it vet remains to be seen s4iat punishment is to be inflicted on the murderer. In our view of the justice rec:prc cally due among Nations, a disavowal of the legal act of a servant is nothing, if the sentence of the law does not reach the offender. The Report on the affairs of the United St'Ce , Bank, alluded to in our extracts, is one of length, occupying nine closely printed columns the American Papers. From this Report we are lei not only to infer that the bases and superstructure of the Bank have been ill constructed ; but that there it among the Americans, a miserable lack of honest and integrity. They seem constitutionally, and by education and habit, incapable of separating their in dividual tar-barrel, salt herring, and lumber petty de4l - from the management of public property. We have among ourselves men who thrust themselves and their connections into Parish Vestries, for the purpose of preying on the public property ; but in the 'management of the affairs of large Corporate Bodies our affairs are better conducted. We have received Madras Papers to the Sd of Oc tober. The Governor General has issued a General Order relating to the military operations so successfully conducted against the late Peishwa. In this Order the most ilatteri?g notice is taken of the distinguished services of the following persons, during the cam paign :—The llon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, Brig.- Gen. Murray, Brig.-Gen. Doveton, Brig.-Gen. Smith, Brig.-Gen. Pritiler, Lieut.-Colones Boles, Deacons Eldridge, Prother, Kennedy, Imloch, and M'Dowell, and Major Jardine. The noble Marquis concludes thus:— " Were it pos - sible to particularize every officer employed in the late operations against Bajee Roa, in Council would have cause to distinguish each by a sepatate tribute of applica tion. But as that is impossible, his Lordship in Council must entreat them to accept collectively his best thanks for the service which they have renderei to the State." Sir John Malcolm, with Bajee Row, the 2d Bom bay Grenadier battalion, and escorts, cavalry and in 'fantry, of Madras troops, arrived at Madessor fn the 7th ult. They were met by the 2d battalion 19th Bengal Infantry, which was to relieve the Born 'bay corps, and accompany Bajee Row, *hose desti nation is said to be Benares, via either Delhi or Ma tra. The state of the country had rendered I.s progress very slow, the, rains having Weis in great quantity, and much heavier than had been e ktlown in that quarter for several years. On the evening of the 28th of July s a detachmet of the Rajopotana force stormed and took, with little loss, the town and outworks of Madhoorapoor, 6 3 place which Meer Khan so often attacked in rain• The Thakoor and his people had retired into the fort, which was not expected to hold out long. The Cholcra Murbus cull coutinttes: iti rav+,'e