Star. — London, England, 1825-06-17 00:00:00

-731!“ , ,gg' er: svir:frer - - stor.epor-Ilt.:1. praying th,t no 'alteration might be made in the theirs or. woollen goods.—Ordered to he printed. Nal ITN! ENTS. Mr. WESTERN moved for returns for the purpose of .hewinz the difference of numbers between those committed hr. criminal charges within certain di.triets, against whom no lolls were found mid no verdict ohtained, and these who ;erre convicted. lie ptopoeed to ground a citation upon it here after.= the disproportion was suiting 'ind on all accounts objectionable. Mi. Secretary PEEL admitted that this was a circum stance which was not cteditable.to the judicial powers of the country. He was almost in despair of finding a proper remedy fof it. lie thought that much would be done by increasing the lists of the County Juliet. lie could not help thinking that in the increJse of wealth and power too much of the business of justice fell upon 11 . A body of Gentlemen who formed the Grand Jury, who had to find Amon all the bilis, and who, be it observed had in most instances their du tins as Members of Parliament to attend to heath". Ile thought that to increase the nu-stier of Judges might be an advisable experi ment, with a view to the more speedy clearing of the gaols. No reason could he advatned for holding to the particular number'of twelve, if the interests of the country could be benelitted by itt cresring it. Alt. DENMAN thought that by redecing the business of the Q.,arter Sessions, and letting the Ellig's Commissioners go into places where the jails were unusually full, they might put off, for the present. the formidable expenses of new Judges and an addi tional. Circuit. • • Mr.SecretaryPEELObserved,that an arrangement had been made to enable theChie I J a nstice of theCommonP.eas , to' give his assistance cut the Home Circuit. Allusion bad been made to one subject which appeared to him to be of great importance; and he was glad thatjt had been noticed, a; it gave him an opi.ortunity for stating his opinion. Re adverted to the heavy expenses which devolved upon High Sheriffs. and the great emoluments which were derived by Sub Sheriffs--(Ilear). These two points, together with the re lation in Which the I fish Sheriff was placed with reference to the SubElteriff, were well worthy of coosicleration--(111ear). An' lion. Slatsen. who spoke from under the gallery, observed. that the appointment of another atsistant to the High Sheriewould boa advantageous. After a few words from Mr. PEEL the motion was agreed to. 1 ismex 'To 9H6 JoURNALti. Mr. MINXES moved, that a Select Committee be appointed to I examine the progress made in the formation of a general index to the Jaunt/le of the House, from the period of the Union to the death of his law Majesty; and also into the progress of a similar index from the latter period to the press it time ; and to report their opinion to the blouse.—Agreed to. CONDINATION LAWS. Mr. - WALLACE, in bringing by the Report of the Committee upon. the Combinati is Laws, expressed his most anxious desire that the Report should be printed and in the hands of Members. with a view oficarry ing into effect the recommendations of the Committee during the present Session. He intended to present a litll, up'n which it would be advisable that the discus. don should take place as soon after the printing and distribution as possible. Ile would here take the opportunity of stating. and be was the more desirous to do so early, because be understood an founded reports had got abroad upon the subject, and been very widely diffused,. that there was no intention what ever to reenact the penal statutes repealed by the nations of the Hoe. Member for Montrose. and that no such maculae was contained in the Report of the Committee. Mr. MA NSFIELD said, he could not consent to the reception of a report which proceeded Wholly on the information of the masters, without any examination of the men. . Mr. WALLACE defended the Report, and assured the House that every one who thought his evidence of importance had been esaniioed by the Carmine,. Mr. HUME deprecated as much -as any person, the outrages that bad been - tomMitted in Dab!in and Glas gn.e ; at the sametime he had to complain. that in the ct-tnutittee the operrives were not ex mined. It was not sufficient alone to ascertain that combination lived. The:eitent of it, the causes of it, 'and whether twas the fault of the Misters or the, men should also he inquired into—(Year, hcer).