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MALI4IMEATARr PAOCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 13. The Irish A t.ction t)utiss Bill, and the Blackfriart Bridge Sunday Tolls-Lill, Pyre read a third time and ' sassed. 'The African Cr,ffee Bill, and the Irish Revenue Regulation Lill, were read a s. , :•ona time and committed for to-narrow. The Appf. priation PM, and the Irish Catholic BM, were brrt•ght. up from rho Commons by Mr. Wharton, Sir Henry Montgomery, and other Members, and read a first time. The Scoti Judicature Commissioners Bill was alms brought ap by Mr. Robi•rt Ctundu and other Members, agreed to with a 1 amet.dnient, which was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. On the third reading of the Woollen Bill, Mr. Jackson was beard on behalf of the Clothworkers and Shearmen,agaiaat the Bill. Earl lITZWILLI AM moved to leave out a clause of excep tion, with respect to LAndort. which was opposed by Earl BR'. TRUR ST. •The . Motion was negatived, and the Bill read a third time and passed. Ths Prize Money Bill, the Ship Owners Bill, and the Friendly tiocet its Bill, Were rerrted, and the amendments agreed to. The Bankrupt Bill passed through a Committee with amend men's. After some conversation between the LORD CUARCIII". LOR, Lordi FRS/CI tIE and RLDESDALL. Report to-morrow. ' The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated his intention of cal ling ?Asir Lotviships' attention enThursday to the case of the Rox burgh kr:trent. The Order on the Banbury Peerage was discharged, with the view of postponing the further consideration till next Sessions. 'file Eart of BESBOROUGH moved to suspend the Standing Order with respect to the Manchester Water Works Bill. •The motion was opposed by the Lard Chancellor, Lords El lenborongh, Redesdale, the Earl of Wilton, and Earl Grosvenor, and supported by Lord Harrowby, and the E.tri. of Hardwicke. After a long conversation the House divided—Comeau 19—Not Contents 10—Majority 9. On our re-admission, the House was discuesinia motion for the third reading of the pill , The Loan Cita scri.aoe. Intiatuttod his intention of protesting against the. recent decision of the House. After some observations from the Earls of Wilton, Car lisle, and Lorstßedestlale, and after some further coeversation, the bill was read a third time and passed, and sent back to the Commis. a with amendments. The Committee on the irith Militia Bill was postponed till to morrow. StATS in PARLIAMENT BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Commons, by Mr. wen and other Members, and on the motion of he Earl of LI VERPOOL, read- a first ,thus, and ordered SO be printed. His Lordship gave notire of his intention to move the second reading to-morrow, if the prints should in the mean time be on the table. SALE OF OFFICES PREVENTION BILL. Oa the reading 'of this*Bill,' .Earl GROSVFNOR apologized for not 'having . before noticed it, which had arisen from the Multipli city of bills that had crowded their Lordships' table, and distracted their attention at this late period of the Session." He perfectly agreed in tfie principle of the bill, bilt.ohj fC ted to the exceptions with-respect to Sale of Commissions in the Army, and of offices 'at tached to the law. With respect to the for Mer, he thought that a matter of so mulch importance as esta blishing the practice of the sale of Military Commis.' sions, should have been made the subject of a sub-- stantive bill ; and with respect to the latter, that the practice of selling such offices should be confined to the present possessors of these situations which were entitled to the sale. _ _ _ .The LORD CHANCELLOR obeer►ed, that the exceptions in the bill did net establish the practices mentioned by the Noble Earl, but left them as it foundibem. The sale of military commissions was subject to his Majesty's regulationseto which it was left by the bill. With re:pect to kwuffices, no mis. chief whatever had arisen from the practice of selling them ; and it should be recollected, that the salaries of the Chief