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P 4 nli RO V. MON Ro. This was also an Appeal fom a decision of the Court of Ses..ion in Scoland respecting the validity of a deed of entail.—The Loan CHANCELLOR said he had read all the papers in the case, attentively considered the argu ments of Counsel, and read sorer several times with great accuracy and minuteness the instrument in ques lion ; and without troubling their Lordships with details on a subject which could not be wi-11 understood with. out having the instrument betore them, he should move that the judgment of the Court below be confirmed.— Appeal dismissed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER was stimmtmed to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several public and pri. date Bills; be returned to the House of Commons in a few minutes, and acquainted the House that the Royal Assent had beau given by Commission to several Bills.—(See Lords). Mr. Twat's. from the Treasury, brought up certain Returns relative to the expense attending the Peuryn Diatranchischient MlL—Ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. C. GRANT presented a Petition from a Congregation of Independents at Manchester, against the Pilgrim Outv.—Ordered fo be printed. Mr. C. 6 RANT moved for Returns of the quantity of Silk im ported to and exported from this Country for the last five years.— Ordered. On the motion of Mr. C. PAUL area. several Amendments adopted by the House of Lords were agreed to, and ordered to be carried back to their Lordship... Mr. WILLI.% NI SMITH presented. Petitions from Rochfort (Essex). limn Fenny Strattord (Bucks), and another place, pray tpg the Abolition of Negro Slavery. Sir J. MACINTOSH presented a similar Petition from Chat ford. and observed, that unless the British Government took up the question more decidedly before the next Session, some spy alfic measures would then be proposed by his Learned Fricani (Mr. Eroughans). Sir G. MURRAY said, he considered the Government fully Vell to carry into effect the Itesolioions of 1823. Humanity, i g ' ce and wisdom called for their tolftinteut on terms sasiafactory the West India Planters, and the negroes themselves. Mr. F. BUXTON was glad to bear the few ob.ervatiom made by the Right Hon. Geinkman; they were so satisfactory to him, that on the present occasion be would say no more. Mr. W. HORTON, in the present mote of the Session, and from other motives which he would not state. begged leave to withdraw his motion, which stood for this day, upon the subject of the blave Trade. fdr Sergeant ONSLIIW thought the Government was bound to fulfil the pledges given to the council in 1823. Mr. Secretary PEEL said that he and his Noble Friend hada . Ways held that these Itesoltitions were fully binding on his Ma wsty's Government, and never held any other opinion. If the kndsts themselves would undertake the good work. they effectually succeed, and such was the a i givice given to them by his Nettle Colkague in the other Hutt's% Mr. FA Z A KERLEY presented a similat Petition front the town of Caine. Mr. F. BUXTON presented a similar Petition from the town at Bouthamptim. Mr. W. HORTON presented a similar Petition from New castle. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a similar Petition from Tregony. Mr. OTW AY CAVE presented a similar Petition from Let. timid'. He would as soon expect Grecian liberty from the Turkish Divan, or tree institutions from Dun Miguel, or Catholic Itmancipation fro m the present Government, as the abolition of olaverliPteim the West India Planters. Jlr. Li ERN A L said drat such observations would injure rather than advance the interests of the novae& Be wished to know if IM * serva l s: p us D ude by 84 Lsler Woodford bad been comma- Mc net% to Coverstment ? aid if sly witthva th.te would he oto. Objection r.• lay troqm Trvfore the Ilou - ? Mr. 11. Twisi e aiJ, he did not Snow if any such consrunica demo haat been officially received. If they had, he would carefully 1 ,.„ k t h em o v e r ; and,. if there was gl objection. he would pro duce them for the inspection of the Honourable Member and that of the (louse. le motives, w e re then severally ordered to he printed. r presented a Patition from a persun of the name o yniY tiria ,t a i n fC;cliester, complaining that the Magistrates bad r e s : II h r tat iri G ENa license to sell Iloitie-hrewed Iker, from impreper and praying redress.