—There bad certainly been strikes for wageoin several- parts of the country, but these strikes bad not been. as forstetivaccompanied by threats or iutimidation, or vio. knee. As the House had repealed the former law, it ought not, in his opinion to alter it bastily—lt ought to wait lOW the pro. p: key of the alteration bad been fairly tried by test. Mr. Secretary PEEL highly disapproved of any dis cusiion at present as to the propriety. of the Bill which his Right. Hon. Friend moved for leave to-introduce — (Hem ). - Before such discussion volt place. Le wished the Hotta*, to be in possession of the evidence given be fotethe Committee. Far the present he would not-say • a word 'in favour of the Dill: but .he would protest against the statement made by the Hon. Member. He. wits prepared to deny that the COMniiitin bad refused to hear may evidence consistent With the objects which it "was instituted to attain..(fieett,Ater). ,* Let:the merit of the Hill of his Right Hest..Friend be eltinuthd by the evidence before the. Committee. *std by the justice andpoctsaity of its provi. dons, end not by the state:toots o( the Hoo..Cientkonan—(.lkar). 'Sir M. W. RI PLEYotimitutst that Flory lion. Weedier had a right to express his own:opinion, However. the Heise would judge of the Committee by tkdr catmints and n ot by what he mist cell the unfair gatemen ot their proceed i n g by the Right Honour. able Gentkmar. ' . The Report w:4 then brought up. and leave was granted to bring in a bill to repeal the Act of Patients= of last Session. re• *pectin Combinations. and to substitute sink nodulous as might be deemed expedient to remedy evib arising therefrom. • ~ ,_ Tits ISLAND OP .TASIAtCA: Mr. *I 1110T-flglt TON Wished to hC informed of the course intended to' be pursued upon the subject of the affairs of this:Wand, and the conduct of the Duke of Manchester? • 1)i . LUSIIINGTON.wai at s hits to know how that lion. Geutleman could . be ignorant of the course be ir • ended to pitting, as, from the ditcu.sions Which-had already taken - place Upon the subject, the Hon.' Gen tleman might have petcejved "it was his intention to niove that the Petition, and 'the papers connected with it, should be referred to a Select Committee. Any o-ittr course, he was apptehentive, would tall short of doing that jus , tice . tri . the Petitioners 'which he. was de sirous to obtain - tor . itlein. . Th:l' motion' Was one which he thought was intimately connected.wi lithe.happirress, and even the safety-of owe West India Colonies—more particularly with that of the Island of Jamaica , The case to which he . was desirous . Of calling the attention 1 .• .. , • • of the MAIN was,oneof theigreatesx.entrages that had, • been, or could betporpetrated. As the Haase, was out familiar with the •discnssiotti on this subject, lie *could- takettie liberty Of 'itatingla the House' the einount ul the poltettleVbsi in'theAlillatgl'ef 3ainaita. P 'There were flirt* :t Pipils2: ; Of iblialsktantsi‘the ,fi I li: and the'ltiost • numerous Pai.t.'44llkPgiulatif4t- hi: $. , t he . poptilatipu,'• consisting; of ',260,000,. slaves , .: aesides trese *eve! were Sfr,ooo men of yelper, and 25000 *hltei, - gib ;he 'wicigict 'etas!' he w , ii.ritiletes a at,ll the atiiiitilon.irafe ,Hisisit: .1(s Am ii,i7si,bes's4vlOst..c.lo. he. had 'that night.to bring forward,bilongeti..to it. I ''ass class forinft. it,tpillteWpabet , of t helaiiiiitants of that : ili k ia • I'veviutirAo" the fest : lolW tint Masi suffered alder.: 'N et i v : Veyeie,.` tiiiilo!liteir sittigVilla,`Winif.' n white 'peensit Could..iner -make .0. Wilt ibeillleilitilkir4Tr9'.' perty,,ofsa .lalgeef, "mount ;than 210001...t0 :arty {res tore of 'enivut‘. thveltkAlut • ,persoti '.iwits - VI; 'enk w•seoe4 ncillter•erSitt'Ain e'. WI 4tltigs; riot! live eivioiiee I C sekilut S Wlitt. . 11:—.4fh ~ 0.