Star. — London, England, 1824-03-27 00:00:00

- ~r PARLIAIONI'ARY PROCEEDIAVS. • ROUSE OPLORDS, MARCH 26. This morning the LOSS Deem sat for the furtherance of Appealf. In the case of " AUardice o. Keith," Mr. Musson (in conclu des) and Mr. Snanwsta. were heard for the respondents. Mr. Ammonite , ' was then heard in reply for Allardice, and two other appellants, and Mr. BUCHASAN In, reply for Mr. James. -,l udo • meat deferred. " Haprta, Trustees, e. the Lord President Hope," from the Court of Session, was next proceeded with, and continued till four o'cloebretthen-tisnfuitber bearing was adjourned to Tuesday. Soon after four o'clock the Loan Denny rose ; and at a quar ter to five the Loan CHanemaon entered the House. Captain BAUTAUD, Mr. PORTMAN ; and others, brought up the Silk Trade Bill, the Postage Rates Bill, the Penitentiary Convicts Re moval and. Employment Bill, and the Plymouth Lighting and Paving Bill, which were afterwards read a first time, and the I'ust Rates Bill was ordered to be printed. The Recovery by Penalties Bill and the Kingston-upon-Hull Poor Employment Bill were respectively read a third time, passed, and messaged to the Commons House. The Earl of SH A FT F.SBURY reported that the Committee to whom their Lordships bad referred the Amendments in the Mar riage Act Amendment Bill had recommended their adoption to the House.—Agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed. . Mr. LIILLVAILD, from the Commissioners for Holyhead Roads, delivered the Annual Report, pursuant to an Act of Geo. I 11. Mr. Secretary Cameo, who was accompanied by several Mem bers of the Commons, brought up the Slave Trade Piracy Bill. Upon the motion of Earl BATHURST, the above Bill was imme. Moiety read a first time, and ordered to be printed.—At nearly six o'clock this House adjourned till Monday morning at ten. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. BYNG presented a Petition from Thomas Brown and other Waternien of St. Catherine's against the Bill for building a Bridge of Suspension over the Thames.—Ordered to lie on the table. The same Hon. Member presented a similar Petition front cer tain resident Inhabitants of that Parish.—Read and laid on the table. An Honourable Member presented a Petition from certain per mits in Northumberland, praying for the repeal of the existing Du ties 'on the Exportation ut English Wool.—Laid on the table. Mr- DAVENPORT presented a Petition from the Methodist Congregation of West Chapel, at Buller, Northumberland, in favour of the Abolition of Slavery.—Laid on the table. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a Petition from the licensed Victuallers of St. George's Middlesex, against the Excise Licenses Duties.—l.aid on the Mr. SYKES presented a Petition from Crome, in Lincolnshire, praying for the Abolition of Slavery. Similar Petitions were presented by Mr. Cairns, from Lanark ; Sir G. ROBINSON ; front Northampton; Sir F. Mate, from the Parish of Berwick-upon-Tweed ; Sir W. WILKINS, from Walking ham ; .Jr. Mutinsa.t., from Duffield ; Sir T. Act.stso, from Devon port, in Devonshire, and also front Tiverton, in the same County. Mr. S. RICE brought up the Report of the Committee on Draining Bogs in Ireland, which stated that the object specified being general, was not within the Standing Orders of the House.— It was ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. BYN G presented Petitions from the Paridtes of St. George the Martyr, St. Andrew, Holborn, St. Giles, and front St. Anne, Westminster, against the Excise Licenses Duties. Laid on the table. • Mr. P. I‘IOORE presertted several Petitions front Stockport, 'Manchester, Nottingham, and Coventry, against the Combination Laws.—They were laid on the table. Ile gave notice, he should, On Wednesday, move for leave to bring in a Bill to remedy the evils complained of by our artisans and .manufacturers under the present most injudicious and oppressive system. Mr. CCUTEIS presented a Petition troth Brighton against the Excise Licenses Duties, which was read and laid on the table. Sir J. MACK mrosii presented the Petition of William Diacormick, of Essex and Upper Canada, praying for the repeal of the Duties on Tobacco. The Honourable Member moved the Petition should be printed, which was agreed to. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from the Water men of St. Catherine Stairs, against the newly proposed Ducks in their neighbourhood ; a Similar Petition from certain Watermen and inhabitants of St. 11stolph, Aldgate ; also a Petition front the Iron founders of London against the Cumbin:.:ion Laws ; together with a Petition fromthe Inhabitants of the Ward of Bridge, against the Window Tax. —They were all read and laid on the table.. Colonel D.l V I ES presented a Petition from certain Journeymen Bootmakers of Worcester, against the Combination Laws.