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It appears that Sir Charles MgCarthy had, for several weeks previous to taking the field against the Ashantees, been incessantly occupied in making such arrangements as afforded every reasonable hope that his expedition would have had a very different result. He had formed alliances with the Dinqueras, the Crepees, Assinces, l Aquamboes, Wassas, and other native tribes, and had received a visit at Cape Coast from the son of the King of Dinquera, and, at Annamaboe, from Appea King of Adjumacona, who entered the place in great state with upwards of two thousand followers. The latest account that had reached Cape Coast of Sir Charles's opera tions, previous to the unfortunate battle, was, that he had occupied Assamacow, within two days' march of the Ashantees, and that it was net his intention to at tack them until Major Chisholm, with his force, should have succeeded in taking up a position in their rear. The Bristol Gazette, on the authority of letters by the Pitt, says, " There is every reason to believe that Sir C. McCart hy was sacrificed after the battle, and his head sent to the King of the Ashantees; and that Mr. Williams was in the hands of the Datch Governor of Elmina, as an hostage, on certain conditions." PROM THE ROYAL COLD COAST GAZETTE. CAPE COAST, JANUARY :11. The general engagement between the troops under his Excellency and the Ashantees (of which there was a report as our last was going to the press), took place on the 21st instant, about twenty miles from ASS3Ma- COW, and from the number of wounded who have come in, we are convinced that it must have been a contest of the most desperate and sanguinary nature —the Ashantees relying upon their numbers, and our little Spartan band upon their resolu'ion, and the skill of their distinguished Commander. We learn from the wounded men, who all agree in their statements, that the action commenced at one o'clock, teat. and the firing lasted like one continued roar of thunder, till five; at length the ammunition of our troops being expended, the Ashantee myriads began to pour in upon then: horn all directions, when several hundreds of them paid for their temerity on the point of the bayonet : many of the soldiers killed individually four or five of the Ashantees in this manner, but the overwhelming fotce still kept moving for ward like a mountain torrent, and a retreat I was deemed expedient. The loss of the Ashantees in this bloody conflict must have been enormous; and though our troops were obliged to retire, owing to the scantiness of their num bers and the want of ammunition, yet the Ashantees have nothing to boast of, as they have not since dared to advance, and being, according to report, much scat tered. The news of The action, and the powerful force of the Ashantees, reached Captain Laing, at Pdansue, on Saturday night, who inttantly decided upon return ing to the relief of his Excellency ; he therefore sent off', me:sengers at day-light next morning, commanding all the Fantee Chiefs to form a junction with him instantly; and ordering the force under his immediate command across the country to Djuquah, he repaired to Annamaboe, placed it in a state of defence, and on Monday evening arrived at Cape Coast Castle, with the whole of the Annamahoe and Agar soldiers. Major Chisholm, on getting intelligence of the battle, lost no time in hastening to the assistance of the Brigadier General, but learning that his Excellency had retired with the King of Dinquera, towards the Appolonia, and having too few men to force a passage through the Ashantees, returned to Cape Coast on Tuesday, to form a junction with the force under Captain Laing. A most outrageous and unprovoked insult was of fered to Captain Woolcombe, commanding the Owen Gle;ndrairer, and two of his Officer, on Sunday the 25th instant, by the natives of Dutch Succondee. The offi cers bad gone on shore for the purpose of viewing the plait, and in the expectation of hearing come account of the action which they understood had been fought between our troops andalre Ashantees, when they were assailed by a large party of the natives, who pursued them with drawn knives to their boats. The Captain immediately went on board, and returned with a party of marines—more that by alarming them they might be in future deterred from offering such insults, than for any other reason—but was much surprised to find his landing opposed by a large armed force. He nevertheless disembarked, and proceeded towards the town, amidst a brisk discharge of musketry from the natives, which was returned with ample interest by the gallant marines. Captain Woolcombe attempted to set fire to the town, but without effect, for the dampness of the thatch, owing to the previous rains, prevented igni tion. In this skirmish, we regret to say, that two ma rines and a krooman were killed,besides several wounded. Thursday night the Colonial schooner, Prince Regent, returned from Dixcove: about one e.sr. being well in with the land off Succondee, she was fired at by a large assemblage of the natives, collected together on the beach, at whom the Commander sent a discharge or two of grape shot, the effects of which were clearly seen by the fall of a number of those deluded fanatics., FEBRUARY 7.