-.4 , o btivii to oont4tiiiii - let s prnportiohy ~ tie Anntrittute also his propor . tton•to the fifnO•kt•eduintion, wii?lst he wit shut. out (torn all places °Luisa, am! deprived ofthe advantages . . • 'of ho-e i ditto iors which he orinly ailed to maintain. Ile was also debarred fitimeae , &icing the elective fran chise, and fr..rn v; * trio:m(ll;LT privileges. Such was his• condition in 1813, when some of the disabilities under which he 'poured were • unmoved, but ma •y of them,: were permitted to c naieue. lit In 2, they resolved on a Peition to the Legisl dive Assembly orJamaica for a removal of the reatiaaiing disabilities under. which alley labouled. It wool t be right to rate that there were four orders or degrees of persons in Jamaica; who were recognized by a particular shade of colour; first there was the Black, next to him wat the Mulatto, third. the Mu stic, and fourthly the Nhistapiie - . The Petition to which be had before adverted, was in the first in stance innuited to slr. Hector Mitchell, a Magistrate, and a Member of theLegislativeAssembly of Jamaica. But it was subsequehtly placed in the hands of Mr. Barret. The • Bill was introai.ced, and on a second reading was rejected. For promoting this measure, and for being a Member of the Committee that prepared the application to the Legislative Assembly, these two persons, Laciue and Escoffery, were torn from their families, and .1 rcibly deported from the Island of J.- maim The pretence of expelling them from the Is land, was under the Alien Act. They - we:e then aged, one twenty-eight and, the otter thirty•five, and they were called upon instantly to prove that they were not aliens, a proof which, from die distance of time, it was not easy-on the occasion to supply. Although these in ' dividuals were not found to be aliens, and although they were Serjeants in the Local Mil'tia, which was a recognition of their not being aliens, yet were they, upon the order of the Duke of-Manchester, forcibly de ported from the Island, and taken to Saint Domingo. The Honourable Member then complained of the harshne,s with which they had been treated by Mr. Barnes, the Mayor of Kingston, whose conduct towards them was rather that of a prosecutor than that of an impartial administrator of public justice. A motive fur his conduct was to be found in a verdict which (as we understood) was obtained for the payment of 4,000/. to one of them. The decision had been made in the first instance in favour of the blayor, but was subse quently reversed by the Council. Immediately upon their committal the accused had a Petition 'presented to the Legislative Assembly. This Petition was signed by thirty persons. Five Magistrates signed the Peti tion, and one MeMber of the House of Assembly. Would it be believed, that amongst others the Provost Marshal of Jamaica had signed the Petition which the Duke of Manchester was inclined to treat as nothing , ? The Petitioners took means to bring their case before the SuprerneCourt, then moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus, and were•ultimately discharged. In the House of As. sentbly, Mr. Hector Mitchell moved for a S. cret Com mittee. This Committee was to inquire into the guilt or innocence of the patties, and decide thereupon. Now, would it be ,believed, than they had decided without examining a single witness for the accused ? The ge.• cret Committee made a Report, in which they stated that they had taken the evidence of certain individuals, inhabitants of Kingston, who had sated that seditious meetings were held amongst the people of colour, that the Petitioners were natives of St. Domingo, and- were persons of dangerous character. Well, upon that statements the Select Committee ordered the unfortu nate men to be deported to St. Domingo, .and the order was exectred with a severity proportionate to its injus. tice. This sentence was passed by the Committee after the Petitioners 'had been discharged by thetourt of King's Bench. Not a moment was allowed them after the order had passed, though they had offered bail _to meet the charge. There was do pretence to prevent them from being tried. The law of.) imaica was, that a person of colour may be convicted upon slave testi many, although a white man could not. They were in a state of destitution at St. Domingo until Capt. Daw kins took them to the English merchants, amongst whom a subscription was made for them. Captain Chalmers, who brought them over, was under the ne• ctssity of supplying them with clothes on the voyage. The Petitioners had- no sooner left St. Domingo, than Mi. Hector Mitchell arrested two slaves who were in the employment of Erime. He offered them 300, and lafterwards 600 dollars—he even promised them their freedom--aif they would give evidence against their master. Upon their refusal so to do, he confined one of these slaves f ir nine months, and another for rx months, in the condemned cells. When the Slave Court was held there the slaves were discharged by proclama tion, as nu charge was made against them. One of these men had arrived in