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Jose 6, 1818. rtrlE NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN Subscri bers to this Institution are most respectfully informed, that sr IDJOURNED GENERAL MEETING wM be held M ti• British Coifte-house, on TirIIRSDAY, the nth instant. The Chair will be taken at One o'Qock. By Order, B. V. DAWSON, Clerk. rniac MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LAMENTED PRINCESS .CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SAXE.COBOURG. THE CENOTAPH COMMITTEE , after me weir considering the various communications they have se rived, and in conformity with that they have reuo* to be is the with of the Public, by me to state, that it is their i t: potion, should their Funds be misquote, to construct the pro rEMPLE of the CENOTAPH on a scale sufficiently ex:mitre to admit of its being appropriated to the purposes of DI in, WORSHIP, and constituted a FREE CHURCH. (For the Conuni), BENJAMIN ROT CII, J. ELECTION LAW. s• published, in Two largi; Vols.tivo. price 21. 61. board., ANEIV EDITION of the LAW of ELECTIONS; comprising the Law up to the present period, and the relating to Elections for England, Scotland, and Ireland, the 58th Geo. 111. inclusive. By WILLIAM THOMAS ROE, E. • - Barrister at Law. N.B. nit Work comprises a Report of the Rochester Case, !8* T. Printed for Charles Hunter, Law Bookseller, No. 26, Bell- Lincoln's Inn; A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Milliken, Dublin. lITANTS a PLACE, as FOOTMAN, a single man, aged 23, from the country, where there Is only kept; can have two years' character and a recommendation : , a-1 the place he just left.—Direct (post-paid) to 0. 3. at Mr. KinF,eton, Surrey. ONLY TWO DAYS TO DRAW, 76 CAPITALS. HAZARD and Co. file Contractors, sold and .1 :)hs-cd at their old-established Office, ROYAL EX INGE, Four of the Capital Prizes drawn last Thursday, sure. They have now a variety of Tickets and Shares (1,4-reted crdrawn) on sale, and solicit public attention to the 1,.!n grat d STATE OF THE WHEEL S i.... Prizes of Prizes of Prizes of 13 15 Prizes of &c. &c. The Sixth-drawn Prize above £l,OOO muse bit £22,000, £23,000, or 4:40,000. " TUESDAY, the itch of JUNE, will be the LW DAY of Drawing but One. Five Prizes of £20,000, were sold by HAZARD and Co. the Contractors, In the Last Year's Lotteries, at their very Old Ogee, Royal Exchange, London, established upwards of 10 years, and where Prizes have been shared and sold amount q to MANY MILLIONS. SUFFOLK—MANOR, FARMS, AND DECOY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, M tte Seer Inn, near the Bridge, Great Yarmouth, on Wen =DAY, .rttly 1, 1418, at One o'Clock, THE MANOR of FRITTON, in the County of SUFFOLK; also the FRITTON ESTATE—compris- I; the Maosior-house, with the Coach-house, Gardens, Woods, ?amnions, &c. &e. in the occupation of Geo. PY.3IRICI, Esq. the Tani Parris in the occupation of Mr. WOOD! and Mr. Limns, the fine Piece of Water called FRITTON DECOY, which men a very considerable extent of land. This Estate contains rtuly SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES—is almost all freehold, ri within seven miles of Great Yarmouth and 16 of Norwich, riadjoLting the River, which is navigable to those places. The [row to the present Tenants will determine on the 11th Octo ber, all. The scenery from this Estate is not surpassed by any lezik, there being fine views of the Vritton, Belson and Her elate Lake and surrounding Country—The Decoy abounds k lot Fah—there is also an abundance of Wild Fowl during devote, and a fair quantity of Game upon the Estate, which a short time be increased to a great extent. A consider -1).! pee of the purchase money may remain on mortgage. P:atti Particulars may be bad of Meows. Panther and Tur -07. lehetors, London-street, London ; of Mr. John FranEis, New boswell-court, London; of Mean. Francis and Sclicitors, Norwich ; and of Mr. H. V. Worship, Soli rto-, Great Yarmouth. t Map of the Estate may be seen at Mr. Worship's Office. CARMARTHENSHIRE—SOUTH WALES. To be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, Ard entered upon at Michaelmas next, mon Desirable and Elegant RESIDENCE ; A Et for the reception of a Family, without any alteration or h 7 provements. The House consists of a very spacious Dining ri:m, a Breakfast Parlour Butler's Pantry, Housekeeper's it:xn. Kitchen, and Wine-cellar; on the Ground Floor, a Draw kg-romn, three Bedeooms, and three Dressing-rooms, capable e being connected iota bed-r o o ms on t h e first floor, with very 1.4 Attics. Th ere are two under-ground arched Cellars, Lat er. Scallery, Dairy, capital Laundry, with a Bed-room within. 