—A detachment of the Royal All lean Light Infantry marched from Cape Coast Castle, under command of Captain Laing, for Djuquah, on Thursday last; he was followed next day by a small party of An namaboes and Fantees, amounting in all to about 400; but as the greater part of those who promised to ac company him have returned to their own crams, we do not expect that anything operative will be effected or attempted by that Officer at present. The Emperor ALEXANDER is expected at Warsaw by the time of opening the Polish Diet, and there %kill be o conference between that Sovereign and the Emperor of AUSTRIA, in Bohemia, or in any other part. Accounts from Berlin of the Gth of June, state, that there have been farther investigations into the conduct of the Students at the University of Halle, and a great number have been sentenced to various degrees of pu nishment. Between twenty and thirty of them are ex pelled, and other s sentenced to confinement in a fortress. A dreadful storm of hail, on the 9th of this month, ravaged part of the district of Douay. The hail -stones, of the slat of a pigeon's egg, mainly destroyed the crops. One farmer estimatec his less at 20,000 francs ''! 7 k7 4 1 / 4 \I 1k4b1.4 ; 4\ 4-3 -% AK\ 's d —-- I PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. TT . • • HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 18. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose on the third reading of the Bankrupt Lasts Amendment Bill, and observed, that the measure had been under consideration three Sessions; and had been pre pared with all the attention he could apply. It had not only been amended by himself, but by the Judges of the land. He was anxious it should pass, but not immediately. By the law as it stood, a creditor having a debt above £2O, who would not be one of three-fourths of the creditors to sign the bankrupt's certificate, was the means of preventing the bankrupt from supporting his family. A clause had been introduced to empower the Commis sioners, when they were satisfied the bankrupt had done his duty, to give him a certificate. This clause he wished .to take effect forthwith; but with respect to the other provisions of the Bill, he recommended the House not to give the same immediate operation. He accordingly moved to add a clause to make the general provi sions of the Bill come into operation on the Ist of May, 1825. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill read a third time. A Message was brought up, in which the Commons requested a conference in the Painted Chamber, on the amendments made by their Lordships in the Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill, which was agreed to. _ The Managers on the part of the Lords were, the Earl of ILta- ROWSIr, Lords ROSSLYN, TO/LRINGTON, MILEY, GRANTLEY, and CouittouN ; who, after the conference, reported that the Commons had objected to the amendment, expressing a wish, that the Lords might not insist on it, in order that the Bill might not be lost. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then moved, that the House should not insist on the amendment. Lord ELLENBOROUGH considered the amendment of so muclaimportance, that he opposed the motion. After a few words from Earl Gaosvmens, the House divided— For the motion 25—Against it 15—Majority 12. Earl GREY presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics of Waterford, and said he was requested to make a motion en it ; but in consequence of the lateness of the Session, he would not comply with the request. All he could do was to recommend the case of the Petitioners to an early consideration next SCACIII.—The Peti tion was teed and laid on the take. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented the Report of the Committee on the building of New Churches. His Grace stated, that eleven Churches had been erected, capable of containing 15,000 persons. Fusty-four more were in great forwardness.— Eighteen-had been abandoned, and ten were under consideration. Ninety-eight Churches, in all, had occupied the attention of the Committee. The whole of the Fund granted by Parliament in &Sea had been exhausted. Since that expecditt.re, application had been made to Parliament for more Churches, to the amount of seven. his Grace concluded by moving, that the Report be printed.—Ordered- Earl DARN LEY presented a Petition from the Watchmakers of London, in favour of the Equitable Loan Bill. Earl GROSVENOR said, he was disposed to look with a favourable eye to the Bill; hut he hoe if it passed into a law, the parties might not input on a better fuming than the pawnbrokers. Lord HOLLAND rose, for the purpose of moving the first reading of a Bill to enable the Earl Marshal and his Deputy to execute the office without taking the Oath *of Supremacy. The House would rententher that a Noble telation of his, three weeks ago, presented a Bill, which bad three objects—one to render Ito nem Catholics eligible to act as Justices of the Peace; edly, To hold Offices in the lit venue; and Jelly, To place any Roman Ca tholic Earl Marsh il in a situation to be able to execute the duties of that high office, without any infringement of the law. That which related to the Revenue was represented as necessary, and a Bill had actually passed that House. With respect to the Earl Marshal, it was said to be matter for a separate Bill. After that admission, be had naturally stipposed such a Bill would meet with tin Opposition. It was impossible their Lordships could consider the Marshal's stick would be more dangerous in the hands of a Roman Catholic Nobleman, than muskets and bayonets in the hands of Ca tholic soldiers and sailors. When they recollected from whom the Noble Duke who held the (Ace was descended, they would not withhold from him the power of executing the duties of that office. In order to prevent any inconvenience, he should propose to sus pend the Standing Orders, that the Bill might go thtough all its stages in one day. The LORD CH A NCF.LLOR said, he did not know that he should oppose the Bill, but he could not consent to suspend the Standing Orders for the purpose mentioned. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, if the Bill could pass this Ses sion, he should give it his support ; but he did not think it fair to suspend the Standing Orders on a question of this sort. Lord lIOLL A ND said, if the Noble Earl felt any scruples to morrow, he should certainly not press his motion for the suaiension. The Bill was then read the first time. Lord REDESDA LE presented a Petition from the Royal Ex chatate Assurance Company, praying that Counsel may be heard at the Bar ' against the Insurance Bill in Committer.—The P e titi o n was laid on the table. The House went into a Committee on the New Churches Bill: Several amendments having been moved, the Bill was committed and reported.—Third reading on Monday. a Lord BEXLEY moved the order for going into a Committee on the Marine Insurance Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, on the third reading, he should move that certain clauses be added to the BM, in order to have the names of the parties enrolled in Courts of Justice, making them answerable for the acts of each other. The Earl of LIVERPOOL agreed in the suggestion of the Learned Lord. He did not see why there should not be a general Bill, to make Joint Stuck Companies liable to be dissolved, when found injurious to the Public.—The Bill was then committed, le ported, and ordered to be read a third time on Mouday. The Committee on the EquitaLle Loan Bill was postponed.— Adjourned. ; . , 17,!r. 1 71ME!Ple?r, .. ~~- it to another Wail deserving the consideration of the-Thule. Br*'- ever, it was but justice to say, from the knowledge he bad of tile, present Governor of Nova S c otia, that he was quite incapable of acting contrary to the instructions which he had received--(Hear, Leary—The petitioners complained of a mistatetnent of their case its some documents which had been presented to the House; and they hoped an investigation would be instituted, whereby the facts might be brought forward. They also complained that they were subject to the same taxation as the inhabitants of Nova Scotia.-- " There is a disposition among them," observed the Honourable Gentleman, " if their rights are not restored, of applying to the United States of America for protection; and if I were an indivi dual of Cape Breton, and could not obtain redress, I should feel myself warranted in wishing to be united with the American States." The petitioners had also to complain of the ruinous state of their fisheries; and although the present Governor had done everything in his power to benefit the inhabitants, yet they suffered exceedingly in consequence of its being annexed to Nova Scotia. The plea that was formerly set up, when he brought the subject at a former period before the House, and which would be set up again in justification of this measure, was, that it was only a re-an nexation of the two Colonies, for Cape Breton was united to Nova Scotia in 1766. Ile could only say, that he thought the subject of great importance. The petitioners had been placed in such a situa tion that no men either could or ought tamely to submit to, and they would have recourse to some measure by which they might obtain those rights and privileges of which they had been robbed. He moved that the Petition should be brought up. Sir I. COFFIN said, that any one who was unacquainted with the real state of the island mentioned by the Ilonourable Member for Aberdeen, would be inclined to suppose that the Honourable Gentleman was speaking of some place under the dominion of the Dry of Algiers, he spoke so much about their loss of birth-rights and laws. He (Sir I. Coffin) had known the Colonies of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton these forty years, and he could assure the lion. Member that the inhabitants of the latter place were highly satisfied on being placed under the Government of Nova Scotia. Mr. WILMOT-HOUTON said, that the present Petition in troduced by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen was a dupli cate of the one presented by him in the course of the last Session of Parliament. He had said that the inhabitants of Cape Breton had been harshly treattd, in consequence he should countenance their rebellion and separation, as the only means by which tedress was to be cbtained—(llear, hear).