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r . - * PA RLIAMEN 'ARV PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY us. CATIOLIC CLAIN'S. The Archbishop of YORK presented a Petition from the Clergy of the West Riding of the County of York, against further cances. *ions to the Catholics. Lord KING admitted thit the Peti:ion was respect ably signed and had been adopted at a public Meeting, where the subj. - ct had been fairly discussed, and the. oppo,itiouists, though not very numerous, had distin guished them elves by the good sense of their speeches. It was a remarkable thing that in such huge Dioceses as York,Cant erbary,Winch ester, and Durham, there were but few Peti- Mons against the . Catholics; they only abounded in the small Dm ccses, such as Leicester, Devon, Cornwall, and Sussex, which were possessed by Bishops in tromatu. . lie preferred those venerable fissures of the House, to those pieces of furniture which were con stantly changing their places. Lord KEN YON conl3 not hesit ate one moment to say, that what had falltn from the Noble Lord, respecting certain Right Rev. Prelates, was nothing less than downright calumny. Lord KING replie.i, that it the Noble Lord meant to say that what he had advanced respecting the nut - ober of . Pet dons coming from small Dioceses was not the fact, he positively gave him the -denial. As to the in ference tar be'drawn from that fact, the Noble Lord might say that it was or was not a calumny, he (Lord King) perfectly despised it. Let the question be tried by the number of Petitions presented to their Lordships. Lord KENYON.did tr:t.deny the fact mentioned by the Noble Lord, but repeated that the motives which he attributed to the Bishops were a downright calumny. The Bishop of EXETER said that his Diocese was one of the hugest, and at the same time one of those which had sent most Petitions against the Catholic Claims. Ile declared, however, that he had never used any influence to procure Petitions. They bad come voluntarily from the Clergy and the people, in conse quence chiefly of what the Noble Lord had said in she House, and lest they should be thought favourable to the measure in progress. He denied for himself and his brethren, the charge of the Noble Lord, and he believed that a great majority of the country was hos tile to the concession of the Catholic Claims. Lord KING meant to apply his observation to the Revenues and not to the extent of Dioceses. It was front those with small revenues that most Petitions were sent. This almost reconciled him to one of the practices of the Roman Church, which allowed of no translation. The LORD CHANCELLOR could take upon him self to say that their Lordships owed the great number of - Petitions before diem to the speeches of the Noble Lord in the House; for the people and the Clergy did not like to be held out as indifferent to the Protestant Religion. ills advice was to let the Noble Lord go on; for if he spoke from day to day there would be twice as many Petitions upon the table before next Tuesday than there would otherwise have been. After a few observations front the Bishop of Murmur and Lord Rocca, Lord HOLLAND could not refrain from observing on.the assertion of a Right Reverend Prelate, that a great majority or the country was hostile to a measure which the Ct.mmons of England had twice brought to their Lordships' Bar, to ask their concurrence in its enactment. This gave him anew insight into the Con stitution. When Reformers preached their doctiines, he bad been told, and he acquiesced in their opinion, o there is a national Representation, the House of Com mons speaks the sense of-the country, and Public Meet ings display the popular feeling." But it seemed that be had labouted under an error. The Commons, it now appealed, were not the strict and only organ of the countt y : they were the mere oligarchy which they had been represented to be by Reformers However, one mein of making public. opinion known still remained, he was glad find. 