-11rJered to be printed. Lord NUG ENT gave notice. that early in next Session. he would move for leave to bring in a Hill to pregient Anomie. acting AO 3lagisirates in Counties or Cities. • • Mr. Secretary PEEL brought up mums relative to the Ame rican T.irift—Ordered ro At printed. Mr W A BURTON moved for an Account of the Quantity of Wood imported into these Kingdoms during the year lBtl7. Dr. LUSH! N G TON s ave notice for next Session to consider the Duties of the Lard Chancellor, to diminish some of them, and provide for their due execution by other authorhy. Dlr. HUME presented a Petition from a person of the name of Yates, praying that the particulars which were Laid before the House a few evenings • since in his case might be referred to the Commis.ioners for Inquiry into the state of the Law.--dUrdered to he laid on the table. - - Mt. HUME called the attention of the House to the state of the law as tb imprisonment for debt. Nothing could he more unjust, and he hoped sonic remedy would be applied to it early in the next Session. The imprisonment for small debts by the Cott.- nti.sionert of the Court of Requests. etteeded all belief. For a d •bt of 4s. 6d. imprisonment was awarded fur twenty days, and for larger sums up to U. for one hundred days. This was an intolerable cruelty, and should be put an end t« a: speedily es possible. In fact, the wit s ole system requited immediate alteration, The powets granted to tae Court if Requests were toe great, and a general measure of improvement *honk! be brought in as soon as possible. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for a Return of all Courts 1 in Great Britaiu and Ireland, havidg the power• of inflicting im• prisannieWt tor debt for mains undrt-St. ind the taperfses attending any prison allowances made•to those conbned for the Testy 11126 and i 827.--The motion wag f grrO to. , ~ , ••, • • .._ NES4AGIIL mom Tfla Loans. r • • •• A Message from the . Lorcisimsmonted - their T.Oetistikpe agree ment to the Sugar Bill ; the-Welland Canal. Slit the Pilotage Bill, and other Bills, without any amendment. , Sir J.. 6 RAIIAM pirsented a 'Petiti o n from V. Blake. of the County of Galway, praying that. a nest Writ should' be lamed for the County of Galway, in. thelplaceof Mr. Daly, promoted to , th•• title of Lortibunsandle.—Ordered to be laid on the table. Sir J. 6RAII A NI moved for an Account of the Expenditure attending the Pentyn Disfranchisement Bill, diitinguishing the • Expenses of those for and against the Bill. Ordered. Mr. ATTWOOD moved, that a Copy of the Order in Council of the 3d May, 1826, relative to the Tonnage Duty, should be laid before the House. The Hon. blembeecomplained that the Red ' procity System had been violated by the French Government, and observed, that in justice to ourselves we should not allow its continuance. Mr. C. GRANT said, that the Reciprocity System was a large and comprehensive subject, and at present he would not discuss it. ' But he denied that the French Government had Violated the letter of the Treaty binding them to act on the Reciprocity System. The motion was then agreed to. • Mr. It. GRANT presented Petitions from several individuals, stating that they had claims on the French Government. and pray. ing that the pledge held out by Lord CaStlereagh, ih 1819, in ease• of having a surplus fund, would be realized in their cases He hoped the case of the Petitioners would in no degree be prejudiced by the course he felt it his duty to adopt. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assort the Hon. - Member that no prejudice would attend the claims of Oat Petirioners until they were fully discusved. The Petition w is ordered to be laid on the table. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a similar Petition from Messrs. Grant and Cowie, as agents for several claimants of the Island of the Mauritius and lonian Islands —Laid on the table. Mr. W. O'BRIEN presented a Petition from the Grand Jury of the County of Clare, against the additional duty on glars.—Or tiered to be printed. Sir G. Al UR H AY brought rep copies of the Correspondence on Commercial Affairs with the United States of America; also re lIIIMSNIS to Criminal and Civil. Justice in the West Indies.—Or-, tiered to he printed. • Mr. EYLER gave notice, that in the course of neat Session lasi would move an Address, praying for copies of the Tariff of Frans* in the years 1824 and 1828; and also tor copies of anrcotrespon dentience, with the French Government relative to the existini scale of commercial duties between the two countries. , Mt. TENNISON gave notice 'bathe would, in the nest Ses sion of Parliament, move for leave to bring lira Bill to disfranchise East Honied, and transfer the franchise to Birmingham. Lord NUGENT presented a Petition frcm the Maltstris Newport, Papa, praying a revision of the laws relative to Mill. —Ordered to be printed. The House adjourned at Six O'CLoes until Monday nat. . . PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. • A Parliamentary Paper, recently printed, reepecting our commercial intercourse with the East Indies, shows the growth and importance of our Asiatic trade. It appears that in the year ending Januaty 5. 