1:!:-.ben, Coach-house, two Stables, Cow-house, Pig-sties, and tr,,er convenience, attached and detached ; a walled and other with a Gardener's Cottage, together with about Fifteen m:va of Land. Th e H ouse is most delightfully situated on an er:r.'nee, commanding a fine view of the navigable River Towy, cther interesting objects. It stands in a pleasure-ground, tiv4,l*.y lid out with plantations and walks. The premises rt . srithln a mile of the very plentiful Market-town of Carmar -1;- where th ere i s a daily Post to and from London, with two ',"• l ".mclua coming in and go i ng out daily, one by the way of L~ :=eater, and the ot h er b y the way of Bristol. n s eighbourbood abounds with Game, and excellent Rivers The premises are within 3Q miles of Tenby, a most watering Place, and go m il es o f S wansea . T axes low. r 7 77 ..parictlars apply to W. It. Howell, Esq. Carmarthen ; , A. Murray, Surveyor and L an d A gent , 61, St. Mar •"ellend• v• Letterspost-paid. , FOIL COCOMS, HOARSE: VERSES, S te . l i ItEENOUGH's PECTORAL LOZENGES T...L';, the great demand for which, after upwards fears t - ial, proves them a superior remedy for all l iqarsenesni, Sore Throats, Asthmatic and Consume oe...:4aints. The genuine only have " R. Hayward," 05 the stamp, by w h om t h ey are prepared, as successor atnouxh, the Inventor; sold in Boxes Thirteenpenee t.o7 each, b 7 his appointment, by F. Newbery and Sons, Sutton and Co. Bow Church-yard; 1.4!'7154 ':-Ic.isp-tr-streee; Nix, Royal Exch ange; E vans /c, lone-lane; War 4,121, ; Clark, 269, Borough ; '-`rford-street; Bare-lays, Fleet-Market; Blake, S 4, :7' 4 1; and th e 'Y ee 4 ers of Genuine Medicine*. Where also ,etad. sir. Greenotah's celebrated Triterna as for preserv i..! . 1 ani curing the Tooth soh, in e n l arge d • - '• 2l ea tath i v:ris "F. I:arte-ard" laved 211 the stamp. • OF THE CITY OP LONDON. Genstamant, TIAVING the honour to be one-of your Repre- A.A. sentatives in the present Parliament, which it is co pected will be very shortly dissolved ; I entreat you, in that event, to place me again in the same high and distinguished alma tion--I flatter myself that my conduct in Parliament has uni formly evinced the just sense I have ever entertained, s well as e the n c ed thude I have ever felt for so important a trust having been o tome. Ifurther hope, that, by a constant, faithful, and maim at tention to the dudes resulting from the high station in which your kindness has placed me, I have had the good fortune so far to secure your good opinion, as to justify my soliciting, with the fullest anticipation of success, your Votes and Interest towards my Re-Election. My conduct has, I trust, in no respect varied from theme principles which I have ever avowed of loyalty to the King, and a steady attachment to our glorious Consduition. I can confidently assure you I have bees sedulously watchful on all occasions to support the rights and Firth'ss of this-great City ; and most anxious, according to the faithAd dictates of an independent mind, to support those measures which hive, in my unbiassed judgment, been best calculated to promote the true interest of the Itaritre eke,. To the Cummendal, Trading, and Wm** interest. et the City and Port of London. I have, on all emulous, by an unwea ried personal attendant. and *tertian ' in my place in Patna ment, done my maws to redeem the pledge I made to you en this point, when you did me the honour to send me to the House of Commons. these sentiments, and having observed this line of cond uct , i once more appear bekee you, and earnestly en treat that you will favour me with your Votes and Interest, at the ensuing Election of Representatives in Parliament for the City of London. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your devoted and faithful Servant, Walbrook, Sth June, NIL JOHN AMENS. To the GENTRY, CLERGY, YEOMANRY, sad other FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of KENT. Grontwasx, WINDING from the Papers, of this morning, that three Candidata' have addressed you, I feel it a duty I owe to you, to be immediately explicit. . _ I hesitate not a moment in determining, MP Mee, to =tot forward in defence of your hsdepesdenee. I caw but recol lect the victories I have gained to that he the County of Kcnt, and the spirit which you have sbaws in chaining them. I look forward with a full reliance in your ezertiese, to gown our cause, in 181 8, with the same triumph which has setieded it in other concerts, when the whole strength of the County has been polled. I remain, with sincere regard, Your faithful and obedient humble Servant. Oxen Rosa, June 9,1818. WM. GEARY. 