—Re ferred to the Artisans' Committee. Lord BELG It A VE presented a Petition from the Tanners and Carriers of Chester, against the Hide and Shins ISill.—Read, and or.lesed to on the table. The same Noble Lord alto presented a Petition from certain In habitants of Cheater, praying for thetransfer of the Duties on !leer to Malt ; also a Petition from the Licensed Victualler. ni Chester, agaient the Excise Licenses Duties.—They were laid on the table. Lord MILTON presented a Petition front certain Inhabitants of the North Riding of Yorkshire, against the continuation of Slavery ; also a Petition from Wakefield, to implore the humane interference of the House in preventing cruelty to animals by dog kitting and bear-baiting. The Noble Lord also presented a Peti tion from certain Journeymen tradesmen of Bradford in York shire, ag ainst the Combination Laws . In pr e s e n t in g a Petition front Dlicaster against the Duties on Windows, he stated that he regretted that the repeal of the Window Tax had not formed part of the plan of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—They were all laid on the table, or refetred to the proper Committees. So. 'l'. ACLAND presented a Petition front certain persons, Manufaiturers and Merchants of she County of Devon, to the num ber of 2000, praying that the Duties on the export of Lung Wend ihicield not be repealed.—Read and laid on the table. Mr. CURWEN presented a Petition from the Proprietors of• kieep-farms hp Westmoreland, against the Duties on Sheep-dog..— Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to present a Petition front the Mer chants and Wool-manufacturers of Halifax, in Yorkshire, prying the House would continue to protect the Trade in Woollen Gouda, by appropriate Duties on British Won!. The Petitioners prayed at least, that such duties should be continued as would give thinti a fair ground for entering into competition with foreign manufacta- TM at bonne. The Petitioners stated that,by allowing one pound of OUT wool to be exported; it would..salable the Contii a manu facturer to work to great advantage three poundkil foreign wand. —l'he Petition was ordered to be printed. Lord MI LION said this was the first opportunity he had had to express his coincidence in the views of his Majesty's Government with respect to the adoption of a tree trade. Though disposed to go i - great way to heal any alarm in this branch of the woollen trade, yet he believed these manufacturing interests were ale very persons most interested in doing away with the restrictions on trade gene rally. With such intelligence skill, industry, and superiority in ma chinery as they possessed, all obstacles to their success must be merely temporary. Connected weir was with multitudes engaged lts that trade, he felt it was his duty openly to avow his sentiments on so very important a subject as that of an approximation, as speedily as was consistent with safety, to the principles of a general tree trade.—The Petition was after a few observations front Mr. S. WORTLEY, laid on the table . SLAVE TRADE PIRACY DILL. Mr. Secretary CANNING apologised to the !louse for his anxiety on the subject of this Bill; but lie though:that, consiJering Oleic was great danger in procrastinating a measure such as this, lest the season in Al i ic s and 4 lnierica s!,ould be lost beloie the Bill was brought into :tells ity ; and it being :in object to send the Bill as soon as poss,ble to the Lords, he hoped the House would excuse his pressing its immediate considesation. After a shoat pause, he proceeded to state, that he had, on this occasion, to regret the absence of the Honour able Moniker Bramber, through indisposition. lie had, however, received a letter limn him, stating, in ra very measured plirase,his satisfaction and triumph at the success of a meAsure, which ire could not help consi dering as the ilearea, and closest, and most important step the House Lad ) et taken towards the completion of that great object—the Abolition of African Slavery. He had aheady so tcdiv stated his . views of the neces • sity and advantages of .the measure as the most effec tual way to prevent the recurrence of this crime against humanity, that on the present occasion lie should not trespass on their time further than by moving the thu d reading of the Slave Trade Piracy Bill. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH expressed his un bounded satisfaction at finding that. at length the cha racter of this crime of traffic in human beings had been designated as it ought to be; and instead of being treated as a moral crime only, it was created a felony punish able by the severest infliction of the 14w. He recollected a time when the merchants of this country had avowed themselves the friends of this traffic, as a fair and ho nourable trade for the purposes of gain ; that gallant Admirals of the Navy had applauded the exercise of the traffic as the source of our colonial sttength, and the value of our West Indian possessions; and that even from the pulpit some had the audacity to applaud the Slave trade, as a means of bringing the miserable, African from the horrors of his native clime to the blessings of an American Paradise. He had not. yet forgotten the memorable circumstance of a gallant Captain in the British Navy, who was so taken with the condition of these unhappy men, that he had here avowed openly his regret that he had not been him self an African slave !—(A laugh). - . He recollected- the too lasting triumph of a set of political incendiaries leagued with religious enthusiasts, and was happy to find all hopes of their future successes were cut off at once, by the resolution of Government to co-operate in putting down till, abhorred traffic altogether. The great crime of man-stealiog had been without any pro portionate punishment until the attention "of the house was drawn to it by his Honourable Friend the Member for Winchelsea (Mr. Brougham), who with that energy which was peculiar to himself, and which gave leisure to every pursuit, had the honour first to rank that of fence as a moral crime. To those measures the Bill on the table had given the finishing stroke. He was most happy in thinking that it was through the One: ven,tiou and union of the two British nations on different sides of the Atlantic, this great object was accomplished, who though they had divided their course in the enno bling pursuit of liberty, yet proved themselves worthy of a common might in British blood, by the zeal which they had shewn in the cause of humanity. Anierica was the first to declare the trade piracy, and he hoped the step now taken by Eagland would be a further cause of friendship and union between them. As the ptople of America inherited that skill in naval affairs, by which their ancestors were distinguished, :rod were in the highest degree jealous of their Inas kiln.... honour, he was glad that they were the first to come forward upon this occasion, and to sacrifice to the caase of hu manity any jealousy they might have felt. Ile would not delay the house further at pre.eor, understanding that it was desirable the Bill should be sent before the Lords as soon as possible. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, a clause was added to the Bill, to provide against its repeal by any Acts that might pass in the present Session.—The Bill was then passed. compEasaTtom TO OFFICERS. • The ATTORNEY-LiENERAh moved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on the Compen sation to Officers for losses in consequence of the County Courts Bill.—The SPEAKER having left the Chair, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not rise for the purpose of proposing any alteration in the Bill. Ile would not deny that it was calculated to be of pub lic benefit : it was, however, a principle always ob served when measures of this kind were introduced, not to confer the benefit at the expense of individuals. Ac cording to established rule, offices connected with the admimstration of justice were not saleable. in the Acts. however, establishing this rule, exceptions had been in troduced. In an Act of Henry VI. exceptions were ia troilneed with respect to certain offices in the• Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Since that time the offices thud excepted were regularly sold. In another Act passed on this subject in 1809, allusion was made, to the Act of Henry VI. The Finance Committee of 1818, in their Report, recognised the exceptions . made in these Acts. Speaking olthe salaries of tl:e Judges of the different Courts, the reason they assigned for that of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench not having been increased was, that there weir offices the Court, from the sale of which considerabla emolument might ba. de rived. That of the Chief Clerk, worth about 1:7,01D, a year, was the principal. The late Chiri Justice gave it to his son ; and so confident was he that it coola riot I be interfered with, that it was the chief part of tine pa trimony left to the Noble Lord (Edenborough). Sorely if the present measure must have the effect of diminish ing the legal emoluments of the office, it would be con. tiary to every principle of justice to pass it