1824, there- entered inwards at the several ports of Great Britain, from the East Indies, 89 ships, the tonnage of which was 49,7.711; and there cleared outwards to the East Indies, 102 ships, the tonnage of which was 50,018: and in the year ending January 5, 1828, 140 ships, tit 61,270 tuns, entered inwards; and 176 ships, of 75 : 890 tuns, cleared outwards. Also, in the bye years prec..ding January 5, 1825, the declared Inc of the estrous from this country (as well by the East India Company as by private traelers) - to the East Indies, together with China, taken severally, was, E 4,228,948, X 4,076,718. X 5,918.071, 14.465,885, and X5,2U1.599. The principal Increase was an the article of British manufactured cottons. bluing the same period, the aggregate valuers( the several articles imported into this country from the last Indies and China was 1.0,457,170. X 105733,892, X 10,554,417, X 10,688,859, and .C 10,662,759; and in the five years severally there was re-exported .X 2,599,905, .C 3,006,703, 15,235,636, £2,892.446, and X 2,454.802. The principal increase took place in the article of cinnamon : in the year ending sthi .ot January. 1824, 899.5J5 lb. were imported, and in the LK. 1,267,445 lb.—of this, in 1824, 418,8551 b. was reexported, and last year 339,6821 b. Of c..tree, 4,114,2891 h. in 1824, and 5,872,581 lb. in 1828 ; in the former year, 2,129,1111 h. was re exported, and in the latter 4,655,104 lh. Of cotton wool, in 1024, 14,829,117 lb. and in 1828, 21.564.804 lb.—uf this 6,}44,0161b. .was re-exported in the year ending January sth, 1824, and 15,856,4151 b. in the year ending-January 5, 1828. Of pepper, 5,955.526 lb in 1824, and .2,067,718 Its, last year; in the firmer?' year 5,229,32716. and last, year 4,089 311 lb. was re exported. Of bandanors, Btc. in the former year, 162.11`3 pieces. and in the latter, *224,996 pieces; of these were re exported 13f,568 and 117,718 pieces. Of sugar, in the fnimer fear, 219,550 cwt. and in the latter 579,867 cwt. 'Of tea, Wale former year, 29,046,5851 h. and iit'the latter 39,746,141 lb. 4.X 'some. articles there.hos.been.a diminution; for instance, of indigo (which varies. a, as well known, greatly according to the nature of the season) the quantity im ported in the year ending January 5, 1824, was 6 .553,351'fb. and in the /err ending January 6, 1828, •5,405 212 lir. Of raw and waste silk from the East Indies, •1,226 640 ib. in the year. ending January 5, 1824, and 1,042,340 lb. in the year ending-January 5. 1828. Of China raw silk, in the former year, 392,747 lb. aild4ast year 208,2871 b. - ..: POOR LAWS. The following is an • a ract trom the R port of the Select Committee on .that part . of, the Poor . Laws re -I.:ting to the employment or relief of able-bodied per sons from rhe Poor Rye: " Your Committee do not undervalue the practical difficulty r f the course they lecommend, but, having considered carefully the whole subject, they b eg to de clare that they have embodied their opinion in the fol lowing manner, as dazing the principle upon which they think some improvement may be bounded : " That it shoo d be declared unlawful for any Over seer or other officer c f any parish to make or pay to any labourer or person engaged or employed in any work any allowance or relief whatever, nn account of her.i-lf, or his or her family, in addition is the wages or emolument' earned from such work or em ployment. " That this restriction should not apply. first, to pre vent parochial relief or allowance in cases of temporary illness of such laboorer or person, or any part of his or her family; 2J, nor to prevent parochial relief or al lowance,heing given to any. widcm, or Wile deserted by her husband, lett with a family, which she is by, her or their labour unable to support; Sd, nor to prevent parochial 'chef or allowance to those who, through old age or any infirmity, are unable by their labour Wholly Ito maintain themselves and their families ; 411,, nor to prever t parochial allowance to any labourer or person enriplried by the palish utficeis wholly on deems ,t such parish. ". That any charge of money paid by overseers, is contravention of the foregoing restrictions, should be deemed' unfounded,' and that Magistirues stiourd have power to mike out and disallow such sums so charged Limn the overseers' accounts, at ttreir examination of their books at the East-sr Petty Sessions, it: each year, under .50 Geo. 111. C. 49. " It is the opinion of your Committee (winch, how ever, they express with the diffidence that ought to at tend on the discussion of so difficult a subject) that, were such regulatisms to he acted upon, a gradual improve ment would take place in the condition of the poorer classes, in the districts alluded to, aid that a rise in wage. would there be the consequence. 