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his fees but as a right which had been etas. from time immemorial. Under these cir. ICC! the Notre would see the present motion aolly unnecessay. FRANCIS BURDETT said, that if the doe utvanced by the Learned Gentleman opposite tterney-General) were to regulate the proceed she House, they would have very little busi- T o through. Every Member knows perfectly subject on which he moves for papers pre to their production, but he calls for their pro 4in order to lay a clear and distinct founda tot alterior (Hear, hear.) —In all matters plaint or 27rni it was, if not in itself neces- A t least always required, that official authority to prove their existence. But the great g o in the case now before them, was the abso dusal of justice to the poor, by means of the ous expense imposed on its administration.— /war.) He should like to know of what avail • political and legal institutions could be, if were thus rendered inaccessible. The great • therefore was, that the insatiable thirst of id made the administration ofjustice a cruel an d mockery to the people.--(Hear, Honourable Honourable Member proposed to bring forward legislative remedy for this grievance. The rea on which he wished to found this measure was reason, according to the Attorney-General, be . i t was perfectly notorious to the whole world ! ievance was indeed notorious, and therefore the was not only reasonable but necessary. r. W. SMITH thought the mode of opposition• adopted the most singular he had ever known i motion was improper, let its impropriety be and let it be rejected. ( Hear ). But the ob. was, that he had connected his motion with Pone, and not brought it forward in an abstract He could give a clear, short, and specific an-, Mr. Hone's case was rather the occasion than reason of bringing forward his motion ; but it so, because it was the most striking case of this lerable exaction that had occurred in his recollec- Mr. Hone informed hint, that he was obliged (er to obtain information, accurate information, crime laid to his charge, in order to be prepa defend himself in a Court of Justice, so pay the of 9/. To obtain this sum, he was obliged to sell, great loss, part of his property. He was thut 7ed to sell property belonging to him in order to knowledge of the crime imputed to him. To in that House, to all of them, indeed, this oust appear very trifling. But to a poor man, lem the expenditure of a shilling was matter of al calculation, it was a heavy exaction ; since the tsation itself too was very unjust, this was a great !ion of the injury. He founded his motion le case of Mr. Hone, because he had been to sell property greatly under value ;—the dence of his spirit not suffering him to apply is friends for the money exacted from him.— information were given in consequence of an motion, it would not be the information It would let them know how much was per sheet, but it would not shew how many . a poor man must pay for, in order to meet in accusation. If the .41itorney-General should an Amendment that would in any other wa ' this information, instead of moving the pre• question, he would willingly adopt it. He took went mode of introducing the subject, fought it the most formal, the most authentic, the most Parliamentary mode; but if he failed s present motion, he would introduce the subject less formal, authentic, and parliamentary mode, at once the reform of the abuses alluded to. Lord CASTLEREAGH felt himself bound to give - ;ve to the motion, because its professed ob was different from the real one. The professed was to lay a foundation for some legislative IX as to fees paid in the Crown Office. This would be effected by a general motion on the The information thus obtained would, by rale4-three, at once shew the charges in any case. But the real object was to give the is an exaggerated view of the question, by con it with Kr. Hone.' The trial of ifr. Hone mg now taken place, and the Attorney General ing displayed all the qualities which belonged to in the discharge ofhis duty, he would say nothing on the subject ; but he must give his negative to motion for the reason which he had assigned. Ylr. BROUGHAM defended the mode adopted the Honourable Member for Norwich. His ob . was merely to obtain a foundation for a legis ,ve proceeding. He said, in effect, " Give Me documents, and I will shew you the foun toa of such a measure." "No," said the Noble " but we will tell you that so much is charge-d t." After such information should be laid them, they would remain quite ignoran t of sum paid