England—he was ready to be produced. There was also a poor Irish boy, a servant of one of . the Petitioners, with whom an attempt was made to tamper. It was painful, but it was his bounden duty to state, that in these proceedings much blame devolved upon the Duke of Manchester. If abuses such as he had detailed were persevered in, the minds uf the free people of colour would be alienated, and the situa tion of the English in the island souls' be endangered, as well as the stability of the British power. Under those circum stances, no objection could dila to the appointment of a Select eqnsmittee to inquire into those proceedings. Mr. WILMOT-HORTON rose for the purpose of offering to the House some explanations, as from the office he held he would be expected to do, on this sub ject. Ile had in the first place, however, to observe that he thought his Hon. and Learned Friend bad not stated this case with his usual candour, because he had omitted to inform the House of a material fact— (Meers).—ln a conversation with his Hon. and Learned ; Friend,,he had informed him that it was not upon the papers before the House that the ease rested in any de-1 gree whatever. There was other evidence which it was tuit . considered consistent with the duty of the Secretary of State to give out for general publication. Surely ,his Hon. and .liarried Friend ought to have stated this as welhas the. further one, that he (61r. Wilmot-Horton)e so far from , objecting to the institution of proceedings !which should be likely to obtain substantial justice, bad told his Hon. ind Learned Friend that he would consent tp the appitintnient of a Secret Committee, before which all the papers might be laid. His Hon. and Leirtied ;Ft lend had said, that he (Mr. Wilmot-Horton) was there these defend the Ooceedings which had been taken against these petitioners; but he begged to disclaim any such intention.. Be was there only' to defend the Dake of Manchester for the course which be had adopted= Ithar.)—Tharcourse had been founded mainly ow the fact klie'petitioners being aliens; which the evidence hebad alloiled to would estabash beyt t ind all dosabt. He Yt4saecrlay the topics which his Ilan. and *Learned Friend had.introduced into the I egoso in' g of : ,his speech, reepeethirthe con-claim' of tie fr,e coloured people of Jarnake.'. Itswattnoogh for hint to . take thins ail be esittrit them. • The free eel tit 0,1 people of that island 'disvaliticznions, but that nc circion stae did not them tram their allegiance •to:ibe G ov ernment: le important question upon which tfitit case tunic.] was, whether a conspiracy against the (In ternment actually existed; and - whether the Petitioners were parties to that conspixaci?; This qnestion could only be decided by the prastetion of the evidence he had alluded to befole a secret Committee, because .it was imp , ssible for the How, or for any Com- mittee of the House, to decide upon the conflict • nig..testimony now upon the table. At the poi iod to which the transactions referred, a strong feeling of alarm prevailed at Jamaica. If anybody doubted the reasonable grounds of that alarm, .he could refer them to a letter written by Mr. Sampson .and Mr. Scaler, the chairman and secretary of a committee of tree col oured ' people, to Mr. Wilson, in London, in which they spoke of their long endurance under an oppres sive tyranny, which one energetic effort of their own would su ffi ce to overthrow or destroy —(Hefr, hear, from the Opposition Benches). Was it unreasonable to .usPect people avowing these sentiments of being en• gaged in a treasonable conspiracy ?—(Near). The grounds, however, upon which the Duke of Manchester took the step of transporting the petitioners proved to be .liens, were thole of an overpowering public necessity. The House of Assembly and the Council had reported, without one dissentient voice, that the petitioners were engaged in a treasonable conspiracy. What ought the Duke of Manchester then' to have done with persons so dangerous—and how great would have been the re sponsibility he must have incurred, if he :Ines! otherwise? This course was sanctioned also by the advice of all the Officers of the Government in the Islind ; and although his Honourable and Learned Friend had not scrupled to apply to them terms of reproach, he was wholly at a kiss to know upon what the charges his Honourable and Learned Friend had brought against them were founded. The Attorney-General, whom his Hon. and