—lf the Honourable Member really believed there was a grave charge of the nature he had repre sented against Cue eminent, he ought to have founded a motion upon it, and nut contented himself with coming down to the House with a Petition the last day of the Session, and entering into a de tit all the allegations contained in that Petition. He (Mr. Wil mot-Horton) denied the accuracy of the statement put forth in the Peti•ion—(llear)—and he would challenge the Honourable Mem ber to bring forward any motion on the subject—( Hear). The Governor of Nova &Cali was at preornt in this country ;he bad been over the Colony of ('ape Breton, and the inhabitants were highly satisfied with the arrangements entered into. The Honour able Gentleman here referred to a letter written by the Governor to the Colonial Department, from which it appeared that great improvements were rapidly taking place since Cape Breton was an nexed to Nova Scotia, and that more would be accomplished in a few years than would have occurred in half a century, had not such an arrangement been entered into—(Hear, hear).—lie could fol low up that statement by details which would satisfactorily prove that much good had arisen from the measure ; but as there was no motion affecting the Government before the House, he should ab stain front entering into them, considering as he did too, that the present Peti:ion was only a duplicate of the one presented last year by the honourable Member, of which the House at that time disposed—( I lear). Mr. BlillX AL. considered with his Honourable Friend near hint (Mr. Hume), that the subject was dine of considerable import ance, and he was surprised to hear it said by the gallant Admiral (Sir L.Coffin) that there was no hardship in altering the laws of Cape Breton. lie hoped early in next Session some steps would be taken for inquiring into the statements put forth by the Petitioners.— The Petition was then read. Sir I. COFFIN said he could not suppose that the Honourable Member was serious when be spoke of exciting the inhabitants of Cape Ireton to rebtlii nt. Ile could assure hint, if they acted upon such a sugge4tion. that with a thousand men and a ship of the line, he would knock them all over—( laugh). Mr. H NIE hoptd that the llonourable Gentleman (the Under Secretary for the Colonial Department) would:allow an inquiry into the government of these Colonies. Ile would pledge his existence never again to bring forward a motion fur the considerat:on of the House, if he could not prove what lie had stated—(llear, and a laugh). A nun could not do everything—(Laughter). Ile had been so much occupied this year, that he really had not had time to enter into the present subject; but if be had the honour of a seat in the 'louse next year, he certainly would bring the question forward. With respect to what had been said as to the Petition being a duplicate of the one he bad presented last year, it could nut be the fact, because the present Petition complained of a state ment made in the papers not then presented to the llouse.—The Petition was then laid on the table. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A few minutes before tUtir o'clock the SPEAKER took the Mi.. Mr. CROKER prezwnted eel taiu Papers frutn the Admiralty by order of the House, which were ordered to be printed. Blr. WALLACE brought up . the Third Report of the Commis sioners on Foreign Trade, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. HOME moved that it be an instruction to the Select Com mittee on Private Business to say whether any and what alt.:ra tions should be made in the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.—Agreed to. PETITION OF THE REV. ROBEIII"TAYLOR. Mr. HU AI E presented a Petition from the Rev. Robert Taylor, Secretary to tke Irish Benevolent Society in Dublin, praying that he might be permitted to open a Chapel for the Worship of Coo without reference to any doctrines of antiquity The Petitioner stated that he was regularly ordained as a Clergyman of the Esta blished Church at one of the Universities. The Honourable Mem ber lamented that the recent prosecutions for selling certain works which were said to be blasphemous, should have occurred, and be was sorry to observe that the Recorder of London had sentenced different individuals who were guilty of precisely the same offence 'selling Prtine's ..4te of Itt . ason, he believed) to different punishments. One man, he understood, was sentenced for this offence to six months, and another to three ye at . 4 imprisonment. If the Judges were to imitate this conduct of the Recorder, the whole Bench would be brought into contempt thereby. Mr. C. W. WYNN lamented that the I honourable Member had not brought forward the Petition when sonic of the Law Officers of the Crown were in the !louse, or when his Right lion. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department was present. The Honourable Gentleman had not stated in what way the Pea ltioner's views differed fram other Dissenters, or whether his case was not already protected by laws. It was worth while for the llouourable Member to inquire, whether the Petitioner might not have a license granted him now, without having recourse to the House in support of his prayer ? Mr. MONCK was of opinion, that the sooner those prosecutions which had been alluded to by his Honourable Friend (Mr. Hume) were done away with the better. Amines could be more dis graceful, in his opinion, than those wretched attempts to put down opinions by force of law, instead of endeavouring to conquer thvin by argument and persuasion. Mr. HUME said, that the Petitioner did open a Chapel, in Dub lin, for his congregation ; but in consequence of the proceedings