by each individual. The edge is could not be obtained but by such a motion was stated by his Honourable Friend. Let the Int paid in the case of Mr. Hone be given, and, ley chose, in the case of five or six others, in order avoid attaching the question to any particular and they would then have a proper foundation further proceedings. Ir. BRAGGE BATHURST contended, that If general expenses were given, the Honourable deman could tell the expense in any given in ice. He would beg leave to tell the Honourable aleman too, that although Mr. Hone could not copies of the informations against him, he had a 't to go to the Crown-office, and to read them as often and as leisurely as he pleased. So much .iat point of complaint. The second point to which wou:d advert was, that the particular object of motion was, not to bring the question of general .1, on this point of law, before the House, but bring this particular case of Mr. Hone before them. is was a reason for which he opposed the motion. Lord FOLKESTONE thought a particular instance ievance the best foundation for a general remedy. m any complaint came from his side of the House, Were generally called upon to give a particular 'e• He was therefore surprised to hear those on other side now object to a motion, merely because was founded on a particular case : he had, however, ) ohjettion, indeed, he wished that twenty or thirty vs were stated, as that would form a still better ulation. But the only reason of his rising to say thug on the subject was the assertion of the Right curable Gentleman, that Mr. Hone had a right go into the Crown Office aud to mad the info: mu- bons against hits. This, truly, t Very Valuable' right to Mr. Hone, confined, as he was at that time, in the King's Bench. By an Act of Parliament, in troduced by Sir Vicaty Gibbs, (the present Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,) when he was Attorney- General, the Attorney-General was entitled to call upon any man to find bail, and, failing to do so, to commit him to prison. Mr. Hone was, according to this Act, called upon to find bail ; he did not, indeed he would not find bail, and he was in consequence committed to the King's Bench by order of the Court, and on the motion of the Attorney-General. How could he, in this situation, walk into the Crown Of fice to read the informations against him? Besides, even if, he could go into the Crown Office, could- a man, by the cursory perusal he could give the infor mation there, prepare himself for his defencen—.(henr.) Sir W. SMITH said he had no objection to with draw kis motion, if the Right Honourable Gentle man would bring forward a general one to the same purpose. The SPEAKER ordered strangers to withdraw, supposing the House would divide upon the motion. 'Mr. BRAGGE BATHURST said, he could have no objection to a general motion on the subject. Mr. W. SMITH withdrew his motion, and gave notice he would move again on the subject to-morrow. POOR LAWS. Mr. ST URGES BOURNE postponed his motion for a Com mittee on the Poor TAWS till to-morrow. ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE REGENT. Lord GEORGE BKRESPORD appeared at the Ear, and stated the Prince Regent to have been waited upon with the Address of that House, to which his Royal highness had been 'leased to return a most gracious answer, which was then read. :eted his fed tr y trona , aaccs th wholly lin Sir FRANC a dvance 4ttorney-1 o f the Hi :, a go thin the subje to thin • in ord for nlierk eunlPlainc c Pr at least produced t 'rano in t e re fusal 01 rmous lttp ear, hear.) b eet point y were di *evance the anon had t nit and ml Honour me legislat on whirl , r eason, ; use it vras e grieranc ; Trion Was Mr. W. V adopted his motio 'ld, and le ton was, I . Hone, at a pe. He Mr. 1 e reason SO, beta olerable e Mr. I order to I the crime to defer m of 9L a great ii diged to se a know: ny in th; m must al whom the nful calcu cusation it gravation the case .:iged to s dependence his frieni the inforr tract moi nted. It ged per s a poor just accusi e an An tire this questic e present n thought i .d the most his presen a less fort moving a Lord CAE s negative was dig act was I .e.ly as • wouls bjeet. 