Learned Friend had charged, together with others, with having put into action that monstrous scene of iniquity he had detailed to the House, had always hitherto been acknowledged to be a person of ability and character. He strongly recommended the course which the Duke of Manchester had adopted, and his opinion had been borne out by that of every other person on the spot who had means of forming a correct judgment upon the subject. If the petitioners were innocent of the charges against them, there could be no doubt that they had be n very hardly used, and that they were entitled to redress. But he must remind the House and his Hon. and Learned Friend, that the opportunity for obtaining this redress had been offered to him, and although not in the exact manner he wished, yet it was in a way cal culated to do full justice—(Hear, hear). Until this was done, the opinion of the House must of necess i ty be saspended, and its judgment in abeyance, because the fActs of the case were not before it. If Mr. Hector Mitchell had been guilty of the atrocities laid to his charge, GOD forbid that he (Mr.Wilmoo Horton) should say one word in his justihcation but to believe that he had done so, would be to beliese that all the persons whose duty it was towatch over the administration Ofjas. tice inJamaica had neglected their duty in a most extraor dinary manner. But whilst the charie of falsehood was thus .capiously made against otheri; was all that the petitioners had stated true ? They bad said that they were never engaged in any illicit traffic with St. Do ming?, and that they had never carried on treasonable corrApondence—statementsahemter falsehood of which the evidence he had alluded to would establish and prove, on the contrary, beyond a doubt, their traitorous intentions. His Hon and Learned Friend laid great stress upon the Petitioners having obtained their privilege papers, and had inferred that they could not have done so unless the fact of their birth in the island had been satisfactorily proved. He held, however, in his hand a paper, in which it was distinctly stated that the cer tificates in question had been granted without any in quiry into that fact. This was upon the . authority of the Attorney-Getteral—(Hear, from the Opposition Benches). If the House were prepared to believe th it the House of Assembly and the Council bad conspired to falsify the evidence on the case of the Petitioners, and that tie Duke of Manchester had lent himself to aid their deportation out of the country, then something, like a case might be made out r - until then, and he thought there was no present probability of any such event, the House .t suspend its opinion. The evi dence of which be was in possession was so satisfactory ro his mind, and his knowledge of the private character and amiability of the Duke of Manchester was such, that he would not concur inany censure, implied or otherwise, which, upon grounds like those before the House, it might be attempted to pass upon him. He would never advocate (in the present instance he had dose directly the contrary) the keeping back any evidence which was necessary for the ends of justice. He left it to the louse, without bccitatkin, to decide whether the statement of ill. Hoe. and Learned Friend had estiblished• anything like climinality against tlie*Duke of Manchester?—(Cheers). _ _ Mr. SCARLETT wished it to be understood, that this was a motion for inquiry, nest necessarily implying a censure upon the Duke of Manchester. From all that he could understand, the coniuct of other persons Was more inculpated by this motion, than that of the Duke of Manchester. His Grace could not be sup posed to be influenced by any other desire than that jlstice should be done. Ile would not emu: e to say what the ultimate result of the inquiry would be; but if the Duke of Manchester derived his information from the same sources as those which had been produced before, it was exposed in his (Mr. S.'s) mind to great suspicion. Having a deep interest in this question, as the Chief Justice of Jamaica was his near relation (brother), he had taken the pains to read through the voluminous affidavits . produced in this matter. This evidence, though contradictory, he' had no hesitation in saying, was very strong for the plaintiff—( Hear). The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then went through certain particulars in the affidavits, :hewing that the witnesses 'had been tampered with, and contending