of the mob he was compelled to close it again. With respect to an observation made by the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. C. W. Wynn) as regarded the laws applicable to licensing places of worship, he (Mr. Hume) understood that the Petitioner could not obtain a license to preach under those !AWL—The Peti tion was then ordered to be printed. CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA. Mr. lIIJME said, be held hi his hand another Petition, of consi derable importance to the inhabitants of Cape Breton. The Peti tion had been delayed by an accident; baying left Cape Breton in November last, it ought to have reached him in February. The Petition was of considerable importance, involving no less a ques tion than this, viz. Whether his .Nlajesty, by an Order in Council, should have the right of depriving the Colenies of their laws?— The petition ers state d , that they had always cons id ere d t h emse l ves in the Possession of the right of enjoying the privileges of the laws of their coun tr y ; but that they were now deprived of them, being subject to those of Nova Scotia. This statement, said the Honour able Member, was strengthened by the documents, which had been examined, and which were before the House. He conceived the very act of Liking from one Colony it. independence and annexing TITHE LAWS. Mr. II UNIE was sorry to trouble the House with another Peti. tion. It was signed by a number of most respectable Catholics of Ireland, complaining of the Tithe Laws. Ile had never seen any thing so fully detailed, and the language and arguments Were so forcible, much beyond his humble powers, that he thought it better that the Petition should be read at length, because it was impossible that anythirg which he could say would strengthen the prayers of the Petitioners. The Petition was brought up, and read at length.—Ordered to be laid on the table. On the motion of Mr. EAMOURT ) a Conference was ordered with the Lords on their Lordships' amendment to the Vagrant Bill, and several Members were appointed to manage the Conference. Mr. C. II UTCHINSON presented a Petition front Dundalk, against the Tithe system.—Laid on the table. 1111015GIIA M presented a Petition from Morpeth, ex pressing the satisfaction of its inhabitants at the Resolutions which had passed the House for the amelioration of the Negroes in the West Indies.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Petition front Benjamin Willis, belonging to the Society for promoting Industry among the Poor, praying that the English I'oor Laws should be extended to Ireland. —Ordered to be printed. HOUSE OF KEYS, ISLE OF MAN. Mr. IMOUGIIA NI rose to present a Petition from the House of Keyi, tit the Isle of Man, which was subscribed by the Members in their individual capacity, and by them in their corporate capa city. The Petition, said the Honourable Member, demanded the most serious attention of the House. The Speaker of the Assem bly, who subscribed it, was well known in his civil and military capacity in the history of India, and by his valuable services to his country and the world as a literary character. All the other Mem bers who composed the Howe of Keys were Gentlemen of great respectability and importance in the country. It was known to the House, that in the year 1756, the authority over the Island was represented by a Governor and Deputy Governor, who were as sisted by the House of Keys. The Petition complained first, that there were considerable abuses in that House; and secondly, that whatever abuses it contained, there were several charges against the conduct of the Duke of Athol. Ile drew his facts from the Peti tion itself, although he must own that he felt great confidence in any information that was communicated to him by so accomplished a Gentleman as the Speaker, who subscribed the Petition. There were questions which offered themselves for consideration; and the first was a question of law. This had been already before the House. The Keys maintained that they were not only Members of the Court of the Tynwald Legislative Assembly, but: that they were Members of the Court of Criminal Justice; that no felon could be tried without their presence ; and that the concurrence of the Keymen was necessary to give validity to the decision.-- Three persons who had lately been tried for felony bad appealed against the jurisdiction, because this defect existed in the constitu tion and decision of the Court. The next branch of the Petition was the charge against the conduct of the Duke of Athol.— His Grace had employed great perseverance iu prosecuting his claims in that Island—a circumstance which was felt by many of the members by personal experience, and which was become part of the history of the country. Since 1765 to 1805, the Duke of Athol had not objected to the terms on which his bargain for the command of the Island had been made; but in 1805, at the open ing of Parliament, a new bargain was made, and in addition to the £2,000 of annual pension which the Duchess of Athol then en joyed, his Grace received an income of three or a s,OOO which averaged the amount of the Customs of the Island. Since that time, his Grace had been bringing forward fresh claims and further en croachments, and lie understood (here was scarcely a man in the Island who had not felt the effects of them. He did not mean to say that the Duke, as sole Judge of the Exchequer, actually de cided his own cases, bet by an arrangement which had been IA down by bins, the tithe was paid one year to his trace, as impro propriatot, next year to the Bishop, and the third to the l'.rsur.; and in this manner the Duke decided cases iu two several ii.