Justices of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, who derived an emolument from the ""Saie, had not been increased for a long period of years. In' the Court of Chancery nc officcs were le gally saleable. The Earl of ROFSLYN, with respect to the sale of commissions, observed, that from that source was derived a fund for the-half pay of officers retiring in consequence of she or infirmity, Who could not other- wise be provided fur without imposing a considerable burden upon the country. After some observations from Lord Rantsnaca and Earl Gaosveson in explanation, the bill was rea d a third time and passed, with amendments, and sent back to the Commons.—Adjourned. HOZISE.OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER the attenticupol the House to an Amend ment of the Lords in the London Docks Rad Bi.l. There was in the Bill both a general and particular appropriation of Tolls. The Lords struck uut the particular. The House agreed to this, upon the ground that Ike anes:dment was immaterial, the parti &liar clause being included in the general. A Messzge front the Lora* announced their assent to the Prize mom y Bill, the Blackfriar's Bridge Sunday Toll Bill, and others. Mr. HORNER postponed his notice of a Motion, Ter leap to bens in a Sill for the relief of Suitors in the Court of Session In Scotland, eat to-mortew. Mr. WILBER #efRCE moved that the Charitable Donations Bill be re;corranittcd. He stated,' that sevcral alterations had been made in the Bill, and therefore thought it best thit it should be prince d as amended, ar•.d then postponed till neit Session.—The Lill was then re-cornothted. Report received, as d ordered to be further c‘rtudered this clay three months. The Judges' Salaries Bill was rrverted, and ordered to be read a third time to-mom:kw,. Lord BINNigG:4I-sa brought up the Report from the Committee pn the Scotch Judicature Bill. Mr. HORNER spoke at considerable length !Ton s great and oppressite &tett - existing . in the moire bf pr oceeding in the Court of Session in- S cotland, and for which this Bill afforded notemed,y.,ntitwithstand ing thAt 11:e subject had occupied - so much of,the de lii)eration in dr! /louse of 'Lords, both In . i.fortner and the present Session. This 'defect was the neces sity under which suiiers were pliteed,'when answer. ing the allegations of their opponents, of first taking.; out copies of all the elaborate pleadings required . to be entered by the o t her s id e , as records o f the Cr, ] a e] before they 0,:5h.1 proceed to any replication by plea or evidence. The..e pleadings, in some instances that , came hi, imn knowledge, amounted to a vo lume t:f 1500 pages, the copy of each of wh:ah re- i quired the sign , tture of an ()cheer of the Court k who artist receive a fi.y upon each : and he bad known in stances wire the sum in litir;ation did not exceed 0200 or £3OO, Nviiv:e the fee of court alone amount ed to £5.:0 or £7OO, iicl in one such case to £l5OO. g. prevailed in the prac- Sixli an an-ang.rnent had d e e of the Sc!Lcii Cou ts, for no other , :tsou that he . could bee,• than to create a revenue for the Scotch Law Officers; but it was a bar - in the pursuit of jus tice,. wholly insurmountable to all suitors in ordinary circutswances ; and even where a suitorwas success fill, and his antagonist chose to appeal to the House of Lords, the parties could not proceed thither with out takibg out coMplete copies ofihe prticeedings in the courts below, although not of the least use to t h e m, nor competent tofamish any new light to his : • • advocates torero tile higher tribunal. The Ilonetir able and Learned Member forcibly the neces- urged _ ety of easing the people of Scotland from that into lerable tax on the legal justice of their country, on the necessity 9f .assimilating the proceedings there to those in England, and of extending thither the ad vantage of trial by jury in civil cases; and he thought this bill ought not to pass. the House without such an amelioration of the judicature it purported to amend. Mr. ROBER.T DUNDAS said, the a measure such as that recommended by the Honourable and Learned Member, could not be adopted, without a mart important alteration in the legal practice of Scotland for three hundred years ; and therefore the House ought not precipitately to adopt any such pro ceedings,. but wilt deliberately, to hear the final opi nions of 'the' CommisSioners appointed to discuss the subjk; and to examine it m all its bearings ; and he knew tfritt there 'were. marl of the highest legal autho- TititS hlSCOtlarld,vihodiftered inopinion on the subject. Mr. ASERCROMI3IE agreed in. the objections of. Mr. 