that the Court of King's Bench, at Jamaica,- was 'ern/ranted, by_ the documents which were produced before it, in the course, which it pursued. if this motion convoje . d 3 vote of censure on the Duke of Mnqekester j dried UBl vote for it ; but as it sought 'only for ' f 'fait inquiry; he should give it his support. Every ode mutt reel that the gm popalsdaa comatose expect thsosnorimputiality in the Colonial L lame that thm aright expect troaa this Noose, sod therefoie this was the most proper tribunal to be appestedo. Mr. Secretary CANNING said, lie had veenveit some satisfaction from the - course of proceeding which had been adopted. and.be had alsoderived some satis faction trom staterpept of hibllon. Fs iend, that he had evidence of a diffei e eitt kind to produce, thit would make it mote 'soitablito th'e feelings of justice in the, House to.conseat to the iitstitution of an inquiry. So' fir as - ha was individually concerned, be would con., sent to the inquiry, but he must be allo w ed to say, that he . thought,the proposal made „by his 1,19 n. Friend at he commeacement, was one.svh:ch the Hon. and ;tannedloratleman ought to have • accepted; So fa. ` ~. . as the buke of Manchestzr N as enrcerned, t e made against his Grace was. that he had ifeAteJ f 3 i. tish subjects as aliens under the law, and ill's was a specific point capabie of proof, but it. *a. anti her proved nor disproved by the papers alseasly on 11:4 table. When his Hon: Friend . stated that the Dike Manchester, Waiing his privilege Cif absence, WAS pre pared to meet the accusation, he (Mr. C.) thonght that the• Duke had dofie evetything that a ma could do td clear his character from any imputed .n, and had en titled himself to' the suspensi7in of ant jaitfg meat: It was a strong presumption not only that lie had conducted himself with propria tv, but that it was his own strong and consciyntious belie( that . his coo duct Wotild bear investigation, and ha 1 been ;pa tecdy correct. Had' he made this proposal at the .cnna it . - e- Meat of the business, it would have entitled 1 :ts this favotirable construction; and he was entitled to it- when he made this proposal, aftei ing the impress on which had been made; the eia.-zge:4•• c tions which had gone abroad, respecting the .a-e of these individusls in this country, and after be h id re viewed, in consequence, all his own proceedinp, and bad closely examined the conduct of every Aker 6ari. , cerned in the transaction. After such an frta•iinadoii, when he came forward to submit to an inquire,,hCiias • surprised that the Honourable and Learned Grit'enwit had not acceded. to the proposal of his Hon. l'aie;.d. He had cho.en to adopt a different course, and had taken an advantage—he would not call it an 'unfair one—Of demanding a lurther inquiry but it gave him '(Mr, Canning)* also an oppOrtunity of taking an ad vantage, and not an unfair one, of stating, th tlle• Duke of Manchester had acted wrong, he s hrill liven misled. He had taken advice, and had acted accord ingly ; his judgment might have been deluded, hilt his motives could not have been improper. LULA:I.46Fri! that other persons must be implicated in- this in.aniay, and the Commission already sent out to the West bo dies, had received orders to make a legal - ihvestigaaon of the case, and to transmit borne a report. " Under these* circumstances he was certainly not disp?sed so. maintain a proposition that no further inquiry arcs called for. He adniiited that it was, and that it should . be hasi. When he considered the distance of the place, the voluminous mass of evidence collected in the pr. - gress of the inquiry, he thOught the Hon. and Le lined Gentleman must admit, that to go into an inquiry at that period, could not lead to any beneficial results. He would recommend that advantage should be taken of the interval between the close of this Session and the begining of the next, to obtain the Report of the Com missioners, to procure further evidence ; and he shotilti have no sort of objection to enter iwo the inquiry ea: ry next Session, and ellnw . that inquiry to be as ample and complete as the Honourable and Lena ned Gentle• man wished. Enough had already transpired to excite a public feeling against the Duke of Manchester, and he thought- it was not fair to aggrevatelhilprejudiae by entering into an inquiry wSich•coUla not be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Oft the one hand, the tio vernment had more evidence to