'ARY PAPERS. SLAVE TRADE. Further Papers relating to the Treatment of Slaves in the Colonies. attract of a Letter tram Goveroor Probri to Earl Bathurst, dated Bt. Kitt's, October 17, 11117. -- ' ! . " A report being dratlated that a Slave on an estate on this Island, belooging to Mr. Henry Rawlins, of Nevis, had died in camiequenco of cruel treatment and severity, the Magistrates sou! *eery step to Worm themselves of the same • and a ft er having thoroughly investigated the setter, found sufficient proof against the manager of the mate, and be was tried for murder: but after a hog trial, the Jon brought in'thair vtrdict guilty cf mansieughter s and be was seutenced—three timuths' imprison ment, and fined 800/. but acquitted him of the murder. " Dare acquainted the Bishop of London of the same ; and here, with every deference and submission to your Lordship, I cannot but express to your Lordship my opinion, that cicrgymez should not be allowed to act as managers on any estates. I have also thought it proper to give your Lordship the result of the trial, lest any incorrect account might be taken to England." Extract of a Letter from Earl Bathurst to Governor Probyn, dated Downing-street, January 10, 1818. " My dispatch of this date will convey to you my desire that the minute. of Mr. Rawlines trial should be sent home; and I think it desirable that you should know, by a separate communi cation, what is reported concerning that basinsss ; as your dis patch seems not to consider the transaction in so very serious a light, as it must be considered, if the accounts which have been by private channels given of it are true. It is stated that there was a previous trial, in which it appeared that Mr. Rawlins had endeavoured to cast the crime upon the Driver; that he had in duced some slaves to swear against the driver, whose life would have been forfeited, had be been found guilty; and that he was acquitted by some of their testimony being contradicted, and the rest acknowledged by the slaves themselves to have been false. It is further stated, that the body of the unfortunate victim was buried without any Coroner's Inquest, in direct vio- lation of the law of the Nand, in cases (as this was) where a Slave dies without having been attended, previous to his death, by a medical person ;—on the whole, it is stated to have been proved, that the most horrid cruelties had been inflicted on this unfortunate individual The Jury found Mr. Rawlins guilty of manslaughter. If this statement be true, or in any way ap proaching to truth, Mr. Rawlins could not have been guilty of manslaughter; it must have been murder, or an AcquittaL" - - - " Mr Lola , " St. Christopher's, March 21, ISIS. " I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 10th January, No. 23, desiring to be fur nished with Minutes of the Evidence delivered on the trial of the Reverend Mr. Rawlins. " Upon this subject, I beg leave to state, for your Lordship's information, that in the month of September last, information having been given to a gentleman of the island, by a slave be longing to Hutchinson's estate, that a negro man had died there in the field, after having been recently severely punished, and that he had been buried without any inquest being taken • that gentleman thought it his duty to communi ca te th e intel ligence he bad received to one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas of the Island. " A meeting of the Judges took place in consequence; at which the Attorney and Solicitor-General were desired to at tend, when it was determined that the Justices of Peace should go to the estate with a coroner and medical gentlemen,withdirec- Lions to have the body taken up and examined, and to cause .an inquest to be taken on view of it. This was done accordingly ; and the inquest, with the depositions of the medical men as to the appearance of the body, was returned to the proper office. " The Crown Officers not being satisfied with the verdict of the coroner's jury, obtained a warrant for the apprehending of the manager and overseer of the estate, in order that they might be examined touching the death of the slave. " Their examinations were taken, anTseveral of the negroes belonging to the estate were also examined before the Justices of the Peace. From the examination of a slave called Tom Tilley; who bad been chained to the deceased, the Magistrates thought there was ground for prosecuting Creole Jack, the driver, for the murder of the deceased. Th e p rosecut i on was con d ucte d by the Attorney and Solicitor-General; and the prisoner was acquitted. Minutes of the vial of Creole Jack are sent herewith. " The Attorney and Solicitor-General also thought it proper to present a Bill to the Grand Jury, against the Rev. William Henry Raufins, the manager of the estate, for murder of the slave. The Grand Jury found the Bill for murder. " Mr. Rawlins was arraigned, and tried for murder. The Jury acquitted him of the murder, but found him guilty of Manslaugh ter. The prisoner prayed the benefit of the statute ; and was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the common jail, and to pay a line of two hundred po u nd s current mone y. The Minntes of Evidence given on this trial are also sent herewith...