'lt lay in the Arcbdeaconries, in the Right. Rev. B:nch opposite, and the Noble and Learned -Lord on the Woolsack. That Noble mid Learned lord had now become the tribune of the peo ple. It nitght Lave been expected, that he would have looked to the tight or to the left sides of the House, or behind him, but who would have thought u: his looking to the B .r and Palace-yard, and to the people, as those whom he wished to prow( kt to the discussiot of the discussion of this great measure! He (Lord Holland) was still enough of a Reformer, though deemed a luke warm one, to beteve that the vote of the House of Cormons.was the vote of the people; and after a Bill had been twice passed by that House, how was it pos sible for any individual to stand up in his place and to say that the majority of the country was hostile to a nreaswe in which one-third of the people.was interested, and which bad re.eived the sanction of the National Representation ? Was the sense of the Public to-bccobt. lected from the letter like Petition presented by the Right Rev. P.elate, which was not larger than his baud, and looked mote like a private correspoudence than a Petition ? He was satisfied, on•comparing the • present with tot mer petiods, that there was less objec tion to it than ever. It was customary to speak of the United• Kingdom, let their attention be paid to the wishes of that pact which -we had united to ourselves; it was the most vulnerable, and an offence given to the feelings of the people would be most dangerous to the Constitution of the Country and the pro:polity of the Empire. '1 tee Petition was then laid upon the ts.ble, as well as one to the same effect also presented by the Archbishop of ludic,. from the Clergy of the Archtleadunry of Cleveland, in the County of York. Similar Petitions were then presented : by the Bishop of Extrxi, front a Parish in Devonshire; by the Duke of RUTLAND, front terwintli; by the Earl of CARMARTHEN, from Northampton; by the F.arl of LIVERPOOL, from the Justices acting in the Eastern part of the Crudity of Kent, front the town of Chatham, and from a Parish in Kent; by the Bishop of LorinoN, from Clifton on Duns more; from the and Congregation of the Episcopal Cha pel in Long-acre; and mom the Clergy, President, and Fellows of Sion College; by the Bishop of Ss.lJavio's, from the town of New port; by the Loan Csessomi.t.oa, from the Parish of Saint James, Carlitk.bill; by the I; , r 1 of SHAFTESBURY, from the Elders of the Presbytery of S'irling ; by the Earl of Cat.stomo, front the Mem ber-, tat the Trott start Episcopalian Church of the County of Ty. tone ; and by the Bishop of ;Lovers/ea, front the Deanery of Stow, in the County of Gloticesttr.—Laitt on the table. The Marquis of LANSDOW N held a Petition in favour of the Catholic Relief Bill. lie did not know whether Noble Lords would consider it as evidence of the asserted unatiimitr against Ca thol.e Emancipation? Ile, for one, regarded it 'as a proof of the esisteuce of a strong feeling in its favour in one of the largest Pa rishes m this Metropolis. It had born adopted in conseqeence of one Weill. , " been priv.tely signed in the sank Parish against the 115 ill; aild lie had the satisf iction to state that it was subscribed by the Rector and by two his:aired of the principal inhabitants, chiefly houlaulders, who bad annexed their respective addresses. It Was front the Perish of St. Luke's.—Latd on the trill-. Lt.rd COLCHESTER said that he had presented one from the saire Parish, signed by 500 individuals, against the bill. Ihe Marquis of LA NSDOWN then presented Petitions in favour of the front the town irl lkidport, signed by the most wealth 7 inhabitants, and a majority of the Corporation. From the Lawn of Eitripton, and front the Protestaiit Diasenters ref the town of Chichester. Not one of those Petitions would have lite!' pre sented, had not Berne hem set 011 loot against the nlrasure which the present Petitioners thought Might to pass..:—Laid on the table. Petitions to the sante - effect were then presented: By Lord Hou.allo--Erogn the Protestant Dissenters in and near the 'town of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester. From the I'm. - testant inhabitants IA the town atAl vicinity of Newcioss, and front the Elden 'Members of the Presbyterian Communion in the Catholics of the town the table: ivrd fcr .4 opy of Loan Compirty to STATE OP IRELAND. Sir Enwa en K Nitwit stmt. and others from theCommous,btonght a request that their Lordships would communicate to their House, any further evidence which they might have received on the state of Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied. that their Lordships would send an answer by messenger: of their own. The same Members then brought.up the Thrown Silk Bill, the Irish Court of Chancery Bill, and several private Bills, which were read - a first time. The Crosbie Divorce Bill went through a Committee, and was reported. Captain Lompoc from the Port of London; Mr. BLVAN, from the Commercial Dock Company ; Mr. JOHNSON, from the London Docks; and Mr. FAMKEN, front the East India Docks Companies, presented accounts of the total number of vessels of every descrip tion, and their tonnage, which respectively entered those Ports and Ducks in 1824.