without ade till 4C compensation. The Prothonotaties of the Court of Common Pleas came under the same denomination. They were always sold by the Clnief Justice for the time being. L'iO,tXX) was considered the value of the office. It was by no means a sinecure: they who filled it were obliged to find clerks, and, to attend themselves to the business. Anna facie, it might appear an evil to have such offices saleable; but ins practice it was not so. From his own observation, she could say that the duties were discharged with as Much fidelity and diligence as if they were offices that could not be sold. 1 he. e offices being freehold, and they who held them being assessed to the Land Tax, upon that ground he claimed com pensation. He claimed compensation in like manner fon the Secoadaries, who purchased their places. Ile also claimed compensation for the Clerks of the Plea Side of the Exchequer—for the officer called tine Sitior Attor ney, the Secondary, and I:tracer, and for the Prothonu. caries of tire Court of Great' Session of Wales. He claimed this compensation on the ground that the pro posed measure would have the effectll diminishing the number of wr its by one-fourth, and thereby materially affect the of those officers. Front the best informatics's he could collect, the income of the Chief Cler k of the King's Bench would be diminished by a sum not less than 1:1,500 a year if the Bill passed. It it was for the public odvantage that changes should be introduced, having an effect so injurious to individstals, it was but justice that some compensation sbould . be made. The sum;nece:sary for accomplishing this Oft, ject would not exceed five or six thousand pounds a year. The principle on which he rested this applica tion was never opposed by Committees of that House.— On the contrary it was invariably supported. The Fi nance Committee of 1796 laid it down that in such cases the public were bound in justice to make compen sation. It should be remembered that all those officers, atter the diminution of their income, would still be ;bound to keep up the same estahli.liment of clerks as before. In 174:0 the same principle was laid down by the Commissioners who vv - ere appointed to inquire into the Courts, and their Report was signed by Lord Hard wicke. Ile would put a case to the House. It might be desirable to get rid of the fees now 'Sayable on the transfer of freehold property. But would it be just to pass a measure to that effect, without making some com pensation to the Lords of Manors? All property de leaded on law, and the species of property affected by this Bill as much as any other property. The next question to be considered was, how the House had acted. upon similar occasions? They had uniformly allowed compensation. In the reign of William 111. there was a striking instance of it. The writ Capias pro Fide was then in existence, but a statute passed to abolish it. This, however, was not done without compensation to those who might suffer, and, in fiat, the fee was paid nnw though the writ (lid not exist. In 1803, when a , Bill was introduced to alter the practice of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, there was a clause to indemnify' those whose interests might be affected. There was one remarkable case, that of the Court of Requests of Southwark. When it was proposed to extend the juris diction of this Court to debts of 51. the four Counsel of the Palace Couft,who purchased their situations, thought their emoluments would be affected by the measure, and they received in compensation for any loss they might sustain, 501. a year each. This was not a private but a public act. The same principle was acted upon with respect to Lord William Bentiock, and another Noble Lord who held a place in the Court of Common Pleas in It eland. It v. as also recognised last year. In the Bill passed for regulating the fees in the Court of King' Bench and Common Pleas, the Judge s were authorized to inqui;a: into the cases of those whom they might think deserving of compensation, and report on the same. The 1104(mi:dile and Learned Gentleman recapitulated his argements, and concluded by moving a Resolution, the object of which was to grant compensation from the Consolidated Fund, for any deficiency of fees that might wise in vmsequence of any Act of the present Session, to the followirs officers :—the Chief Clerk of the King's Bench, the Clerk of the Rules and the Clerk of the Papers, the Prcthoit ies and Secondaries of the Court of Common Plea., the Senior Attorney, the Prothono tary and Filacer of the Plea Side of the Court of Exche quer, and the pre,ent Prothonotary of the Court of (;;eat Session in Wales. Lod urtioit