'HORNY-ft, and admitted that the . House should do nothingipecipitately on the subject; but he was at a loss where to-cast the blame, for the delay which had taken place in not bringing forward the final re-. 'port of those Commissioners to examine this subject for whose appointment a Bill passed late in the last Seision, although the commission was not signed by 'his Majesty until last January. -He understeod that a majority of three Commissioners were in favour of the alteration suggested by his Learned Friend • and that the only point on which they had not yet been ,able to make up their minas, was how the officers were to be compensated for the loitSof fees that must accrue from the alteration._ They had indeed suggested the transferring those fees to.another quarter, but one rqUally objectionable with that on which they were. now imposed. The CHANCELLOR. otthe EXCHEQUER supported the opinion of Mr. touttoAs :as to the deli berate sautiaalvith which any alteration shtnild-be at.temtnvAin.legal proceedings. as, long. established... Ha . admittesl ihatt.it was deur-able to extend to Scot land the Trial bj Jury,' but thii only provided iewas iigterable'f6 those most cohatrited, - and who best stn. !derstoOdihe Alsip and feeling of itte-country. The Bill was read .a third time, passed, and or dered back to the Lords. - COURT MARTIAL. ' • MT.. LYTTLETON rose to offer to the House a Petition from Captain Jekyl, late of the 43d Regiment, praying such-relief as teche,House should seem meet. .Being called upon by the SPEAKER to state the 'natureot the Petition, • Mr. LYTTLtTON said that the petition stated, ;that-in th e yea r 1304, the petit ionerhad instituted certain charges against his superior officer, Colonel Stewart, and brought him tb trial by a CoittiMartial ; tiiat the Court, after hearing the evidence - adduced, were of opinion the charges were not supported, They there- fore - acquitted Colonel Stewart, and pronounced a vote of censure upon the petitioner ; and his Majesty was pleased not only tc approve the sentence of the Court, but to dismiss the wtitioner from the service. That petitioner, prvionsly to that dismissal, memorialed l'or a trial of himself , by Court-Martial, in order to have an opportunity of adducing, in defence of his conduct, such farther evidence as he had deemed un necessary to be brought forward upon the trial of Co lonel Stewart, and to spew that he . had , not brought forward that charge upon light. or frivolous grounds. Mr. RYDER said, that as far as he could under stand from the statement, this petition went not only to censure the judgment of a Court-Martial, which for so long a time the petitioner bad suffered- to pass-un impeached, but to call in question also the exercise of an undoubted prerogative of the C.rown, and - therefore, he thought the petition such as the House of Com mons would not entertain. He would, however, ap peal to the higher and better informed-authority of the Chair. _ . _ ". ' The SPEAKER said, that being called on, it was his duty to state what was the nature of the petitions, which it had been the usage of the House to entertain in cases of like nature, and what to reject. Petitions complaining of the ordinary administration of justice, whether in Courts-Martial or Civil, the House of Commons had not usually entertained : but petitions complaining of any extraordinary proceeding, any gross abuse of the judicial authority, the allegations of which there was no direct reason to disbelieve. Such