Star. — London, England, 1828-03-19 00:00:00

rr , t at :es lIIIC aw tie' I. of • it d. ')e • ter. we d . . it would be proper that loch declarations shoutst he in ide the oath t f the patty, or *Whether we ong!,t to be content with their simple declaration. I consular a Jed tration cr oath which it would be im potsrble for Di•senter‘ to take, %mild be, in f act, to re peal , he.; roc-edirg which the . Noble Lord has made, and subject ihe Dissenters to evils and grievances as great as those fiorn which they seek to be relitved.— tCheers )—The H use has, on the one hand, to look to the secut icy of the Church aid C•lns.i•ution of &island ; on the other, that no measure shall be prolonged or enacted which has or shall have the effect of imposing upon Dissenters the taking of any declaration which they must conscientiously refuse. The Noble Lord says, such a declaration would he incompatible with the principle of the Bill. Mine is not such a proposition. I should, in preference to an oath, rather propose a solemn declaration or affirmation, bee one it would not only secure the object of the Noble Lord, but mild go beyond it, and throw open wider the door of tc4eration--(Cheers).— A declaration would be more in conformity with the object of the Bill, and, as I think, tie security arising front it is equally vaid, t must con 'fess that I am now inclined to prefer a declaration Cri solemn affirmation. The terms of that declaration shall p stpone at present, as the details must scant se vet al corrections which they can receive only in Com nottee—(Ci ies af " read, read"). It, however, it is the wish of the House that I should read °sem before we go into Commiitee, I am at the disr osal of the House. And here I must ptemise. that I should propose the pleambie (so the Bill to ire the same As that ut toe Bill brought to by Mr. G , utt.n. lot the te;noval of the Civil and Military Disqualtfit.‘ations of the Catho li-s—to this elf ct " Whereas the Protestant succession to the Crown is by the Act fir the further limit aim of the Crown, and the better securing the liberies of the peopk, establidsed, permanently and inviolably ;, and whereas the Pritiretant Episcopal Church of Eneland and Ire. laud, and the &value., Discipline, and government thereof. 4&111 illseMibr the Protestant Church of Scotland, and toe doctrine, dis cipline, and - government thereof, are established permanently and Arid I would have every Dissenter, on taking office, to make rte too oeclaration ; “ I, A. B. do solemnly declare that I will not use any privilege. power. or influence, which I do now, or may hereafter posses by this race, to mit-1414.0w or disturb the present Church E•tablisit. mem of the United Kingdom, or injure or weaken the Protestant Much, or deprive it .of any of those powers or privoests it enjoys, as by law established." The following is the substance of the two other elausts ptoposed by Mi. Pre': " Aud be it further enacted, that every such Protestant Dissenter, m being appointed to - olice soder the Crowa, shall make this de clustion in the presence of two Justices of the PrAce ; until be shall bare made it, any official acts of his to be void." " And be it further enacted, that every Prote.tant elected to MI soy *Vein a Borough or Corporation, be required to make thi mkt dedication before two Justice., 0 adch Cuiperation, and, if he omit to make it, his ifketiou be void." As to the particular offices under the Crosin into arbich.admissinn should be attended by making this de claration. I confess I have found it very ditbcult to clis thiguish betwe. n those* ffices, the takeea of w Inch Shpold Make tie decloation. and tho.eiserty ones into which D ssenter• may he admitted without t!•.e necessity of ritakist it. 13 . 4, gen tatty speaking, I would proper e to Meet the dillicstlty b) some such clause as this;--lie it enacted that the King b e empoo.eied to require any per inns taking civil office under the Crown to subscribe this declaration (finder regulations, the details of - uhich can be arranged + n the Committee ) And now ( continued the R H ight 00. (ientleman) I. am anxious to state, that whatever part I nave taken in relation to this Bill on its first introduction, awl 'worm decidedly 1 opposed the original - motion of t'.e Noble Lord, I can assure the Honse most sincerely. that alter Whet has taken place upon it-after the deliberate discussion that th‘eneasure. has undergone, and the decided majority that has dr ccirel in its favour—l shall not yield to _the Noble Lord in a sincere 'desire that the question ihould be sided in this very iession satislactmily, aorl'for ever— (Loud chreiing). Bait this I shall do in the hope that. this proposition, .so reisooithl ~ will meet no opposition from-the advocates of the Dissenters in this House. I cannot be expected to pledge thyself for the conduct of others;: but if this Proposition be accepted, I fret the strongest coatfidence that this session will not expire before • Parliationt shall . bave made a permanent and satisfacto4 adjustment of di' question.....