11 -titular c, abiic an m tug it 1- tying not( • sing disp • :n in the c A .W 011 the 1 motion e, Mr. BRI - the Ho ct was n tive pro tt rtain don * tidos of s • " bu r sheet." c ore they to .e sum pa this cod • • was sta .ount ppaa they chc avoid • and .. further Mr. BA c ,. tkllllll • ance. H tleman it copies ght to g .ere as of e• , r th a t p o e would 4 ,a mot i on still, on td bring th d , is was a Lord FC • grievant hen any t.' b ey w . aS e• He e other s was fours objectic were . ' relation ' !thing( h ,nourdbl go into SCOTCH LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Lord BINNING moved for leave to bring in a Bill to autho rise the erection of distinct Lunatic ksyluins in Scotland. After a short conversation with Lord A. Itaritios, Sir R. Esaothos, and Mr. W. Wruser, in the course of which Lord Bonus° stated the objections formerly urged against a measure of a similar description, tehave been for the most part obviated, by the manner in which thh Bill had been framed. Leave was given to brinz in the Bill. Mr. BENNET moved for accounts of all pensions and re tired allowances enjoyed by persons who have been Inspectors of Taxes and Clerks in Tax Offices, distinguishing those who hold other offices, and the offices so held.—Ordered. Mr. BENNET presented a Petition from Liverpool, praying for a Reform in Parliament.—Ordered to lie on the table. STATE OF IRELAND. Sir IL PARNELL presented a Petition from the High She riff aad Grand Jury of the Queen's County, complaining of the employment of the military force in cases for which the police of the country should be amply sufficient, and praying the House' to take such steps as they might deem most proper to put an end to so unconstitutional a practice. The Honourable Baronet stated it as his opinion, that if any addition were necessary to the police of the county, it should be entirely separated from the military power. He moved for leave to bring up the Petition. Mr. PEEL said he was sure he would be funy borne out in stating, that in no period had recurrence to military force in such cues as those alluded to in the Petition been less frequent in IrcJand than during the last two years, and that in no case whith he knew of had recourse been had to it unless where It was ab solutely necessary. At the same time he thought it necessary to observe that by an Act of last Session, Grand Juries were au thorised to appoint efficient constables, with adequate salaries, in the room of those whom they might judge inefficient. Sir H. PARNELL said something more must be done to in crease the civil power. He should find it his duty, if nothing was brought forward in the course of the Session, to move for a Committee to inquire into the subject. Mr. FITZGERALD testified that military force had been more rarely had recourse to in Ireland within the few last years than at any previous time. Mr. DOMINICK BROWN said that Constables in Ireland were inefficient, l.ecause they ware inadequately paid. Some of them had not more than 4f. a-year. Mr. PEEL said, that with respect to the salaries of Consta bles, the Act of last Session authorized Grand Juries td them salaries of 201. a-year. After a few words from Sir W. Tinawasosts, who thanked his Honourable Friend (Sir H. Parnell) for brltging forward the subject the Petition was brought up, read, ordered to lie on the table, Loi to be printed. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. CURWEN gave notice, that on Thursday he would move for a revival of the Committee of last year en the subject of Tithe% Mr. WYNNE gave notice, that he would tomorrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the duration of Poils at Ekctions. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply, which was received, and agreed to. On the Motion of the Cuaricsuoa of the Excnituuss, an Ad dress was ordered to be presented to the Prince Regent, praying that the usual Estimates for the public service of the current year should be laid before the House. There was laid before the House an Account of all Exchequer Bills issued under the Act of the 56th Geo. HI. cap. 14. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD moved the third reading of the Bill to suspend the operations of the Act of the last Session to regulate Grand Jury Presentments in Ireland. Af!er some conversation between Sir F. FLOOD, Mr. FITZGL. IlAt D, and Sir H. Pianists., the Bill was read a third time, and paszed.—Adjourned. THE EVE NWO STAR: ," LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1818. Ass-Wasom►*.