•tances where the same pleas wete set up which might be urged inst himself—(llear, h..,:). Another complaint was, that the l'eti (loners felt great Linz: rtainty with regard to those who had a right to .it in the great Constitutional ; and is W3i also nutter of ' - -77-7 r 7 r.711 , .• . • complaint that a Deeittster tone of the Law Judges) had been T . moved, under the following singular circumstances. A person si!, had been at one time a servant to the Duke , was tried for ea.,: offence. When this reached the ears of th e he called b e l t ; him the Deemster who had sat upon his trial, severely reprima t eej him for his conduct in doing so, upbraided him with issuing tie process from his Court, and also with his ingratitude for the fa vours which had been rendered to him, and among these favour was enumerated the appointment of the Deemster to the office cr Judge—(Hear, hear). All the parties felt the etfee4 of the flak,.'; vengeance. The Deemster and the Attorney-General were moved from their situations. last ground of complaint W3lOl a more serious description ; and if it had not come front so resat ct. able a quarter, he should not have ventured to make it. In len, 4 riot broke out in the Island, owing to some misapprehensions is the Housed Keys about the Curn Bill. Sevesal persons te ee , arraigned by the High Bailiff before the Deemster, aad while the / were under examination, and a witn ess was i n t h e b ox, a ;ugh Per sonage jumped violently up, mil assaulted the witness. For this assault, the delinquent was fitted 450, and he was ordered to' imprisoned for twelve months. When the Duke z.itiVed in r! . , Island, in order to quell the riot, he, calling those proms hetfe him who held the warrant of,punisliment, indorsed on the of it—° I hereby suspend theexecution of the within The llonouratble Memher contended, that all these coolat-i .5 ought to be investigated; and concluded with tnovinz that t!le Petition be brought up. Mr. Secretary PEEL felt desitous of addressing the hous e , cause if it should appear that blame was attributable to those :stet whom had originated the measures complained of in the i'eti!:l3 presented by the Hon. and Learned Member, he was ready to ad. mit that he ought to be implicated, for he was free to confess every thing that had been done in the affair had his concurrence, or sr, s rather done with his advice. With respect to the charge of &wise omitted to include the I louse of Keys in the disposal of erirtira business, he had, before making up his own mind on the su.';ezt, asked the opinion of the Attorney-General of the Island( Mr.Cl irk e' and subsequently those of the legal advisers of the Crown, al of whom were unanimous in their opinion that the House of Keys were not entitled to exercise that share in the administration of criminal justice, which up to that period they had discharged ; but as that part of the case was still under the consideration of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, he should nut say more upon it at present. There had been bickerings between the Ilatt-r of Keys and the Duke of Athol for some time, but he had under stood that these parties were reconciled in 1823; he was there fore exceedingly sorry to we them again coining forward with charges in that House. Another charge brought fin ward by tine Petitioners wad connected with the removal of the Deemster front his office, but he was sorry to be obliged to state that that of had been removed in consequence of gross misconduct in the di , - charge of his official duty, which guilt was fully established in tits course of a judicial inquiry. That misconduct consisted in his hav ing, while holding the high situation of Judge of the Island, ad. vised a female servant to bring an action far defamation, and islsl for a year's wages, against her late master ; and further, with hav ing been present at a public-house when those actions were com promised by the payment of a sum of money—(Hear, hear). la the investigation of that affair, it was cl ea rly established that a cri. minal connexion existed between the Ikentster and that woman . , and which had continued up to the period of the inquiry —a con nection so unworthy of that Magistrate, as a married man axed the father of a large family, as left to him (Mr. Secretary Peel) no al ternative but to remove hint from olhice—.