procure, and, on ete other, the Honourable and Learned Gsntleman. who had already obtained s much evidence, and wilt> chewed no want of a szalOus disposition to obtain inure. would have an opportnnky of maids* his ease mare compfeie, that both ddeOwoold Come to the discussion at the beginning, of the atm Session better prepared to fully elucidate the matter. It the inquiry were now gone Into, it would be very inconvenient; it would be in a high degree e*redonsble, on the score of justice, and iii the vaunt degree ur to these who were absent. If the fair and just proposal which bad bun made•were accede/ In the debate would be at an and, and the House might agree to atildhrti It till the winder:me came completely and -fairly before them. . Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he cote for the purpose of requesting his Honourable and Learned Friend (Dr. Lushington) to accede to the offers of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Secretary Canning), for tl:e House and the country then had a distinct and positive promise that the matter was not to rest there, but was to come under their immediate consideration early fat the ensuing Session. First, he would recommend his Honourable and Learned Friend to agree to that rte. postal, because they were then es near the end of the Session, that the evidence could not arrive from the West Indies befcre the 'sitting of Parliament she aid have closed; and fidly, he would recommend him to adcyt the propched arrangement, conceiving it, to be perfectly consistent with the opinion which he (Dr. Lusldngton) had ezpressed uptus the subject. Besides there MA, nothing to fear; thy were, by the explicit pledge of the Hight /lot. Gentlenran opposite, to have a Committee at alai events. Mr. DICKENSON complained of the terms in which the pro. medias bad beet brio& forward. fitter a few weeds from lir F. 01AWIIIRT, Mr. SYKES observed, that the Merchants who-were in London, as witnesses, would have to stay-here a year longer, and the other witnesses in Jamaica would bit exposed to all the tamperiogs and negociations of the agents of interested persons in the Colony, and thew considerations, be ttiOught, milldam ground for she Hops: to go at once him the inquiry. Dr. LUSHINGTON, in reply, said, with regard to the proposal which had been made by the Right lion. Gentleman opposite, he would freely accede to it ; but bethought the House were bound to consider the deA•i. lute Condition of tbe, wimessen who came over to this country G 4 belt of the prosecution, and stake provision for them. • • Mr. Secretary CANNING could not agree to.settiog such an example as bearing the expenses of these men would prove. If they turned Out to be.the guilty ac. COWS of an innocent man, what a precedent it would be to have 'them supported by the Government . The Petition was then witbdravra.-..Wiseu the impeding sconott, sation terminated. Mr. C. 11. HUTCHINSON rose to make BOW request about tberpreseinent of the third reading otsbe EllstilkeY 11tH. • CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed, to po.t. pone k until Monday. The Assinsiktlon of the Currency BM was •resd a,third UT* and On t u be manor( that the House' should rooter itself into a Cont. mince of the whole Noose on the Olken' Pension Itn, Mr. HOBIIOUSE expressed bissoppoeitiost to the principle of the measure. Mr. Secretary CANNING defended the 1101. •. . The mosion was then agreed to-4lse Bill passed through tbe Committee—the House resumed—the Report was• received, and use Rik ordered to be read a third time to-mdrinerl4;:. • 'BUCSlltaitAlit HOUSZ . DILL. On the motion that it be read asecond .• • • .• • Mr. BA NKES expressed his regret that a mere proper. site than the present had not been chosen. -.ft wouid have been better to have built one splendid ilalace titan. to expend so much money in .patching -and repairitrt so many middling ones. Hyde Park would have been' a better situation than the site of Buckingham House. The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER ad. mitted the want of proper mansions for Royalty. but contended, th it it was very difficult 'to find a proper site for a-palace in London. Hyde Park was. a very , great accommodition to the public. and a palace s With t-s sorrounsliug grounds, would take up much of it. If the site were chosen on that part of it inwards R.eii:iii t GirdenS, it Wtn.lJ not have'aiii tiers Or itiatt . ter dbe titzt twenty years. Tlic gardetr, NIUMNN•i