(Cheeriag).— I am.sure th a t if that Noble and conseots to include these clauses in his Bill, he se II by that step ensure its i o success in this H. use, that let measure trill give com plete satisfaction to myself, and that I will do every thing in my power to promote its ultimate success. Bit here I beg the Hotta, to remember, that eyed in this proceeding we act on the great principle, thi.ugh mitigated by the Annual Indemnity Bill, that requires a . pledge for the security of the Church as indis pensable . to the holding of office. We propose to open office to the • Protestant Dissenters', on their giving us a pledge fur 'the security of 'the Establi.hed Church. ff the advocates fur the Dissenter will' '4 that he is liable .to suffer oppression and injustice *min the existing law, I ask him to accept this measure, which is calculated to give him what has been called a dignified consciousness of semi ity, on condition that be will promitt not to use the power which it may confer on liiiii to the injury of the Established Church.. The Noble Lord opposite bas argued in favour of a simple repeal of tisese laws, on the ground of policy—Sir, I think the Noble Lord has not succeeded in proving the impolicy of .eaactink . securities for the Church. In 1 Antericaiindeedovheril no particular religion is favoured by theta s , such an exaction 'may work injusticez-but the experience of every Governeitent in Europe has shown us, that religion will enter into secular affairs, and the experience of many years has proved to this country the necessity of taking strong measures for the security of our Established Religion. . This se. cognition of the Church as an essential part of the Constitution, bas been frequently made by Parlias Oft; turd recorded even by the advocates of the Ca tholic claims—in the INll introduced by Mr. Grattan for the removal of the civil and military disqualifications of the Roman Catholics; for in that Bill it is not only acknowledged that the Protestant Church is " esta birthed permanently and inviolably," but that " it would tend to promote the interest of the same, and stiengthen 6or free - Constitution, of which it is a part, if the civil and militar y *disqualifications under whiCh I. is Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects now labour were teamed." It has been dm. recognised by Parliament that the Established Church is an essential part of ttie British Criostisution. Yet, Sir, I do not think it necessary, as Mr. Bu kr did, to call on the Di.sentett to acknowledge that principle, but 1 conceive it right that this House should record their opinion that the I Established Church is part of the Constitution. And 1 hem I t. et proud in, stating, tkat the temper des. 1 1 14 Yed b 7 the heads of the .Established Church on this question, and the calm b or fidelice which they reposed in vie justice and wisdoM of Parliament„ render it quite . *"'necessary for me to pronounce any eulogiuw or , t''' m. us to defend them against any censure, as I an. b ere that every Han. Gentleman in this House II aid) i'i a. 1 , 1 "w that the cowrie taken by . the 141 , 0b*s at loe kotabnslawl.Cbas — si was. pie of 041,10 *lido liWitin . and if, a; has been said by thesNoble Lord, the Dis senter's lima entitled themselves'io the Corisideiatiori of the Houie by . their silftce and fOrbearance for thirty seven years, sure I am that the present forbear ance of the Established Church on this subject gives them an irresistible claim to the respectful atm lion of Parliament. I tr u st the House will exhibit an unanimous feeling on the repeal of those laws, which have been considered by many out of the House as the bulwarks of the Constitution, and of which I admit a strong feeling exists in the House--; but if the Noble Lord shall persist in pressing the simple repeal of them; I shall consider it my duty to take the sense of the House upon his motion, and I hope to see a powerful majority in favour of those clauses of mi ne , w hi c h, if included in the Noble Lord's Bill, still, I am sure, tend to secure its setcessin this House, and facilitate the satisfactory adjititment of the question elsewhere; and further, I assure him, that if my proposition be adopted, I shall do all in my power to suppprt the Bill in every possible manner.