petitiOns the House of Commons usually. enter. rain. The-most recent case of this nature which oc curred to him was that of the petition of Captain Cochrane Johnstone. In that case, the House enter tained the petition ; and it must be for the House, in its discretion, now to judge whether the petition now presented stated that kind of extraordinary Case s which would entitle it to be entertained. Mr. ABERCROMI3IE said, that the Court-Mar i tial was one of the most respectable that had ever es isted. Sir John Mciore was the President. The Court I thought that the charges were utterly without faun 'nation' and censured the prosecutcr. This was not, to hip opinion, a petition to be received. - Air. LYTTL E TON said, that the complaint was, ' I that a new trial had been denied to the petitionefi. w'hich entitled to by . the regulations of. the arn7. if this had been granted, he world have been coall:ed to clear himself. 1. The CFIAL4CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob i served, that this was an us.nal mode of proceeding in Courts Martial, and in the exercise of the preroga tive—and no new or, particular grievance had been !Mated in this instance. If this was to be clam.. raf,red, there was scarcely any, case which might' not: be niAO the subject of application,to thin House. • - Lord H. PETTY said, that this was a very diffe- , rent case from that of Mr. CoChrane Johnstone, whose complaint was, that he had-not received the benefit of hisacquittal. The Present Petition stated' no pe culiar grievance. Colonel DILLON objected generally, to the prac tice of presenting petitions against ,the sentences of Courts Martial. Sir S. ROMILLY differed from those who had ' . just spoken. The qu:dstion s was,*licther, the Petition. should be heard? He uriderstiaod it to be stated, that before this proceeding it 'had not been the custom to censure and dismiss' a prosecutor without allowing him L) bring evidence in his - own defence. The 'e. titicn he thoulit ought at I4ast to he heard. The SEC ItETAkY at WAR opposed' the PP . . titinn. General PHIPPS also opposed it. . Mr. LYTTLETON replied; that the complaint. ~.. - ,‘" l "' - • K - P7' 7 , - 11 4 Th, _ _ subject of introducing greater economy in the nratiagemerot :of public business, by which, as he had frequently rated, k was his . opinion,that X 11,000,000 might annually be saved. Lord OSSULSTON rose, in pursuance of life notice, to state his objecticns to some•resolutions of his.Honottraile Friend (Mr. Martin) on a former night. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER caile4 ebe Noble ,Lord to order, as objecting to those measures by reference to the resolutions of a Committee, the Report of which' orifs bps as yet ... ~„ • received. After some remarks from Lord FotititiVii lila Lord H. ,PITTT on the subject of order, the Speaker having adjusted the. 'point, • Lord OSSULSTON proceeded in his statement, and submitted to the House a resolution to the following effect : i . 4 . 4 .That it is the opinion of this House, that the exigence of' , 'sinecure offices, and of offices by deputy is unnecessary and inex.:"l pedient for the remuneration of public scrvicas : and that pensions j granted for one life would equally supply their room; also that *be House would fake an early oppoi tunny of applying some such obias, instead of sineettres;&e.' . The situation being put from the Chair, it was neg,uivesiwitli- 1 dot a division.- - _.____ . . ..„ .. ._ "'OREM*: PRO PERTY.. .., if - . -.: - - t Mr. HOWORTH .conceived; .112 g. 4 lighten the enormous burden of ices itnpO . • §lO ?pantry, he would render-a great service to it. F,. was- a mode by which, taxes to, the. amount of b`tiitlesn ktind 70,0001. aitir.tnigbi• be spired... - ii;Nift4 subjecting the income drawn by foreigners *nun. r Oerty'vertttd its our "IPunds, to th; same charges to the stock of British' subjects was .liable. ~ KC .kware that it :night be urged, that grakiti,4.Fifin 'tiOnsin favoirr orforeigners, was an e.ncour4gerrier* to them to vest their property in our ftin4s l 'Ant , * , had stilt a stronger encouragement ; WbiCli.Wai4 ' 11 seturity that no other country, but *ii toulit 4ot "! He, however, would not take these lei #(4ali4; ders by surprise, but give them "timely nopci of oit he meant to do. He would IherefOrc mi3ve---:'.