—Laid on the Table. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Report on the West India Bill was brought up by Mr MANNING. The further consideration of the Report was postponed to Monday next. A Petition was presented from a certain parish in Sussex,against gni alteration in the Corn Laws.—Laid on the table. Mr. DOHERTY presented a Petition from New Ross in favour of the Provincial Banks in Ireland.—Laid on the table. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a Petition from the Sawyers of Dover, against any alteration in the existing Combination Laws. —Laid on the table. • Lord MILTON presented a Petition from Saddlewortb, in Yorkshire. praying fur a Repeal of the Window 'CAL....Ordered to be printed. Mr. HORNBY presented a Petition from the Cotton-spinners of Preston, againsuthe Bill for regulating the Workmen in Facto ries.—Ordered to be printed. Sir li. INGLIS moved for a Return of the Records printed by order of the [Pete; and also for an Account of the Number of Copies distributed, and the Expense attending the same Agreed to. Mr. ELLIS brought up the Report of the Committee upon the assimilation of English and Irish Currency. The Resolutions were read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in per.; suant to :he same. • Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from certain Linen Merchants, praying for a revision of the laws regulating the trade in that article. The Hon. Mennen also presented a Petition from Fifeshire, praying for inquiry into the case of Mr. Gourley; and also from an individual of the name of Shelton, complaining of the conduct of the British Consul at Havre-de-Grace. —Laid on the table. Mr. BARING - presented a Petition from Birmingham, against the Western Ship Canal—Laid on the table. Mr. DENMA N gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the law respecting Misdemeanours, so that the plaintiff and defendant should stand upon an equal footing. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Shipwrights of Sun derland, against the Repeal of the Combination Laws.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. WYNkI, in answer to Mr. Hume, stated that no further intelligence had reached Government from the seat of war in India. the Elders and i%leinberli of the Presbyterian ' 1 colinttei of Down and Antrim. • And. by the Luke of Lgessers-,-Frtim the . of Nais, lathe duuuty of ildate.---Laid 00 1 The Earl of LAUDEIWALE ha the receipt gisesi,bg the.Ecitlit4ble L ' m t h e s u b scr ib e' s before the Trust Deed was sig INDIA JUDGES BILL. The House went into Committee upon this Bill. Mr. HUM E wished to know whether it was the intention of this Bill to make the Judges in India independent? Mr. WYNN said, this Bill proposed to make none but verbal al terations, affecting the payment of the Judges' salaries, and placing the Judges of Bengal upon the same footing as the Judges of Madras and Bombay. , Mr. HUME objected to the of removing Judges at p lea- f. ipoWer sure. The power of removing. Jurymen from India, without trial or inquiry, ought to satisfy the Government of India without grasp ing at greater authority. Mr. WYNN said. that this Bill_almed at no new power. The power in question bad existed by the Authority of Charter for a con siderable time. Mr. HUME should' ever contend, that this was a power which ought not to exist in a place where arbi trary power was exercised to so fearful an extent. The Less had been completely suppressed, no man dared to express his opinions, and the acts of tyranny which ex isted over the King's-subjects in India for the last five years, far exceeded all that this country had .ever suf fered from the Stuarts. The archives of the Right Honourable Gentleman's office cant a.ned proofs enough of the discontents of the people of India. Justice to the millions of India ought to supersede any system of partiality and favour, which be feared waa the ruling motive with respect to that country. Mr. ROBERTSON saw no reason why the Judges should not be independent, for it would always be possible to arraign them, or the Governor-General, at the Bar of that House, for misconduct. Mr. WYNN said, as the Judges were entirely inde pp ndent of the Governor.Geueral of India, being remov able only by the Crown, he believed