-1 haw'', fire. " Two.. Paean., ('apt. (}ea. Te the Right Iles. the Eat rather:4;4kt. Sec. /cc. MOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE & ke At bleb of Carsick.% Plaistow Tripod, their Loriehips gam jimt for Traipsed, arming the Dectet of hleilieV y ' t a i High Court of daadisy he Leland. The Amsee wee *Milled by Tte lP• waggon to the Regency Bniendreent BM Ind other 11111.-- Commissioners were the Lam Cummins" Radef Ihnsammons, nod Lord RIESSIDALIR The Camera' Bleadis 818 was read a third time, and passed lOth Amendimessa, sod soot look to the House of Commons.— ether 71be t was sbeedrillberwanh returned by Mr. Locroaar and wills the Amendments agreed to. The Idremims of the Noe BM and the Bath Gas Light Bill were returned by Er. Boomems, Colonel PALXii, and other Members, with the Amendments agreed to. The Nave Trade Abolitioo Asa Amendment Mil, lend other Rik were read a third time and passed. Tko Earl of LAUDERDALE suggested, respecting the Scots Churches Building BSI, the Ty of postponing the measure till the next Semite ; it nal pordrie, at this late period of the presets ' Session, to Amin the ormation which was required to legislate u th* Tim ;ad of pon LiTi e trOL agreed to postpone the measure t* the next Senior, in cotteequemotif then being several objec to the details of the ail, whisti there was not now time to Dttt l ifßr.Q It to be diednelly lap arum', Mat he should not lose sight of the object, and this be intended agate to bring it forward. The commitsamt of the BIG was is postponed. On the modes of theNeri of Lavanamus, 's Inven tion SW was en the groin' of be being contrary to a Law which tabs adhered to, directing the Sped- Scations of Patents to be regeleaty enrolled. Lord HOLLAND preemted a Petition from Don Diego Carrel, similar to that preented to the House of Commas on Monday, (stated in our Paper of Tuesday). His Lordship ob served, that, at this late period of the Session, no step could be adopted with regard to the subject matter of the Petition, but he trusted the Ministers would pay some attention to the griev ances of which the Petitioner complained. Lord KENYON stated, that the Committee to whom the Cotten Factories Ell had been referred had very diligently exa mimed witnesses; but had not yet been able to get through the evidence brought forward by the petitioners against the Bill; and as justice required they should pay an equal attention to the evi dence in favour of the Esli„ he proposed to defer the further con skieration of the Nall till the next Session, giving notice that he intended then to move the reappointment of the Committee for the_purposo of concluding the examination of evidence. The Earl of LAUDERDALE observed, that the Noble Lord had became a convert to the opinions of those who thought further evidence requisite, though the Noble Lord seemed him self, at a former p eri od, to think further evidence altogether un necessary. He (Lord Lauderdale) thought their Lordships would be of opinion that evidence of considerable importance had been adduced, and that particularly with regard to the ma nufactories at Manchester, it would be found that they were conducted on the moot humane system. Lord KENYON said, be had merely intimated that the evi donee hitherto examined, being altogether on the part of the Pe titioners against the Bill, common justice required that the evi dence in favour of the Bill should also be heard; and therefore he had given notice of his intention to move next Session for the = ns pointment of the Committee, with regard to the nature or of the evidence. Under such circumstances, he thought it would be improper to give an ejdnion.—His Lordship subse quently reported the evidence, so far as taken by the Committee, whisk was ordered to be prin ted. °Wets IN REVINSION AND SINICURIA. ?be Earl of OROSVENOirose, in pu;;;;;;;1 notice, to make hit motion respecting the Grants of Offices in Reversion 'end ffineenres. Ilia Lordship. moue *early tke same argis. menttrthat he has so often used apse thra topic, and contended, ' that what bad teen done by Ministers in abolishing various use ' lees Offices was not enough. There were still several Sinecures which it was necessary there should be a determination expressed ought to be abolished on the terra/union of the existing interests; and it was also expedient that the House should declare its opi nion that no Office should in future be panted in reversion, in order to prevent Offices now efficient from becoming Sinecures, or being rated by incompetent persons. His Lordshif concluded by moving Resolutions to this effect. The Motions were put, and negatived. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day. ROUSE OF COMMONS. - - - - - - TheNegociabbs Securities Bill was read 'tine and p aced. General FERGUSON presented a FeticiOn f r om - Forfar, praying for a Reform in the Constitution of that Borgh.—Oss dered to lie on the table. Mr. W. SMITH presented the Report of the British Society relative to the extension of Fisheries. Mr. BENNET asked, whether any improvement bad been made in the mode of contracting for the Clothing of Convicts sent from Ireland? Mr. PEEL stated, that the attention of Government had been directed to that subject, and it was found, upon Inquiry, that a considerable saving could be made by contracting for the Cloth ing in Dublin, and sending it from thence to Cork, where it was formerly the custom to purchase it. A plan was therefore adop ted consistently with this disr.nvery, which had in the course of the last year effected a saving of 10001. On the motion of Mr. B. &Tunas; the Report of the Com mittee for remunerating tie person concerned in preparing the General Index to the Journals of the House was agreed to, and an Address adopted accordingly. POLICE. Mr. BENNET, on bringing up the Report of the Police Committee, drew the attention of the House to the great evils that were experienced in conse• quence of the want of a classification of prisoners in the different gaols of the country. The House would probably be surprised to hear that this evil was not confined to the metropolis. It was not merely in this city that these places of confinement, which went by the nafne of Houses of Industry and Correction, were in reality nurseries of idleness and vice —( Hear, hear.)—The system of labour, which even their appellations seemed to imply, and to which in principle they ought to be directed, was altoge ther overlooked. Even in Cold Bath-fields prison, the average of the produce of the labour imposed upon each individual, did not amount to so much as one farthing per day—(Hear, hear.)--The great e•.il arising from this neglect of classification was, that persons who had committee crime for the first time, were thrown amongst those who, by the frequent commission of enormities, were more hardened in the course of guilt, and consequently were disposed to encourage and increase the enormities of less ex perienced and hardened offenders. The House would also be surprised to hear, that it was proved on the evidence of the Governor of Cold Bath-fields prison, a person who supported the most respectable cha racter in his situation, that he had conducted the affairs of the prison without a single rule or order from the Magistrates for the space of seven years.— (Hear, hear.)—He trusted that the extraordinary increase of prisoners, a circumstance disgraceful in itself, would be regarded from the evidence of this Report., as a misfortune, growing partly out of the poverty of the times, and partly out of the extreme neglect which was manifested in the want of profcr regulation iu tbese establishments. That it was in a great measure a disease arising out of povcity and wretchedness, could not be denied by those who ob served the condition of society for the L:st few years --(l{ear, hear.)—No one could look abroad without witnessing cases of extreme calarnit:, no one could • exercise his observation without seeing numbers of unfortunate people wanting a home, and stretched upon the grass in a state of wretchedness, which could only be compared to that of the Lazaroni of Naples.—The most afflicting reflection upon this survey of extensive misery in this rcuntrr, was, that it arose not from the want of a disposition to be industrious, but from a want of emptcyment, from a want of the means of exercising that industry which they were disposed to undertake. Another melancholy fact was to be derived fvini a reference to the condition in which many persons were dis missed from the prisons—(Hear, hear.)—No one could have attended to this subject without knowing that dozens upon dozens had been dismissed, raA:,7 of than after the commission of a first offence, with out avitilliag in their pockets, or without any other means of priocuring subsistence than by a return to the practice of those vices for which they were ori ginally committed—( Hear, hear.)