‘Aliii4. the House should take early into its c.onsideritafa expediency of discontinuing so much Of the "ACt..rif the 4-6th Geo. 111. as related to dividends insbe rtnicli payable tO fplieignera, and - that itick nok:o4xiptiOn should com i tgence from the .00 :of;.. ,: • :,.:100.! ~• Mr. BARING resisted ehe.. motion; s.in.44litiiiitilge with that good frith s ' Opoil' iho Security.,ofivhlch ro, reigners were induced' to .iend. - 00ir *„;tiortey, 50.. 1,Ki country. The sum of 60,00QV'w - as ne t tci lie weighed against the character of the colintrY.. , ~ Sir T. TURTOIsI supported tbe "mOtion.. *- • Mr. D. GIDDY opposed" it, on the 'ground that justice' and hcinonr"Wert consideratiOns Mote to beat tended to than those of policy:, . Mr. FULLER saw no ronion*hy thoselbteigners . . .. . who drew 'an income from this, country, `s hould .uot contribute to the support of those fleets arid armies to which they owed the protection of their property. Mr. HAWKINS BROWNE said, that ii; was the policy of Government to encourage the influx of fo reign properLy into the funds. - The person who so laid out his property withdrew iiirnielf 'thus far frOin the general enmity. He conceived it would be a. great breach of public faith to tax this species of propertCHANCELLOR • ' • The of the EXCHEQUER,. though he concurred in many of the arguments for taxing the property of foreigners in the funds, must . oppose the motion, as perfectly unnecessary,. and not , likely to produce the object it wished to.obtain. He' Would not give .any definite opinion on. the =Nett 31 moment. this An oppOrt . umt would arrive for a • liberal disensiton if the princip le. He must negative the motion. • . Mr. Traktar said, that if this tenalutlon went, . abroad, it would alarm all foreigner: who . had pro, . perty . in Our Itinds:' This Subject had been often under , disonssiOn, And was always decided in favour of tbe Jforeigner. If any thing were done in the busineA 4 . he thought the exemption might be continued in fa. your of property now vested, but not to future pur chasers. . Mt: DENT supported "the 'notion, and. Mr. H. THORNTON opposed it. The' 'motion, With COn• gent of the House, was withjrawn.. ...., AMERICA. Lord HENRY PETTY rose, :pursuatit to notice,, to move for additional paper on the subject of the late transactidn in America, According to the do- cuments already produced, there cg Ul4 be no doUbt that Mr. Erskine had acted cfintrary, to bis'instruc, tions Bu(it was inipOssiblb to judge upon the Whole; merits of the case, without.Awo additional docu-, .tiients. The' instructions to . Mr, Erikine, as to the, affair of the Chesapeake; Might be extremely :nate, rial ; and it was also of great iint ortaucetO•have the dispatch, of Mr, Erskine,. ccititaining such facts As he • zni4ht have alledged in his own . jUstAcation. .Perbaps there might have been a ierbataisuranCe`gi*o to Mr. Erskine by the American Gov,emment,:tfiat.they would concede the points,m, dispute, thOnskfinni the state of public feeling they . might nig.ehoor to agiij t otity.. He concluded hy - m oving for the twe . piOers mentioned. Mr. CANNING. could tstliceede:to the motion.' Hs_ aid there svere, thnee .points: which- Mr. Erskine had been instructed to procure from the American , ;Government, for a repeal of our Orders in Council ; ;but not one of these had he, in fact, obtained. The most material,' 016 - kit' innnon, it - lest, had not ibeen..:Obtainid ; that - Atifefrca should not `contiiitte' her tritte'with • Tranee, 'or any of the i .Powers under her authority. • NOr . had the second point been obtained, namely,, the interdiction. -of trade 'With the' enemy's Celonies. At least what ever concesilims we have proettied froth America, it is certain that, the most material of them all has beep, neglected -by Mr. Erskine i • that is—not