64 Your Committee, howesser, cannot remain con tented with barely recommending such air alteration in the law and practice on this subject, without t.acing out shortly what they believe would be its probable consequences, and considering some of those objections, which would at fir-t be made to it. "Under the proposed law no healthy ahleabodied man in employment would have any allowance for his children; the effect of which would be, that, in the first instance, several of those with large f rmili.ss might pro bahly come upon the parish altogether, instead of being. pattially supported from it as at present ; but these being* taken out cf the market for labour, the wages of ell the rest would rise until they reached that point which it would answer to the flimsies sto pay—at chit point it is evident that all the single men, and all those with small'families, 'would be first employed, in cone •stant work and at secure wages ; and in addition to these, such of the men•with large families as were the best workmen, or whom. as trusty men, the emphiyers. wished to retain. The rest of those who had very large families would remain as workmen erupliifed by the parish (their children employed And maintained by the parish obit), tell they were enabled, either by their own efforts, or their children being grown up, to betake themselves to the ordinary work of the neighbourhood; as all the workmen, both single and married, who re mained independent •of parish assistance, would see that by accepting it they must become parish work men, and controulled by overseers, they wi uid, set is probable, use the utmost exertions of their Indus 'try and care, to avoid being obliged to have re course to tich an expedient. In the. effort (if they were deserving) they would be aided by the assistance and sympathy rif their employers, who Would be spiry to lose a faithful and meritorious workman. Without any such assistance, however, these men would be moth aided in their struggles to keep their independence, by the rises in wages which would have taken place; as it appears to your Committee, that in many places the plan of paying part of the wages from the rates has de pressed the natural ra eof wages. The employer pre tended not to be in want of a workman ; and knowing that, under the practice which prevailed, such workman wr old (with the parish allowance) take whatever was offered him, kept back the demand till the rate of wages fell Li his own terms. Such a practice is clearly liable its this way to the most gross abuses, and the employers, where it prevails, have a strong temptation to pay a great part of their men's wages out of the pockets of the rate payers. It will be seen by the evidence of the Rev. Joseph Bosworth, that in Buckinghamshire the wages even of married men with a family were thus depressed imone parish to 4s. per week. In manufac turing.districts., such an abuse might equally depress .the real 'rate of wagei, which would be compounded of what was paid by the employer and what was received from the pariah. On this point your Commute recom mend a perusal of the important evidence of the Rev. J. M. Turner, taken before the Emigration Committee, and given in the Appendix to their Third Report. • In case the 'iecommendatiort of your Committee ►irras acted upon, they beg to state that the number c f labourers thrown on parish employment would, in their r opinion, be much smeller than is &lien sue posed; be 'tease, under the allowance system, few care to exert themselves diligently to seek fresh chani.els of employ •me t. It would, .however, be necessary for overseers, in t' , e first instance, to provide beforehand parochial employment (by contract or otherwise) at whatever loss, and to adliele steadily to the plan of exacting a full measure of real work from all applicants, in which case it is probable that the numbers would soon diminish. Considerable difficulty would perhaps attend the com mencement of the suggested alteration, but it seems worth while to make seine temporary sacrifices for the sake of retOrniiis to a better system of relief. Hitherto your Committee have been looking only at the imme diate effect cf the