—(Cheers.) Lord LOWTHER declared his satisfaction at ending that the question was about to be placed upon a per manent basis, and be hoped that it would prove satis factory to all parties. Mr. FERGUSON thought the conduct of the Church of England had been much to their honour, in allowing the Parliament to decide the question without inter fering. He'was of opinion that such a Church required no other security than its own conduct, and the Claud , of England was at present more secure than at any period in her history. The Church of Scotland dial not seek for any prOtec i-n from such a declaration—and certainty ;did not require any. He would admit that it any declaration was required, none could be more mo. detate than that proposed by the Right Honourable Gentleman. Lie should not separate him-elt from the l*N .ble L:)td whichever course I e should adopt. and though he objected to any declaration on principle, yet he would conform to that, whatever course of pr. cred ing the Noble Lord thought most for the interest of the great coe,riun lie had so happily conducted—(Hear.) Mt. WYNN said, he had not voted for th Nohl. Lo d's mnu. n in the expectation of any declaration. raring substituted for the present Test, but with the sincere intention of getting rid of the pieeirt Test, which he considered was far front being a sirturity to the Church ; indeed, the net was so placed as to allow 411 the lasge fish to leap over, though it had caught a fish called au Alderman—lA laugh.)—He thought the present declarations against the descendants of James the Second were very ridiculous, and that the declaration now rtoposed was a very great improve. ment ; and it it should be the wish of the House to adopt it, he should rather concur in that determina tion than risk the loss of the measuie—(Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHORP said, he felt the greatest objection to the introduction of any drclaraticn, which he consi dried wholly unnecessary; hut if its introduction was necessary to the passing of the Bill, he should not think himself justified in risking . the loss of the Bull by oppo. sition to it. He should prefer the decimation of the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke first, as being more clear and simple than the other. It was . of great im portance that omitting to take. the declaration was no; to be visited with pains anti penalties, Tr* declamation made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, that , if his.propo. sition was agreed to, the it II would pass into alau, had peat weight on his mind.-(Henri bear)—and he could not but congratulate hisiklUble Fra.od on having. so far succeetied in a measure which would deliver the countty from laws by which it was . disgraced, and would tend to promote harmony amongst all classes ut the people—(Heaa, hear.). Sir M. W. RIDLEY said, that if the measure of his Noble Fsiend had passed without addition, it would have been the greatest possible triumph for liberal opi nions in this c untry. He. considered it as the corn mencementof an era in which those opinions and prin ciples must be triumphant. He hoped that his Noble Friend would agree to 'the proposal of the Right Hon. 1 Gentleman, rather than endanger the success of so ins..l portant a measure, although he was obliged in some' degree to sacrifice his own principle. . Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, that before expressing an opinion upon the preposition of the Right Hon. Geotle• man, he should consult the opinion of those who would be the most deeply affected by it. -He was sure that those parties would be ready to make- any concession which did not compromise the great principles for which they were din:ending. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH said he had, for forty years, watched the progress of public opinion on this question, and saw the prejudices wearing away year after Oar, and thought that in a few years they would entirely cease to exist, and the septa! of the present Test would be adopted without any substitute. '1 hat such prejudices should exist, he could allow for ; but he thought what were tilled securities were woe se than useless. What, he would ask,constituted.the security of the Church of Eng land? He firmly believed that a large majority of the people were &mly attached to the Church, and this was what formed its security; but it would be still mote secure ',beta the Test and Corporation Acts were re pealed, as they keep up irritation. If it were intended to make any change unfavourable to the Church Estab lishment, where could' it be done but in .Parliament? and for forty years no sugkestion had ever been made to him, and he was sati►6 , .d never would, es it would be the esti avagance ,of folly. He thought the decla ration requited was, in truth, asking with great solem nity for no security against no danger. He had miller reason for olsjeetsng to securities—which was—England was almost the only country in Eu rope in which such securities were required; and he did feel it some disgrace that England should be behind the Continental Powers of Europe in the im portant subject of religious liberty ; but seeing the dis position of the House, and uneeislanding from the de claration of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the Bell, with the declaration, would have the bet•er chance of