P wished he could agree to this pro position, because, by so doing, he should secure the suc cess of Its Biil ; whilst, by opposing it, he was aware he eu..langered it. But he felt that it was his duty, arid the duty of the Hou,e, to look with jealousy to every attempt at extending this system of compensation. The Honoutabie and Leirned Gentleman had cited a prece dent kir compensation in the case of the Counsel of the Marshalsea ; but this precedent would not serve bim, for this compelisation was not given by the Public, but was paid to them by the officers of the Court of Requests.: lie was aware that if she Public took a man's land for the public good, the Public gave compensation ; but no one ever heard of compensation being given because, by the adoption of a public Measure, the value of a man's land might be deteriorated. Wbo ever, he would ask, had heard that the innkeeper, whose house might be injured by the turning of a road, was consided as entitled to compensation? If such a doctrine at •that now cor.ten led for was adopted, he believed Gentlemen wonl4, be vet) c ireful how they proposed tueuures of relm m or ifiiprovement ulich we: e to burtben the Pub- lac t ith suc:l - a tax• in the shape of lie should move as an amendment,. a 1te50 1 4116011, expressing that no else exi,ted in-mhich the house had given com pensation for life interests resembling those now under consideration. 'Tae amendment having been put, Mr. M. A. TAYLOR spoke in favour of the Resolu tion. Parliament never took away patent places with out c..nnpensation. fie 'tumid be sorry if they risked the loss of s' beneficial a measure for 50001. Sir G. ROSE•supported the Resolution. He must the game time confess that .the object of the Bill was most laudable. h was highly honourable to a person of the Noble Lord's rank to clevote himself to objectsol so much public utility. It was ear to give way to the impulse of eloquence when the power existed ; but it was not easy to resist all the seductions of wealth and high station for the purpose of istrending to the business of the House. Mr. LITTLETON said he regretted the Noble Lord did not comply with the Resolution. Ile had some ate coaintance with the case of the Noble Lord. who held me place Chief Clerk of- the King's Bench, and he must say that the greatest injustice would be chrne him if compensation should be ref used. The late Chief.ius tice, Lord EllCTlbOrollgil, was so irnprelsed with the sa credness of the office,• and so confident that nothing would he done to diminish the emolument of it, that he left little more to his son. The case of ferries was, he thought, one in point. Even when a bridge was built, not on the lands of the person who had an interest in the ferry, stilt compensation was allowed him. He was desirous that all patent offices should be revised and put on a different footing. Mr. BANK ES said that the interests vested in indivi duals holding such offices as those in question, were to be considered in the nature of freeholds, and the gene ral rule had been, whenever it was found expedient to abolish or regulate such offices, to grant a fair and ade quate compensation to the parties for the loss entailed upon them by the change. That practice had, however, been carried to a very pernicioul excess, particularly in the provisioa for compensations to per sons holding offices in the Irish Courts, on the Union. To any such extrava gant scale of compensation as was adopted on that occa sion, he should at all times be decided! y opposed, though bound to concur in the general principle. In the pre sent case he thought the proffer way would be, to wait. and see what would be the operation of the Bill, and if it should be fouticl to diminish the emoluments of the offi , :ers in question, then to grant them compensation in proportion to the amount of such diminution. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought the system of compensation should have its limits, but he considered these offices as precisely within its limits. Mr. ABERCROMBY did not consider that compen satiun was to be given for public improvement, though he was ready to acknowledge that they had no right to reduce the fees of these offices from half-a-crown to a shilling, nor from a shilling to sixpence; but there was no compact existing between these parties and the Pub lic, that no step should b; taken to introduce improve %ment, if such improvement was calculated to decrease the profits of these patent place , . Mr. SYKES had, up to this time, contemplated the of his Noble Friend as 6ne replete with beneficial effects for the Public ; but it it was to be clogged with this tax of compensation, he doubted much whether-he should consider it in the same light in future. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the course he intended to pursue would be, to propose a clause in the Committee on the Bill; and unless he had moved this Resolution, he should not have been in a situation to pro pose such a clause in the Bill; and in that clause he should not propose compensation for any vague speculative loss, but for real Pnafide loss, to be ascertained hereafter. After a few words from Mr. Huss; the Arrouszy-Gessitat, Lord Mitros i Sir J. Nswrosa, Mr. Assam:atm and Sir F. 051- stattrr, the amendment was put, and negatived without a division. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR suggested, that the County Clerk of the County Palatine of Durham should be included in the list of those who were entitled to compensation under this Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on several Members bearing testimony to the propriety.of this officer's name being included in the Bill, acceded to its insertion. Sir F. OMMANEY proposed that Mr. Edge, the Treasurer and Reseiver of the Conn of King's Bench, be six) incliAled in the list of Officers t 6 w•hottt coosl . etsation was allowed. ile was most meritorious Officer, and entitle.d to the advantages proposed by the present Bill. The ATTORN EV-GENERAL had but one objection to th e . insertion of this Officer's name; it was simply this, be was not aware that there was any such Officer--(A laugh). Sir F. BLAKE was of opinion, that in conNidering the claims for compensation, some compensation ought to be made to the House for loss of time-.(A laugh). • Sir F. 0 NIM ANEY. after a short desultory conversation, was unwilling to absorb the time Of the Ilouse any longer, and consented to withdraw the motion. On the motion of Lord ALTIIORP, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the County Court, Bill. -On the Clause for appointing an Assessor to the Sheriff in each County being read, Mr. , PEEL s ; iid, he thought It might be better to appoint a 'm number to go the Circuit, which would induce persons of *rect.,- attainments to take the situation, and at the same time be a saving the Public; by the present clause there would be abolit seventy .. sessors, at salaries of 500/. a year, vThich soihe might think svoL. have no favourable effect on the integtity of the bar. Mr. HOBHOUSE thought that the appointment of local b. t risters, who resided in the country, would be the least exception able measure, as their conduct would be Mote under the °Wei 6011 of that part of the Public who were interested in the just ills. charge of their duties. Mr. PEEL recommended the postponement of the clause, to give time for fuller consideration, to which Lord A LTIIOR e consented, and the consideration of the clause Was, accordingly postponed. On the clause that all actions for debts not exceeding 101. should be brought in the County Court, Mr. LOCKII Ala suggested, that debts to the amount of 21./. or at least 151. should be recoliered under the The .ATTOR NEY-GEN ER AIL said, ei the Bill was merely an experiinOnt, he thought it might be best in the first instance - to rnu_ fine its operation to sums of 101. and when the machinery was teiriy put in motion, and it was seen how it worked, if it were thought advisable to extend its operations, it could be dene•by a 11.11 of few provisions. • Lord ALTHORP was willing the question of amount should I be considered, and proposed the postponement: o[ the clause for that purpose, which was agreed to-. On the clause for paying the expenses to be incurred by the ap pointment of the Courts nut of the County Rates, Lord -A LTHORP said, he thought, on consideration, it 'would be a hardship on the Counties, an& that it would be more season able that the expense should be paid nut of the Consolidated Fund. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ; before he could consent to that arrangement, he must know a little more of what the expense would be. Mr. Secretary PEEL suggested the postponement of the clause, which was agreed to. The several clauses of the . Bill were agreed to, the [rouse re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. CUSTOMS ACTS. The House went Into a Committee on the Customs Acts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his object was to make a new proposition with respect to the repeal of the ditties on imported wool. All wool imported was subject to a duty of 6.1. in the pound. It was intended some time ago to repeal the whole of that duty on the sth of July ; he should, however, adopt another proposition which had been submitted to the House,. namely, that for reducing the duty gradually. It