only , the recal of the Non-intercourse Act, as far as, re lates to this country, 'but binding - the continuance of k against 'Prance, and the rowers • Under her command. Gentlemen, perhaps, were not aware that the Non-intercourse Aerientshlhave expired of itself on Ake 20th of. biti t y s wi t ) o , l 4 our ha i vio,,g any price for it Whatever ; and 7;viskosit _a. pledge from America. that she would cortinui hes N6n-in tereltirses Act in 1611 force against . Trancef 'we were paying all without :reciiiiing any thing. ih return. , " Are we (he asked).after continuing .a.. retaliatory system against America ioJong now to allow her to rescind her psohibitory acts -itgauis France, as Mr. Erikine's agreement , pea to ZOr'' ; The denial of • . icr . 1-: .. .1.- E i -,t, , -71e..:re. 're ,;,-..sr-ri :. , : f ". . frittakt ;int? Abe...poy4k. s ot,4lper4ca to -our ships of ,Iyai - ,:atiatuntngtose of.Feasice, is a . proof of their 04y . 4414 0 Kceech, ~., It is true that afterward s rlctort-In*coomf . 4ct was issued, which restored plc fon ofiequality`pfoong the Belligerent Powers, Ehit:voper.elrlo. _merging in that the fo rmer satilidictian t iger . lam- t- us. Mr. Erskine's agseeinent woad' have' loft us (though we have rescinded our DeCrees against America, and France has not) liable to. hire their porti slut upon our ships again, and c.auld .we consent to arrangements of that nature? Was .the. Government.to allow two or three months to elapse.in cool discussion on the subject, without refining to acquiesce, in it, when millions of B r i t i s h property might be lost by the neglect ? He hoped the Noble Lord (Petty) would mot see it necessary to press,for thesepaners, as it may be too premature to.pwduce them.now, sod may be the means of shut- ting the door against , future reconciliation with Ame rica.. Mr. Erskine's, instructions could not be more plain,, they went to interdict the trade between Ame rica, France, and Holland. As to the alledged in justice of including Holland, in the interdiction, if Tolland is a power depende s ncon France, i t i s proper i . *he fhOelfi.s,ltaem4 . oipe t utus, and-if independent if lie F .-.. its Ate, : kas-angdo 4, be-Independence, an d , .0 2 q Itil4s4VA $144-tass,l44ualp,thlStiPst_thould m a k e Ara' ki444aghtiAtagelTO&t , inital , so - that - of France. Set eI 404rt , 4*,VCIWFuteil-.i4t , * PlActerWith F_rFee-wonld `st t e x l if i e ,„. w h ins .we- were also; -but instructions were tyro at that , eiyne _to : the . American Consuls, ilijtt 44 ( • sißl%he..:sAtuyipt k -and AS to . July, 0 ..74;5444..i4Q4 ..r_011e.5454444 - by.hstpulg the :*4!, .4),. ors: .--- t‘ .. ' 1 ..0. ~.,.-.. - " :-.- , ' •,. - 1 ~- , , 11 ,* tuk.V.o44.not have risen, -had not the Z..- . •kcCilii4P4ii,siated that it . had been rd. 7 ,., _lrginrt. .otat,--pf d9cirs,,-that -Mr. Erskine bed :not et. .iocd.44lts- roltiuFl9las• : He did- tiOt think settli-ru. .pinttricol4 otagnaate with-the yelationi of that Gen: ' tlefiialiorr,did-he believe that Itllr.-rskine had writ: r "fef‘'a .fine 49 thrrt on the subject. : He would not then 14tei'into.a defence of his•relation, as he will certain *thstihe would r, Ter suffer any thing, than have one 1 ivi s r47 l titered-iit.h4. l *half that might be detrimental 1 tOtYie *Publi,c4riice. ~ . Mr. camttsto 14.11 , 71 make_the.essertion from bis - ovin..knowledge...A.n Hon. Gentleman bard stated; When Making. a .motiOn on the,. subject, that such rtei %ours hail .. one abroad. .- . - ...Mr:MOßft IS said, he was not in the House-whet ittitliaOtion . . was made. .. • Mr..);fARR YATT defended Ministers, and : ob, ... jacted to the production of the communication•frofn Mr. Erskine at present ; as if the pleadings .wed heard on one side, they ought . also to be heard on dig other, to tumble them to judge of the case from -di? facts that came out. Mr. BARING defended the conduct- of the4hane, . ricau Government, and spoke in favour of' Mr, Ers. kite. ' Mr. STEVENS - replied to the orgurneitta . 