—lt was true that some asylum was afforded by the charitable in stitution of the Refuge for the Destitute ; it was true that hundreds had been saved by that humane esta blishment ; but it was lamentable to reflect upon the small proportion on which its benefits could opera:e, when compared with the whole amount of the inl viduals thrown without provision upon society. The number of transportations and capital convictions which had grown up under this system was immense. The House was probably not aware that, from the year 1816 to 1818, no less than 3,600 had been seat to Botany Bay, and that from the year 1798, it had cost the country no less than four millions to defray the expenses of transportation alone --(hear, hear.)-- It was extraordinary to think, yet not less extraor dinar), than true, that the more every part of the system of Government was inquired into upon thL:e subjects, the more it would be found to be defective land rotten. But the most surprising consideration of all was, upon what principle of life a machine so defective in itself could have been so long kept to gether—(hear, hear.)—lt was extraordinary that the first step in the Police department should be exe cuted by deputy—he alluded to the office of Con stable; but still he was disposed to attribute the want of a good Police not to the neglect of those in the higher situations, but to the conduct of those in the inferior.—He next alluded to the plan adopted in the Licensing of Public Houses, according so which, acting upon the vulgar prejudice that por ter was the natural beverage of the people of &Is country, they were obliged to keep tap-rooms, in order to avoid the refusal of their licenses as gin shops. These ale-houses were k..rwn to be the haunts of profligacy ; yet they would not oily exist in nn undiminished number, but go on pro:'re : sively in- I creasing until the law was altered on that subject— (hear, hear.)—He concluded w:th expressing a hope that the result of this inquiry would be to alter the present system in the management of gaols, which, instead of contributing to the refOrmation of °lite ders, operated to their further corruption and deva dation, by compelling the association of new oaen ders with the oldest and most hardened in crir e He then moved that the Report should be print..d. General THORNTON complimented the floe. Gendeman on his attention to this subject, and ex pressed his opinion in favour of the itztended inves tigation of the Police of the Metropolis. Alr. BtNNer's motion was then agreed to. INSOLVENTS. Sir S. ROMILLY presented a Petition from a per son of the name of Robert Cole, who was confined for debt, complaining of having been improperly delayed from the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. lie expressed a high respect for the Learned Gentleman who 'presided in that Court, but conceived, if the al legation of the Petition were correct, that he had acted on a misconception of the law in this case. Ac cording to the law, as it stood, an insolvent was, after the period prescribed, intitled to his discharge, unless he was proved guilty of any fraudulent trans action towards his creditors. The charge against this individual was, that he had paid a certain pro portion of debt to all his creditors but one, and from that one he had withheld it on a conviction that his claim was not just. Upon this ground he was re manded, and without any prospect of release, as far as he could see. The Act of Parliament also reouised that notice should be given to the prisoner of grounds upon which his enlargement was refu'.'cl. No such notice was given to hint, and the inference from the whole case was, that the Learned Gentle man at the head of that Court had acted c:roneouely, though he was persuaded he had done so without the slightest disposition to oppress an individual, cr to conduct himself otherwise than the law, in his opi nion, rendered imperative upon him. The Petition was ordered to lie cn the table. . Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Pe:ition from a person of the name of John Dodd, praying for a rc peal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act upon the gronnd of several injurious enactments contained in the Bail. The ATTORNEY-GENLRAL observed, that it would be necessary to continue the piincip:e of 's.: Act, though it would probably require some alte:-:.- tica in its details. CASS CP MR. O'HANLAN. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Petition from O'Hanlan, of Newry, in Ireland, complairAng of ::.e undue exercise of the discretionary power vested the Lord Chancellor and Attorney-General of he land, for the appointment and removal of Jostices of the Peace. He said that he had promised, in t:.e course of last Session, to bring this subject under the consideration of the House, but was prev.mted from doing so by the interference of other duties. For the present he should consent himself with moving that the Petition should be printe.i, with a view to grono.