peptised law, which would be to give to the poor the advantage of the whole real demind for their servtce.., and would directly improve t•ie situati n r f those men who did not depend on the parish, by giving to every man his pay according to the work performed by him. In looking, however, Ito the ultirnsite effect of such a law, your Committee !cannot but anticipate the best permanent results to the poor. it will be evident that, under this law, as a single man will be well paid and will off, so will he 'see the natural consequence r f an improvident mar riage distinctly brought before him, in the different condition of tire parish workman, which he can compare with his own. It, thesetore, he is at all regartifltl of his own comfort, or that of her whom he wishes to make his wife (who must share his fat-, whatever it be), be will west for marriage till he his sufficient„with the wages he can earn, tr. maintain a family. Should the' independent workman be thus induced to delay his marriage for, a shout time, the supply of labour being ehencew letile• slower, wages would gradually rise to the amount sufficient to support a family in coca it, and in such Case the poor-late will tall as the wages rise. Your Committee do not venture to anticipate that such results would in all cases follow from the altera-' iron they recommend, but they incline to think that, on a general view of its consequences, considerable and permanent improvement might be expected. " One objection will probably be made to the di& culty of furnishing parish employment to the additional' numbers who will be forced upon it.. Your Committee cannot but think that exaggerated fears are entertained upop this bead, as, under the proposed law, they con ceive better wages will be paid than before, and as the total cost of the working classes as paid by wages and poor rates, the poor rate must in the whole be eventually diminished by the change; in addition to which advan tage will be the improved tone and spit it of the work men resting on their own efforts, and aided alone in illness, infirmity, or old age. " Your Committee have, however, great pleasure in being able to return, in support of their reasoning, to practical examples of the benefit derived from the re-! gulatioris they recommend ; these have been found highly advantageous in the populous parishes of Lives pool and Bethnal-green, where they have been strictly adhered to, and the consequences.are detailed in the evi dence of Mr. Hale and Mr. Ellis, annexed to this Report. 61 With regard to its practicability in country pa.' riches, your Committee can 'state, that it is, aid has always been acted upon la the North of England, where be condit:on I t h e peasantry i. util• !rainy. allouer be 'he be t. Wherever adopted p and et tevrfril in e l, where, it has ben found hem tici4l, ti) I. the diffi ci d .r of fiuch a task is very great where these ahu rs prev, i t in a neighbouring purists ; which would be obviated by a general law on the subject. Should it be deemed expedient to f ilow the re. commendation of your Committee, they beg to state, that the success of such a measure would depend iA many cases on the adoption of a well-regulated system) of woikhouse industry, where a full measure of labnti f may be constantly exacted, proportioned to the ability cf each individual, and where such proper testoctions may be observed as experience proves to be necessary. Ample powers are given under the present law for this pin pose. Your Committee can u fer to the good effects such a system in the parish of Leckhamstead, Bucks, rt tied in the evidence tf Mr. J. Bricks. ell. 4" fhe ultimate success of any such elteraton of the law as contemplated by your Committee, would depend also upon the degrge of inteliigence and forethou g h t among the poor themselves ; and, on this account, the general diffusion of such an education as may assist a n d promote the development of those qualities, will be I f the utmost consequence, and may be considered as the most valuable and permanent belie& that can be con. kried. The Committee on Labourers' Wages in 1824 lent close attention to this part of the subject, nor can your Committee do better than borrow their Words ; after stating that in the northern parts of England these prac. tices do not prevail, and that the was:vs are time good, they proceed to say—' In Suffolk, Susses, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, the plat, of paying wages' out of the poo -rate has been Carried to the greatest extent; Norfolk, Himtingdunshite, and Devonshire, are also afflicted by it,' &c. ur Committee do not find reason to believe that any material improvement has taken place in the cow.. ties alluded to in this respect ; and in parts of K. sit, Herefordshire, Hants, Surrey, Essex, Cambridge, bless diesel, Berk', aiseOxfordshire, the same system has been acted upon." The tensed, proposed is, to declare it unlawful for Overseen to jive allowance or relief to any person employed id any work, emer, 1. All labourers in cases of temporary illness of themselves or families, 2. Widows, or wives deserted by their husbands, and left with families which they are unable to support. 