4 Att last Speaker, and defended Ministers. : .The-Ho Member did not think. that discuuions ,on this sub ject, in this House, were likely topromote concilia tion on the part of the country- in question., should thbrefore oppose the motion- of- the Lord altogether. Lord-HENRY PETTY stated in reply, that all,- he desired on this subject was,, that, disclosure, which, to tile justification of the parties, was absolutgly ne cessary. The question, as affecting a decree-of that country, rendered the papers he moved for of neces sity 'to the elucidation of tare matters connected-with it : but, from the speech of theltight Hon-" Gentle. man, be fe't subject of congraradanon,in leernitik;that a negotiation • was now penning ;•statint it- 19W not his intention oz wish to throw any iinpedimems,inits way, he hoped the House would ins agree agr &!412,h in delaying the production of tlipse papers, e necessity of which it was his object to convince ZIA- -Geld*. men, of. The,Noble Lord consequendr_withdrew hii Moiled. - • - - -r, - OW - E -Tit TO ANAMALS. Upon the motion of Sir C..BUNBUn,ilie Order of the Day for the Nouie going jmin a An the Animal . Cruelty Prevention Bill pf4ivg. upon the qUestion for thv Speiker ltl'av,ipg the 411iu* Mr. WllTDli43.l4x.me. not consider .of stigicient„ it . nportaiFe act of iAwticiaary 09# ACW: ll :fvfrli-: kind as this wai. - PA — o.w.ever; 4oulsr at:prVieik no further discuss that point tliap imaging it. would bear any -prnypiciojti tditn t of debate ! that init`Oriso Upost,it;:;7l7lijiPßlcatinr. deed the itiVantao :iiiiiitalficeitlg,ftiOblei :214 was ushered in with •' Wheiva'f,27,lo mencetrieot lintStijno ffi citct'iOtitilil, RV:tin, when :the object lte tbs'd'Oit tO InVejf..4 were taken into cOnsidscatiOn t , tit tact; - * . r ., braced in icsitonivrtihenVoi tha - tz*: rality. Now bt .141 dglipition t moral : More than a _ tO - piOtiiete • iinivn4llingt:te4i. ats OPerationle,"ilyt. iwtroeitli:Oto, , ted• keConfipedl4` In4o alone, bu t raft 4f Life;,' sfit , sa Ole Oillict of iol. : Act itiOrdity, to Mi he'de • gs of. by 'the. eitraorclu4ry kbcuTpuUtipb., of nlisery . ,444; we would Create to "OttriAV.cit r iflulgi f tg . .otkr . mp r , patlilei .in eitencled ?rifittiner::..ple Pt/TOW:pi' the preSent case' did ifntleeif ot . tept. that class Which _ air . triteis - ktlii sillijce . t l Stilrf:yund, inlierfect, and imphsslYile . tfi,t)e: tnlyced .la‘V.-r --"The duties of - gratituAe r inft 'beneVolenee* imele not, such such as a man wOulcrlpe compelled" to ob.: serve, and though the . . ac of wild prdusion; 'in applying to extravagant,pgt , is:ises a thousand 'pounds, while a !sumo being _Was poishing iii the streets for wani,'May. be final! hand's .deemed highly irnmo• pi, yet .that person couldi'llin'b.e . obliged to relieve the sotteier by the.Operation.Of any law. Of the same imperfect nature, did the obligations of the present Eill appear to ltisn.' This measiffe wils'indeed prima facie what, its Noble Authiir had siatedi'(•;—the conimence nient of anew I.•_a in legislati on; but the House Should rtpt precipita:ely introduce that sera, because the Noble Prompter of it may be misled bjhiS4nbition to be dis ' tingutshed as its fannder., To introduee this measure would be to render . the conutfion of men insecure, by ' requirikg -their compliance with' *hat cotild.not be explained to Own. Eittmalrity was a standard which in ditii*ent perians:eistd differet;itdegreei.; Besides on ;:likt hind , every MO, formed a distinct, .sta miard foe himself and. lor ot4git,,aiid therefore •it 'would not be an act of justice to tiace . a Min for a crime, which . . • • s ,• • • - • L . s 1i• • . • i... 4, •,.. iiis'Atietisigulrille idot r l . ~ rk F creAing seNtel yr te, n t mgylBo) i - ,-, 5 .. • 1 '''l ) . fIIFJ Cia l 4o,Pol , ' ." 1 Ili et iensteritika . * .t an opportunity to • 4 . • !;511•3121102 al. ti L's, • The Petition Isik ijele4 , . uti) , 1 - ~.,,,, n i . c. ,4 1 . • ;. i PUBLIC ttPrOftiff ,4 * I. V 4 41 Mr. WARDtE pSe notice toe Ik asy of : nod qt I turn 'hewing the Atnount of the Arfitital-14ittemai FiltiettAtitrer. I Thil motion wu connected with what had. forator:y passed ual at 1 E