-Holiday at the Bank, Esehequar, aid South . Sea House. It is always gratifying to the best feelings 9f our nature to witness the labours of humanity in favour of the destitute, however their misery may have been occasioned ; but especially when the suffering, by its locality, involves a community, and precludes the, possibility of relief from their own exertions. This is strikingly the cite with the sawn, by the late fires in Newfoundland► How cheering to the philanthropists to see men en-raged as it were in a race for the relief of the help less. While in London collections were making and a Committee occupied in devising the best means for sending speedy relief to the sufferers, the inhabitants of New York had promptly taken up the same sub ject, as we stated yesterday : and we now find, by an article in a Philadelphia Paper, that at Boston also si milar prompt and efficacious measures were pursued for the same benevolent end, as soon as the news of the calamity reached that city. At the former place, as already stated, the sum of 9000 dollars had been very speedily collected, and application was made to our Minister there, Mr. BA- GOT, for permission to load an American vessel at that port with provisions, &c. The " &c." we find explained by an advertisement in a New-York Pa per, inviting the inhabitants to send their spare blan kets, clothes, and coverings of any kind, with what could be given from their private stoves of rye and meal, to houses appointed for their reception.—At &soca a Ineitiztg Was held, wiled tattle of the respectabie Citizens were appointed to act as a Com mittee for receiving, soliciting, and applying relief a brig of 150 tons was instantly hired to proceed to St. John's, loaded with provisions; even the common truck-oten offered their gratuitous serviees to transport the cargo to the vessel ; and the stevedores td put the same on board, and stow it without charge. The Boston Committee Was labouring also to extend their relief to the supplying the sttfierers with means to erect shelters for themselves.against the extreme seve rity of the winter in Newfoundland, by sending them a cargo of, joists and boards. May the period soon arrive in which Britain, and the descendants of Britons, shall be found engaged in no other rivalry with each other than what has for its objects the comfort, the happiness, the improve ment, and independence of all the nations on earth ! We heartily rejoice in the opportunity afforded us oftongratulating the Public on a reduction in the price of Porter. The Golden-lane Brewery, has pub licly notified its deference to public opinion on the as certained injustice of the late rise, and has reduced their charge to Sid. per pot. There is little doubt' but the other great Breweries will follow this exam ple. ' If the reduction is made generally, a daily saving of a Thousand Pounds will have been made - for the labouring poor . of the Metropolis through the exertions of a single individual, aided by a free and patriotic Press. If the other• Breweries hold out, it will furnish an additional illustration of the mis chief of the arbitrary licensing system, which by interdicting the opening of any new houses pre vents the public from receiving generally the boon of reduced prices thus offered to them. In either case, the public importance of competition must be manifested. On a former occasion, viz. in 1804, the Golden-lane Brewery caved the labouring classes of the Metropolis nearly a Million sterling in one year's consumption, by causing a reduction equal to one penny per quart. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this morning. The Duke of WELLINGTON and suite arrived in Paris on Saturday evening. A Royal Ordonnance appears in the Menriteur, which bears, that the KING, being desirous of giv ing a " new testimony of his satisfaction at the good services" which " noire tune, le Contle de Cazes," has never ceased to render to his King and Country, raises him to the dignity of a Peer of the kingdom. At a moment when every person has been supposing that, in consequence of the signal defeat which the Ministry lately sustained in the Chamber of Peers, the first promotion of noire ame" would have been to the bottom of the retired list, this decisive expres sion of the continuance of the Royal favour will serve to set speculation at rest, however much it may probably disappoint the hopes, of many well-wishers to the prosperity of France. The Chamber of Deputies advanced on Saturday to the 20th Article of the Recruitment Bill, and again adjourned. _ _ _ French 5 per Cents, Saturday, 66 1. 