5. The old and infirm. 4. PCTVIOII employed wholly on account of the parish. - THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1828. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Commis opened this morning at 116 toe, and went up to eel buyers, and at present may be quoted at $6l to # for the Acsouut. Within these few minutes two hundred thousand Consols have been thrown on the market at 116 e for Tuesday, whirl causes the market to be heavy. _ _ _ _ The insurrection in Spain is considered of little COMftletOet in the City, as k is expected that Fasomsam will soon march a force against them, whisk they will not be able to resist. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols bate been Suctoating during the morning between $6 and 863, and at present may be quoted 86i to ) for the Attain', and the savae for Money. Some heavy sales were made in the early part of the morning, since which several purchases have boa made by the Chancery, and a Banker at the West-end, which aunt the market to remain steady. _ _ . Is the Foreign Market there is a stagnation of bnsinetto4buo are tot quite so good as yesaerdai. PRICK OR STOCKS A T FOUR O'CLOCK.. Bank Stock 2101 India Bonds 111 119 3 per Cent. Bed. 861 /1 South Sea Stock 3 per Ct. Cons. 864 1 Old Annskies 36 per Cent. New Ditto 34 per Cent. Red. 944 51 3 per Cent. 1751 4 per Ct. New, 1014 14 Xtooo Esckeq. Bills 73 s S 4 per Cent. 1826, 1041 £5OO. Ditto 73 2 3 Long Attn. 194 13-16 I £lO9 4nd £2OO Ditto 73 2 3 India Stock 245 Consols for Acct. 86j 01 PORRION FUNDS. TWO It'Cl.tit K Brazilian 8d5..5 pet. 62 1te5.1141825,6p Ct. 39; DeAcct42 Do. Ace 3964 1 •woolidast Bond., 6 per Ct. 204 Pottog.l3tis.spC. 554 D0.80nd5,1824, 24 Do Acct. 94 34 Do Acet. 24 Ru55.1k11.1822,5 per CL94j 44 Dodd% Ms. 3 pCt. 62 Spanish lids Sp Ct. 101 11 .;reek 134:n14, 4 1695, spCt.l7i II Span. Ms. 1823, 5p.C. 7j BRITISH AND FOREIGN SOARES, TWO OCLUI.I4 IPH•Illt. PAID. 300 290 230 35 20 73 .50 45 400 .120 40 40 38 204 Bolan*. Braziltin Briipsh lion TlAlptaxatma thtur4 Aleakas I We have never professed ourselves admirers of the pamphlet plibli.hed- by Lord GRENVILLE on the st.hject of the Siriltirit4saiid s it is a production which, both is its matter and its style, appears to us to bear tl e sip& tures of a mind—though once penetrating and vigr tons—now sympathising with a frame debilitated by years. It ttrttst strike the most inattentive reader, that his Lordship sets out with engaging to est 2 ' blish certain principles, or positions—and that these he subsequently assumes, but does not attempt 1" demonstrate. HAMILTON treats the subject with masterly band. Knowing how prevalent are the errors and misconceptions respecting Mr. Pirr's Sisk' ing Fund, we were much gratified to hear the sstir factory explanation given by Lord Baxtsy in the Howe of Lords on Thursday evening. His Lordship dente4 in the most unqualified terms, that Mr. PITT ever had it in contemplation, or that it ever formed part 01 his plan, to establish a Sinking Fund, or to raise a coons' bution for its support, by borrowing money. It Ist maxim of HAMILTON'S, the soundness of which caned be rationally controverted, that while the only tell Sinking Fund is a surplus Revenue, it may be ev pedient not only to raise taxes adequate to the ie• terest of loans, but also for liquidating aen" 111 a certain portion of the principal. And he 'Oil that, in order to accomplish this object, if fragahlf be used in expenditure, and exertions made in rai'icg taxes, which would not, otherwise have been 1 113 J 6 the effects of a Sinking Fund may be of the grealet importance. Need we add, that, during the late w ar ' these effects, as Lord BEXLEY stated, were triumpha° 6l and beneficially exhibited. We understand, that an application bas been mad e to the Office of Woods and Forests, for a site in Regeo l Park for King's College, London. Those, surely, irli ° presented this a plicatioi, could not have been avilu e of the incalcul inju, y they proposed to have inflicted on a large anti reviictable buoy of itiliabit.invr and 4° 1311'ER IA b PA R AIII4,NT. MUSE OF LORDS, .luLy 'Pie