it would not be contradicted that there should be such a power some whete. Those who contended that it was not neces sary, would perhaps tell him what was to be done in the case of a misunderstanding between the Judges themselves, or between any of them and the Governor- General? Half. Castes were certainly included as at to sit on Juries, under the term " British subjects, ' which was the term used in the Bill. He thought it would b e a very objectionable course to arraign the Judges at the Bar of the House, the witnesses being in India. Sir C. FORBES protested strongly against the tyranny exercised in India. Mr. SYKES said, he was satisfied that the Judges in India did not stand in the same situation of independence as the Judges heri. Dr. PH I LLI MORE defended the measure before the House, which was nothing but a Bill for equalizing the salaries of the Judges. *Mr. HUME said, what be complained of was, that the time of persons high in office here, was occupied in measures like this, for adding to the salaries, without any attention being paid to the greatest grievances of India. He complained of the exclusion of the Half.Castcs from serving on Juries. Mr. C. WYNN defended the Judges of India. They were men of as high character and independent conduct as any in the world. As to the power of deputation, it was granted to the East India Company by their Charter, and might form a proper subject for consideration when that Charter expired. Mr. HUME asked whether there would be any objection, is cases where from death or absence, only one Judge remained in India, that a temporary Judge should be appointed ? Mr. WYNN had heard of no complaint to justify such an aw malous appointment. . Several verbal Amendments were proposed and agreed to; and (the House having resumed) the Bill was ordered to be re-cow muted on this day se'nnight. Sir J. NEWPORT said, he had received a communi cation from Dr. Doyle, in which he adverted to certain charges made against him in the House of Commons, insinuating that there were differences between his writ ings and the evidence he had given before the Commit. tees of both Houses of Parliament. He stated, that the extracts from the Publication of I. K. L. had been gar bled and mi:quoted. Ile never held that a great Cor porate .property like that of the Church of Ireland was to be touched, es rept in such manner as should be agreeable to the wis dom of P.irlidinem. /lc (Sir J. Newport) said, as this respectable individual felt himself aggrieved, be thought It his duty to make this statement to the House. BONDED CORN. Mr. HUSK ISSON moved the third wading of the Warehoused or Bonded Corn Bill. Sir M. W. It I 111.1 Y said, the duty proposed for releasing the Bonded Curti was too high; 10s. a quarter was too much; Ss. the quarter would be sufficient. air. WODEHOUSE complained of the plan, and of that fur ail , wing the Canada Civil to come into the market. He slid it would nut be possible to prevent the American Corn from getting into Canada. Mt. I-lUSKISSON thought there was no reason for alarm o t this point, because he understood that Corn ccu4l not he transported by the neartst point, Mont. al, at Oven less than '2oi. to ‘25:. a quarter ; but if it were found that more than 100,000 quarters were imported, then he should say it was not Canada Corn, and would agree to measures to prevent such corn being brought to this country. Sir -11AILVEY,trow his own knowledge, declared that. it would be impossible to prevent American Corn from . getting into Canada, and thence transhipped as Canadian Corn. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that these fears were, n tt e gly visionary, such was the geographical situat ion,of the Corn;ind the impediments in the way. •• • ' Sir 1. COFFIN spoke to the like effect, and mentioned the great natural obstacles &stint in thecountry. Sir J. WItOTTESLEY observed, that the facilitiea of sending Corn to Canada would be actively increased by the Americans and others. Mr. CURTEIS thought the Bill would be highly injurious to the landed interest. , A cry of liberality had gone Abroad over the country; he was for sum porting British consumption, which he considered the best means of supporting British interests. Mr IVOOLRYCHE WHITMORE thought the alarm f the agricultural interest wholly unfounded ; even if the bonded corn *was admitted into the market without duty, it could scarcely affect the prices. The question on the third reading being put, was agreed to with out a division. Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY moved, that the duty should be seven shillings instead of ten. Mr. WODEHOUSE, expressed his perfect concurrence in the motion. Mr. BRIGHT warmly supported the amendment. Mr. HOME. SUNINER thought the lighter duty would not withhold the bonded corn from market for•an bout in the face of a promise of the most luxuriant harvest we.had ever experienced. Mr. lIUSKISSON said he felt for the holders of corn, who, he had no doubt, experienced great loss, but on public grounds be could not agree to reduce th duty. The ques ion on the amendment was put and negatived, after whicb the Bill was read a third time and passed. i"rEe OF SUPPLY. The House re , olved itself into a Committee of Supply, The CHANCELLOR of th ,, EXCHEQUER said,. that i ; proposing a giant to Mr. 7.l.Adant, he did not think it necessary to t 4 .et,,in the House, as every one was aw ire of th great impr vernent he had Mu oduced into the making our load*, by a loch the communi cation sy.th the metiopnlis and vari• us parts , f the count y .- as greatly facilitated. In the year 1819, on lie recomniend4toin of the Poa-Office, an issue of 20001. had been made to Mt M'A am. In tl.e yesr 1823, Mr.M.Adam pressed she Tieasory ler a tio ther giant. which he (the Chancellor f the Excite. aver) e.,.p0 ed. .ut consented, that if Mr. M.A , I im presented a Pe i ion tu the House, he would support he appointment f a Committee, for the purpose of elicit' r into t e toe its o h s services. The Petition w sin consequence presented, and a Commit:ee formed, con sisting of persons of all opinions in that House . ; and it was scarcely possible that an opinion more strongly in favour of Mr. M'Adam's improvement could be ex pressed than that which was given by the Committee, who concluded with recommending a grant to Mr; M'Adam of two thousand or two thousand five hun dred pounds. He thought the improvement deserving the reward that was recommended; and 'would there fore move, that a sum, not exceeding 20001. be granted to his Majesty, for the purpose of rewarding Mr. M'Adam for his improvements in constructing roads. Mr. HUME could not accede to the recommenda tion of the Committee, nor to the motion of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer ; though, at the same time, he did not mean to depreciate the invention of Mr. *Adam. That Gentleman had - made out a bill of expenses, for the labour of 1,920 days, to the amount of more than 5,0001. The present motion would form ,a most dangerous precedent; he himself '.ad presented 4 Petition from two Gentlemen, of the names of Lister and Bettersbn, who had formed a road exactly on the same principle as Mr. M'Adam. He saw no reason why, if the discovery of Mr. M'Adam was entitled to reward, be should not have been paid from the Trea sury as well as other Civil Engineers ? Mr.M'Adam had stated, that he had superintended the roads in 28 coun ties; and, if that• was the case, why was he not paid for his labours by the Trustees of those roads? Mr. M'Adam had formerly received a remuneration from the Post-Office, and why was not that course adopted on the present occasion? It was not so much to the amount of the remuneration that he objected, as to the mode in which the remuneration was to bc given.— The Honourable Member here alluded to a Report on the table, stating the remuneration that Mr. M'Adam had already received, and what appeared to him to be sufficient. One of the items in Mr. M'Adam's charge was, for what he had done in superintending the new street, and what he had done for several turnpike trusts. Those who had received the benefit of Mr. M'Adarri's services were bound to pay for them ; but upon the Public there could be no possible claim; though with pain to him self, be must take the sense of the Committee against the grant. Mr. N. CALVERT said, the public roads had been greatly improved by the exertions of Mr. M'Adam ; but he thought the services of Mr. M'Adam should be re munerated from the fund on of which the pensions were paid, not il li' out of the Consolidated Fu . Sir M. CHOLMEL Y said, if Mr. M'Adam had al ready received £4,000, he thought be had got quite enough. Sir T. BARING stated, that the present case would form no precedent, as in the course of the last twenty years there had been twenty-eight similar grants. The Honourable Baronet then adverted to the case of Dr. Jenner, to the inventer of the Life-boat, and to other cases in which the parties had been remunerated by the Public, and which he contended fully justified the grant to Mr. M'Adam. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that whenever Mr. M'Adam had been employed by Government, he had been paid like other surveyors.— He was not prepared to go the lull extent that the Post Office recommended. Mr. HOLME SUMNER denied that there was any invention in the case. He had • seen the same method practised in his own neighbourhood for fifteen years. He might be deserving of some reward. Mr. M'Adam received 5001. a year from the Bristol Trust ; and in the course of five years the family had received the enormous sum of 41,0001.—(Hear; hear !)—The tra velling expenses of his son, William M'Adam, had been given in at 7001. a year. Had he not already been so amply rewarded, he would have thought him entitled to the liberality of the House. Mr. M ABERLEY observed, that if - the Hon. Mem ber for Surrey had been so long acquainted with the system, why had he not applied it to the improvement of the Roads in his County, where there was great room for it? He thought that the case of Mr. Palmer, who projected the Mail Coaches, and for which he received a grant of 50;0001. was a strong precedent in Mr. M'Adanis favour. The opinion of the Committee, before whom Mr. iel'Adarn's services were brought, was almost unanimous in favour of the grant. Mr. F. PALMER. said, the invention was certainly not Mr. M'Adam's, neither' was the application of the principle novel, as the roads about Bedford had been so con structed for many years past. He certainly should oppose the grant. • He thought Mr. Telford, is an engineer, Was more worthy of a grant than Mr. M'Adam. ' Mr. HART DAVIS suppbrted the Resolution, on the c.f.( und that Mr. M'Adatu had been put to great ex penses in bringing forward a public improvement, and that the public ought to reimburse him. Sir E. KNATCHI3ULL said, he-did not think that Mr. M'Adam was entitled to public remuneration. He had some reasdd for thinkilfg that if this proposition should be agreed to, the public • would be again called upon to guava further sum for the services of that Gentleman . Colonel WEBB said, that as a Trustee of the Bristol Roads, he could declare; that his understanding was that the whole of :Tr. M'Adam's time was to be devoted to those road., for 5001. per a:in Sir IL WILSON thought that that agreement na l altogether foreign to the question. Mr. il•Adam had conferred great benefit on the community, and had generously, upon all occasions, given instructions gra tuitously to people who came to him fr om . all parts of the country. He should therefore support the grant. T.A CL AN D supported the vote. Thy advantages received from the improvements of Mr. MiAdam were felt generally throughout the country, and he thought hint highly deserving of remuneration. After a few words from Mr: P..sviorrili, :and another Honouratile Member, the House divided— Ayes . • Noes . • • Majority for the grant 83 27 The Report was ordered to be received on Monday Mt. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Upon the reading of the Order of the Day for ceiving the Report cf the Committee upon the County Courts Bill, an Honourable Member asked Lord, At- THORP if it was his intention to mend compensati n, for losses to certsin Officers, further than• he had al. , ready -stated ? LordA LT HORP said,he had no intention of extending it further. Mr. BRIGHT said, that he had a serious objection to giving compensation at all, and, on the bringing sip the Report, would take the sense of the House on the subject. Air. HUME condetut,e'd the practice of selling offices in Courts of Law, and had the greatest objection to giving compensation to any individuals ; and wollci, therefore, support Mr: BRMIT in taking the sense. of the. House upon such a mischievous principle. Mr. J. P. GRANT defended the necessity of composition in the cases provided for by the Bill of the Noble Lord (Althorp). Mr. C. W. WYNN supported the opinions of Mr. Grant. The Report was then ordered to be received without a division. • The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the Irish Provincial Bankers Rill. The several clau..s and amendments were agreed to, and the Report ordered to br reCrived on Monday next. QUAItANTINE LAWS. On the motion of Mr. C. GRANT; the House resolved into a Committee on the Quarantine Laws. • _ _ M. J. SAIL thought the present system of-Qua:• rantine wa, molt absnicl,. but - jet it ought to be fully investigated. It was full of anomalies and obscurity, but these