60 c. Two Hamburgh Mails arrived to-day;but, except some details as to the proposed military organization of the Germanic Confederation, they bring no intel- ligence of any importance. In time of war it is in tended that there shall be taken from the collective population of Germany two men from every 100 for the army in the field, which will make it 570,000 strong, and one more out of every 100 for garrisons and recruits. Hamburgh Exchange on London— January 23 33-3 33-6. January 27 33-2 33-3. A Dutch Mail has also arrived, with Papers to the Ist. inst. They contain some details of the proceed ings of the Second Chamber of the States General respecting Finance, in which several Members objec ted to the Ministerial Estimates, particularly of Mili tary Expenditure ;—the Government carried their measures by a considerable majority. The PRINCE REGENT, on the occasion of his late visit to Windsor, arranged the time at which her MAJESTY'S next Drawing-room is to be held. The distance from Windsor to Brighton is sixty three miles. This journey was perforthed by the REGENT on Monday in five hours and a half. The Earl of SEFTON continues in a state of con valescence, with Every appearance of speedy recovery. At the London Adjourned Session yesterday, no business was transacted, there being only two Alder men present, and three being necessary to constitute a Court. _ Sir GREOOR M.Gainon arrived at Liverpool on Monday, in the William Ewart, from Nassau, New Providence. A Message was received in the Senate, on the 29th of December, from the President of the United States, by his private Secretary, communicating the follow ing Report, in compliance with the Senate's Resolu tion of the 16th : 4. Department of State, Dec. 24, 1817. " The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the Re solution of the Senate of the 16th inst. requesting information touching the execution of so much of the first article of the Treaty of Ghent as relates to the restitution of slaves, which has not heretofore been communicated, has the honour to report to the President, that no answer has been received from the British Go. cerement to the proposal made by order of the bite President, on the 17th of September, 1816, that the question upon the diffe rent constructions given by the respective Governments to that article should be referred to,the decision of some friendly Sove reign ; that the late Minister of the United States in England, before his departure from London, renewed the request for an an swer ; and that the present Minister at the same Court has been instructed to invite again the attention of the British Government to the subject. All which is respectfully submitted. (Signed) " JOHN CLUINCY ADAMS." The Message and Report %ere ordered to be printed. - • LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY Arrived the William Ewart , FISHER, from gastaiii New Providence, with Sir Gntocin MiGnsoon phss . senger on board. The True Blee, FLAT, for_Poly head, was lost Slct ult. on West Hoyle the KllSteri his wife, and one'man drowned, and one man ,stioed. PALVOUTH, FEI3RUART 1. Wind from W.N.W. to W.S.W. fresh breezes and frequent rain.—Arrived the Dutch ship Catharine Theodora, VANWALNE, from Liverpool for Surinam, with loss of fore-topmast. pLYMOUTII, FrITHIL/ARY 2. Came in the Speculator, TIiOBINON, from Terceira4 HARWICH, FEBRUARY s. Wind S. W.—Arrived the Castlereagh, M•Do :woo's, with mails and passengers, from Helvoet ; and the Lord Nelson, Li vi sos, with Mails from Cua• haven. Sailed the Lady Nepean, LIVINGS, with mails, for Cuxhaven. • DOVBtt, ItIIBRUARY 3. Wind W.5.1.V.--Sailed the Venus transport, and the sloop Roston Packet, for Calais, for troops. Ar• rived the sloop Fortitude, RANDAL, from Jersey to London, with loss of boom, gaff, and bulwark. FEBRUARY 5. Wind S.W.—Came down from the River last even+ ing, and sailed, 'several ships, particulars thlknovrn. Remain the Johanna Maria Constantia, HADDIN, for Surinam. -------- • RAMSGATL, FEBRUARY 1. It has blown a heavy gale from the Southward all the morning, but is now quite fine.—The following vessels have come in for shelter, viz.—Yak Merchant, —, from St. Andrew's for London, lost both anchors, Atc.; Farmer's Delight, —, from London to Hastings, lost anchor and cable; Fsbbut, —,* from London to Bilboa; Robert and Mary, Slave, from Dartmouth for London, damaged, and several others. GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY S. Arrived the Duke of York, ' Fryer, from Rotterdam ; Good Friends, Sherratt, from Dublin; and Fortuna, Hughes, Irons Ostend.