Royal As:ent was given by Commis.ion to the Exchequer (16,500.000) Bill, the National Debt 8111, the Mil!tary and Nevi) Pensions Bill, the Welland Canal Bill, the Customs Bit, the Pilotage Bill. the Abo,ition of Slavery Laws Consolidation Bill. the Charitable Lands Bill, the Lunatics Estate Bill, the Criniiital Justice (India) Bill, the New South Wales Bill, the Irish liatikeret Composition Bill, the Promissory Notes (Ireland) Bill, the Butter Trade in Ireland Bill, the Watching and Lighting Towns in Ire land Bill, the Deserted Children (Ireland) 11111, the Turnpike tto.th Dill, the Hulyhtad Road Bill, and some I'nVate Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lunn CHASCSGLOR, the Earl of Suartesauar, and Lord Viscount Maxvis.t.s. The Appropriation Bill, the Waleot Charity Estates Bill, and two other Bills, were severally read a third time and passed. 31rStAGE 11 , „0M flit CrIXI.W.S. MR. PALLDUR. and other Members' Intinunced that the. Om inous had agreed to the Lords' Amendotent tit the Savings Banks Act Amendment Bill. Lord CA LT DOR PE presented Petitions from the Protestant Dissenters and other Friends of d It I Civil All_ Liberty of a Parish in the County of Gloucester, from the Inhabitants of van Parishes in Derby and liedtord. of the City of Rochester, the Towns ol Chatibrin and Uxbridge, end the Female Inhabnhts of Chipping Norton, for the Abolition of Slavery. The House then Adjourned until londay at Oise o'CLocit. CIIIIICIITON V. GRUIRSON. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case.. It was an appeal from a dtcisioli of the Court of Session in Scotland, respe, tog the right of the deceased James Crichton to dispose of his property as he had done—namely, as follows: During his life-zime, he settled part of his property on his wife. and added to the instrument a clause, having the effect, "that as tie &Torrent had ni:t - then dettrmined what fur tier distriloit on of his remaining proper y to make, he reserved to himself the right .to d•t what he pleased therewith." A subsequently-added •codicil lett t .e property to be applied to such charitable put poses, and given to such of hit friends and relations, as should be appalled by his awns, and agreed to by a maj..rrty of Ins trustees; and in case of t ie death of his is de, the trustees were atithi rued to dispose of tl e property in the war they should think most agreeable to t disponen.'s wishes, it living. The first obj:ctinn raised was, that the last clause left no lioritatom to the trustees, and was too generally caps essed to be valid. His Lordship was, how evet, of a different opinion, and thought that it should be coupled with the former dispasttion—that is, such charitable purposes and to such of his friends and relations as the trustees might approve of.. The Court of Session had de cided that, according to the law of Scotland, the deed was a valid one, and it was against that de-, tision the present appeal came. It was. contended by the appellant's Counsul, twat this decision would go 10 give others the power to make the will of a deceased person. This was not the case, because the disponent had narrowed the selection against his widow and the trust. es, as it pointed not particular objects and particular individuals from whom they were to select. The Noble and Learned Lord adverted to several sinni. lar cases, that of " Mut ray v. Firming," decided so far back as 1729, in which a similar point was raised and dt cided in the same mode as his Lot dshi o niiw recommend ed; and in the case of " Hill v. Hood," in which the late LordGilford had laiddown a similar rule, after adverting to all the former cases beating on the point, and deduced loom them the principle that the law of Scotland did not inter fete to prevent a person from dispoing of his property as the deceased in this case had dime. It was also said, that the trim relario-s " was too indefinite,' and uni t st be extended to mean all mankind, inasmuch as all men were in some degree rad) other's relations. Bat to the case of s , Murray and Fleming," to which his Lordship had adverted, the terms of the disposition were solo all my blood relations," and in that case no objection to the validity of these terms was made.— Under these circumstances, the law of Scotland gave plainly this power of disposition. and he should there fore move their Lordships to confirm the judgment of the Court -below. The judgment was then lot malty confirmed, and the appeal oisa.issed. , 4 ; ,- ~ :1 ! i , I I _ . ... : I ', 1 • , 1 i l , , ~ , I I! . ti , i i :W. ir to tu 111 c 1 Si' Fi wi Cc in co ire h 1 wb iw 1 Par toe wh, the doi cot are Mr: %flu Rya Ot . a au