should be pointed out. We should enter into the history of the plague, and inquire into kao character. The question of contagion is a very doubt ful one. It is understood that a physicists olgreat,. eminence gave his opinion, that England was perfectly . safe from plague for eight months during every year. No plague has appeared in *England, Holl.nd, ":dr France, for more than 100 years. It' is not in. cot ton, or woollen, or h sir, or goods of any kind that the plague is brought, else it would hive arrived in these countries frequently during the period he had mentioned. Great difference of opinion existed among physicians, and the opinion of many eminent' medical men had changed. It was the opinion of some %Or supported the doctrine of contagions, that Englafid was perfectly secure horn the rava;.:ei f the yellow fever. He (Mr. Smith) was in favour. of an essential alteration in those laws, although he desired to keep clear from giving any opinion on the question of. contagion. Lord A LTHORP said; that as far as the Bill before the House went it had his cordial concurrence. • Mr. HUSKISSON said it would be most agreeable 'to those holding official situations, if it could billed cided that the Quarantine Laws were stuft•cessary.. Much learning had been displayed.on . this subject — at both sides; he thought, however, thrre ..could be no Doubt that plague had been infectious in some instances. Mr. D. GILBERT agreed with the Right Hon. Gentlemm,' that plague was conveyed in many instances by contagion. -He understood, however, that by subjecting goods to a very high tem perature, contagion could be destroyed. • Mr. WILMOT-HORTON said, he was in possession of papers which, in his opinion, actually demonstrated the existence of , con: tagion, and-which at a future period he meant to lay before the house. A Mums referred to some facti which had come within his personal knowledge, and. which went to prove that the plague was contagious. Mr. HUME inquired whether the regulations adopted at blabs by Sir Thomas Maitland, were continued ? Mr. WILMOT-HORTON replied, that a Board of Health was established at Malta, add coutinued to act. After a few words from Mr. J. SMITH, the clauses and amend- • meats ware agreed to, and the House having resumed, the Report * was ordered to be received on Monday. JUDGES' SALARIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice thy. he would, on Monday next, move for a t ommittee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Act 39 Geo. 111. with' reference to an increase of the Judges' Salaries. The Right Hots. Gentleman added, that the sub . w:t had been submitted to, and received the sanction sit, hi. Majesty. _ _ . . The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of. and the Moose adjourned to 'Monday nest, at HAts - PAST Oat o'ci.ocr. • THE EVENING STAR LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1825. Y ' ~. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a complete stagnation in the Markets' this morning', and no business doing. All partim are waiting the return of Mi r ' ROTHSCIIILD from Pads, not knowing how to act. Consols opened at 91 to for the Account; and continue the • same, without any fluctuation. t 7 . •'• -------- . . There is nothing doing in the Foreign Market. Current I'rices: New Spanish 181 1, Old Spanish , 44 1 sian 951 Mexican 771, Chilian 8414Colorribian New 89i, Aus trian 961 1, Brazil Scrip 11 `prem. Niezita9. Scrip 11 1 disc. Danish Scrip 2/ 1 disc. Greek Scrip .51 to 41 disc. PLUCK OF STOCKS AT ONE CYCLJCIL S per Cent. Red. 901/ 4 3 / 8 3 per Cent. Cons. 91 1 / 4 91 1 / 4 3i per Cent. Red. 97 3 / 4 s/ 8 Y 4. 4 per Cent. New 105 1 / 2 '/4 Long Ann. 22 21 1.5-I0 India Stock 279' India Bondsr.6B 67 £l,OOO Eatheq:ll.lll: 53 50 £5OO ditto 33 50 £lOO and V2OO ditto 53 50 •Cons. for Acct. 911/8 :; •!• •t •• .• • ;•• . • 1 1 X .•••"' •-• I.* • .irf This forenoon we received Frankfort and 060 Ger. man Papers to the Bth inst. The Allgemeine Zeihmg of the 7th, and the Auilsian Ohms ver of the 2d, inst. do not contAin any intelligence from Greece or Turkey, The Swiss Cantons are about to sand an• extraordinary deputation to .Milan, to complinient, the Emperor and Empress of Aotrnin, and to confer with Prince MlLt' TERNICH on the affairs of . severalijogle Cantons. A' hope is expressed that the commercial 4elationsof land with Italy. and the Austi tr's'etflid. The following is an extract:- , • SiViTkt. l 44* WY The Orden:mune •of bis , Holiness, relative : afar • • 2'll y• V f 1