—Sailed the Princess Amelia, Balaton, for India; Lon don, Campbell, for ditto ; the Kingston, Bowen, for Java ; Mary. Ford, for St. Mary's, Sierra Leon ; Valency, Bryant, for Lisbon ; Williams, Williams, for Dublin ; and Minerva Smith, Mien, for New York. CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 3_ Sam INTZILID I;waana—The Hyperion from Calcdtta and Capoof Good Hope, John from Calais, Commercial packet tram Ostend ; Charles from Fayal; Waterloo from Lisbon, Kimble from St. Michael's, Exeter packet from Cork, Good Friend from Rio Janeiro, Dorset from Rouen, and Po from Calais. Ours/Amin—The Eleanor for Ostend, Harriet for Demerara and liarbadoes, Marshal Blucher for Iftwnburgl, Galen for Boston, Alexander for Quebec and Montreal, Harmon* for Hamburgh, Denison for Elsinure and St. Petersburgh, Johanna for Elsinure and Copenhagen (entered Jan. 29th for Antwerp and Brussels), John for Oporto, Hoop for Ostend, Edward Ellice for Yucatan, and Amity for Dublin. According to the latest accounts from Egypt, the activity of the Pawn A is felt throughout that country in every branch of its Government. He is said to avow his intentions of shaking off the Turkish yoke ; for which end he has collected a numerous army— some say eighty or 100,000 men, officered in a greai degree by Europeans, principally (as the in formation comes through France), we are desired to ,believe, by Frenchmen, under whose command is placed the whole of thePActia's artillery. He aims at great things, in naval affairs, by the purchase of two or three frigates ; and in commerce and finance , T means of a rigid monopoly of all the produce cf irpt, which he forces from his unhappy subjects at v• price, and sells again for double what it cost This vulgar errdient may support a short against Turkey : but the PACIIA him. lived i will discover, some time hence, that a powerful and permanent state must be founded on other principles of economy. The KINO of PRUSSIA, with a view to thew re spect for the memory of MARTIN LUTHISR, has at'. mined a youth, who is one of his descendants, into the orphan establishment at Halle, and assigned to wards defraying the expenses of his education, a yearly pension of 70 crowns. It is a question at the present moment, whether the unexampled sale which has taken place in the present early period of the Lottery has been caused by the devotees of Fortune or the votaries of Bacchus.—On the one hand, Three Prizes of Thirty Thousand Pounds and One Hundred Capitals may be adduced as incontrovertible ar gu ments ; whilst, on the other, Twelve Pipes of the best Port Wine in the kingdom seem no less convincing. We believe the effect may be attributed to their combined operation and the novelty of the idea, since this is the first Lottery on record where the cornucopia of Fortune has over flowed with the choicest gifts of the Son of Semele. KING'S THEATRL.—La Molinaro was again repre sented last night ; Madame FODOR gave her songs with more than her usual sweetness. "Nel con piu non mi unto," which was omitted last Saturday, on account of its having been for these ten years past introduced in " Il Fanatico," was sung in its proper place, and received a very flattering encore ; as likewise did "La Rochelina Molinaro," ANZAC- Grrrt performed throughout with much spirit ; his " Capellini Capelloni," always affords a great treat. The Ballet went off much better than on Saturday. We are sorry to say that Mr. HULLIN, a very pro mising dancer, by an unfortunate slip, fell on his knee, and was carried off the stage; he was not, however, very seriously hurt. COVENT-GARDEN.—A Melo-drama, in two Acts, called the Illustrious Traveller, or One Forges of Kau zel, was produced last night at this Theatre, for the first time. It is formed out of circumstances and events which excite a deep interest. An individual, a man of rank, proscribed, in a great measure with out justice, for treason and murder, taking refuge from the strong arm of power amidst the horrors of a Norwegian winter, protected and reserved by th e attachment and fidelity of an individual who had scarcely before heard his name, and who loved him chiefly because he was in danger, constitutes the min action. It is a very interesting piece, and contains one or two scenes of great pathos. The acting of FARLEY, who sustained the principal character, the preserver of the Nobleman, deserves the highest praise. It was distinguished throughout by great propriety, feeling, and energy. The Piece was given out for repetition, without a dissenting voice. CORN EXCHANGR, MARI-LANZ, FRB. 4.--Our Ea was thinly supplied with all grain this morning, owing to contrary winds. Fine Wheat fully supports Monday's prices, as well as prime Malting Barley ; but the inferior qualities of each grain are very heal y sale, except at low prices. In Peas, Beans, and Oats there is no alteration. 4) '• I i . 1 , 1 I id I 1 , • , 4 1 1 ,. s i '' . 1 I t to : • i i it ) 1 i i I i • I i 1 t I t il i 1 ' I I i g . I t t I (It