was, therefore, proposed, that on the 10th of September the duty should be re duced threepence, and on the 10th of December twopence, leav ing tidy a duty o ff' one penny upon Foreign Wool. The exported long wool of British growth would be charged with a duty of two pence per pound, and be further subject to an ad ?Worm duty on the raw material of 16 per cent. The Right Honourable Gentle= man accordingly moved a resolution embracing his proposition. Mr. BRIGHT considered any debate on the subject at that Lee hour improper. Many Members who took interest in the %soul question had left the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER was desirous to recommend, the course stated, because he did not wish to fetter tl•e trade. with restrictions. If it should be found that the duty of 2‘l. on long wool for exportation amounted to a prohibition, it would certainly he necessary to 'apply to the house to take it off. Ile originally proposed one penny, but he expressed a hope that the Committee onuld see there was no ground for complaint of his change of opinion. After some further converpation between Mr. Casters, Mr. W. Ssuren, Mr. CALCKAFT, Mr. WesTRIIN, and Mr. WOKTLEY, the Re. solution was agreed to. Bir M. RIDLEY wished to know when anything decisivew as to be done as to the Coal Duty ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, this matter was in the same state as all the other Customs Duties, sod he was not prepared to say what was ultimately to be done about it. lle thought it would be better to go into a Committee ou this subject purposely.—Adjourned at Oxa O'CLO:7K. AN ACCOUNT of the Number of PERSONS sent out of the Kingdom under the ALI EN ACT, from the I►t of luntary, IS►ti, to the Ist of January, 18424. I Embarked Sent Years. Names. at to --•—• 1817 ,The Count de las Cases .. ...... I Dover. Ostend. Emanuel de las Cases (his son) 1818 Frederick Baron d'Eben lHarwich.. Cuiliaven. Gaspard Baran de Gourgautl Bernard Heyman Colette IleYma"••• •• •• •• "'• Gravesend. Hamburgh. M. lx lAge .. .. .. .. .... ... , • Catherine &Minn ... .. .. .. 1819 Louis David Chignard ... .. Guillaume Gran' ..... ... .. Ditto. Ostend. Aside Graff' ... ..... ...... .. Mdme. Nlontholon . ... ... 1921 Angelo Gentilini. .... Carl Schroeder Dover. Calais. Juliet-Boullinot ... .. .. ....... '• 1 Gravesend. Holland. Anthony litiOnlViStil - 1823 Count Vito Bettera de Wodopieb Ditto. ()stead. SOUTH AMERICA. Bogota Gazette.; have been received, and a Procla mation by the Vice-President Santander, congratulating the people on the entire delivery of the Republic from the presence of Spanish amities. The Gazette of the 21st December contains an account of the ceremonial of the reception of the Hon. It. Anderson, the first Minis ter Plenipotentiary of the United States to Colombia, at the seat of Government. After a speech from Mr. Anderson, the Vice-President replied, that " as the United States had always been the great luminary which the people of that part of America had kept in view in their struggles, so now they, and particularly the people and Government of Colombia, were anxious in peace to give earnest to the classic land of American liberty, of the high e,teem in which they held its Go vernment and its political institutions ; and of their de sire to augment and draw closer the friendly relations which happily exist between both nations." It would seem that the inhabitants of Monte Video, and the eastern bank of the River Plate, who for a long period of years have been involved in anarchy, and ha rassed by the bandit Artigas, towards the middle of last November sent a deputation to the Government of Bue nos Ayres, informing them of the critical situation in which they were placed by the intended evacuation of the Portuguese troops, which would necessarily throw the town into the hands of the Brazilians, contrary to the wishes and interests of the inhabitants, who were anxious to belong to the confederacy of the La Plata and their old countrymen, to whom they were bound by numerous ties. This remonstrance was accompanied by a formal demand for protection and support, and the affair having been submitted to the House of Repre sentatives, the following is the opinion delivered upon the subject by Dorrego, and supported by a majority: " The fortress of Montevideo, on the eve of being evacuated by the Portuguesatroops, presents a problem as important as it is clear and easy of solution ; a fata lity, nevertheless, causes it to be viewed as if covered by a thick veil, and mixed up with difficult questions..--. This is not the moment to decide the matter in a proper manner; but it is to point out that the fortress may be i _ w.. -