(Hear, hear). With re. ference also to the removal of another public officer (the late Attor ney-General of the Island), he was sorry to say that that nteasur also had arisen out of gross misconduct by that individual, he li w ing been clearly convicted of a most gross offence—the indecent exposure of his person—(llear, hear). Under these cireurnaan.t...s,. therefore, he thought it very hard of the House of Keys to c. , ele forward and complain of the removal of those Individuals, and as cribe the measures to unworthy motives—(hear, hear). He de clared upon his honour as a Gentleman, that in advising the dis missal of those persons he had nothing but the public interest in view, and the maintenance of the respectability of the Magis tracy, and not the consideration whether they had or had not ren dered themselves obnoxious to the Duke of Athol—( I fear, hear). With respect to that Noble Person, he felt bound to say, that not withstanding Isis having been referred to its all the disputes in which the-Isle of Man had lately been embroiled, he (Mr. Peel) bad not discovered any ground for complaint against the Noble Duke for abuse of his official powers—(Hear, hear). Mr. BRIGHT was of opinion that the House of Keys ought to be informed of the grounds on which their Judges had been dis missed. To the want of information on that head might be ascribed much of the irritation that had arisen. Mr. HUM E supported the Petition.—From what he knew of the Isle of Man, be believed the disputes had originated in the ano malous nature of the duties enforced by the Governor, which had occasioned muds jealousy as to his jurisdiction in many instances. The ATTOn N EV-G EN ER A I. observed, that it was an error to suppose that the decision with respect to the right of the Mouse of Keys to sit on cases of Jail Delivery was made under circum stances of imperfect information. lie and his Learned Friend had obtained the most perfect information before coming to any resolu tion on that subject ; and one of the Judges, so long back as the year 1696, had declared in terms that the House had no such right. With reference to the Governor, he was sole President of the Chancery Court, and needed not the assistance of tke Deemster, without it was his own express wish, and then the Deemster was there only as an Assessor. Under these circumstances. he did not think this was a question on which the House could with propriety decide. Mr. BROUGHAM, in reply, contended for the right of the House of Keys to attend without summons to deem the law. He entered at some length into the defence of the character of Mr. Robert Cunningham, whom he considered to be a most gentleman like, well-educated young man, against whom there could not pos sibly be adduced any instance of misconduct, except in the instance of his having, as it was alleged, indecently exposed himself at a ball, where he had unfortunately become intoxicated, of which, however, he professed he Was not aware. Since that occurrence, however, he had visited in the Duke of Athol's family by his per mission, and le had even gone so far as to recommend that he should be appointed a Key. He thought these circumstances would prove the propriety of adopting a different line of conduct with re spect to the government and administration •f that island—in other words, that the Governor should not be a person whose interests were opposed to the interests of the island. Mr. Secretary PEEL said he held in his hand a Report of Mr. Clarke, with reference to the conduct of the individual alluded to, on which the determination had been formed. Mr. BROUGHAM, though he respected the character of the. Gentleman alluded to, felt disposed to acquiesce in the opinion he had delivered, he not residing in the island. The Petition was then read, purporting to be the humble Peti tion of the House of Keys of the Isle of Man, stating certain bun - ances, and praying such relief as the House might think fit. A Message front the Lords announced their Lordships' assent tss the Coal Exchange Bill, without amendment ; to the Irish Clergy Residence Bill; the Irish Mining Association Bill ; and the Bank rupt Laws Amendment Bill; the Combination Laws Repeal Bill, with certain amendments ; to which they prayed the concurrence of the House. Mr. BROUGHAM, in moving the Petition should be printed, expressed a hope that during the summer an inquiry into the allega tions of the Petitioners would take place, on the basis of the iuguiry instituted in the year 1791.—The motiun was agreed to, and the Petition ordered to be printed. Mr. BRIGHT presented a Petition from Wm. Kelly and Thos. Green, of Douglas, in the Isle of Man, complaining of the undue ' administration of justice. Mr. MONCK presented a similar Petition from Thus. Christian, l of Ramsey. TIIE MISSIONARY, MR. SMITH. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS presented a Petition from certain of the Merchants and Inhabitants of the Town of Liverpool, stating their indignation and regret at the death of the Missionary, Mr. Smith, at Demerara, and remonstrating strongly against the crud prohibition of the Governor against Mrs. Smith's attending the fu neral of her husband. Dr. LUSNINGTON presented a Petition from certain Chris tian Separatists of Newry, Belfast, and Armagh, against being compelled by law to take affidavits.—These Petitions were ill laid on the table. Sir T. ACLAND presented a Petition from the South of t: c County of Devon, praying for the Repeal of the Duty on Chic: . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that St hoped to be able in next Session, to bring into operation a pl,in be had in contemplation for reconciling their interests to those of :lie revenue.—The Petition was laid on the table. Sir F. BURDETT presented the Petition of George Ensor, of the county of Armagh, stating a variety of evils which had arise:) out of the irritating practice of making processions of Orange Lodges and Associations in that ..aunty. 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