passing in another place, he should not object to it on the part of those who thought taey had a right to an UnquAfied repeal of the present Acts—(Hear!) Lord JOHN RUSSELL Paid, he had on a former night stsited, that if the Bill could be passed in a man ner that would be agreeable both to the Di , senters and the Established Church, it w , uld be doubly agreeable to him. He could not doubt what was the feeling of the House. surd could not hesitate to conlorm to it. He thought the declaration proposed by the Secretary of stare should be preferred to the other, from the &ester confidence its adoption would give of the Bill passing anothtr place. But though he preferred that decla ration at present, itt when the Bill should be printed:' ice eonceiired that the qoestion of alteration would be of en. He supposed the declaration was to be taken by :he members of the established Church, and was to ex. tend to Scotland. &latter* MIL explained. He bad no intention to el rate declared= beyond the parties now called upon to take t. *Tate l iG a r a ngril espiatueti pt th e same effect, and readily withdraw khe'suskeitiod be bad . . . made to the Noble Lord, end its; 'way to that proceeding from Lire Hon. Friend (Mr. Peen. ' • . . After a few words from Mr. Fettoesom and Lord Jong itvs; sus, the Question was put•from the Chair, and agreed to. The House then resolved itself Into a Committee, Mf. IL GOR' nott In the Chair. .1 Mr. Secretary PRIM proposed the insertion of a clause ash -i bodying the detlatatiOn to which he bad alluded. In doing sp he bad some fear as to its mechanism, for only having drawn it up in the morning, he had not had time to submit it to any professional person. On the details, therefore, he was doubtful; but, with respect to the substance, he could only repeat what he had before said—he really believed that its adoption would ensure to the mea sure a favourable reception with all pottier( Hear, hear). What he proposed, therefore, was, that the clause should be printed with the rest of the Rill, and then, if on examination any alteration should be required, it could be taken into consideration, and dealt with as might appear necessary. Tbe different clauses having been gone through, the House re sumed, when the Report of the Committee was brought up. and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday next. — The mu with its Amendments were ordered to be printed. ?MTN DISTRANCIALSSMIINT On the motion of Lord Joan ltussxxx, the House resolved Itself into a Committee on the Borough of Penryn Disfranchise nient Bill, Sir A. Gaanv in the Chair. The 8.11 with its Amendments !wing beets gone through, the House resumed, when the Report was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday next. The Bill with its Amendments were ordered to be printed. • P %SWINGERS MIGULATION BILL. Mr. HUSK ISSON moved the second reading of the Passen gers Regulation Bill. Mr. WARBURTON laid, the great complaint ma !e against the voluntary emigration that was taking place to our American Colonies,was the p verty and disaffec don oldie em;gi ants. The Hon. Gentleman read man) opinions of persons in Canada, complaining that the poor and disaffected were sent there for the benefit of the mother country. The Gentlemen- of Ireland and of England %sire unanimously of opinidn, that paupers .nd the disaffected were the very pet sons who should ~e shipped off. Between these opinions it was absolutely necessary that Government should deride. He knew there were causes in operation at this moment, which made it inirossible for Government to dare to ct:e k the tide of emigration. The misery of the pea sant, v of bel nd was so great that it was impossible to check emigration ; and if the Bill was intended to pro sato e it effect, it must fail of its object; and if it were impossible to check emigration, he thought it ought to n be ericciaraged ; and it appeared from the reports on the subject, that if even the moderate sum of a pound a head were lodged in the hands of the Colonial Go. vernment, on - the arrival of emigrants, it would be sufficient for their removal to a place where they could procure enin'aayarient. He thought the Bill required such alterations as could only be made in a select Com mittee up stairs. Mr. VILLIERS STEWART was so far in favour of the present Bill as related to providing sufficient spice and sufficient diet to the passengers. Mr. ROBINSON observed, that one great proof of the necessity of the present measure was the fact that a ship of only 100 tons had taken out 100 per sons. From the distressed state of Ireland, thou sands of distressed persons crowded to the seashore, and the Captain being anxious to make the Lest freight he could, took them on board, however small their freightage money ; and thus arose, and not from any other cause, the propagation . of disease. The Hon. Member concluded by firmly supporting the Bill. Mr. GRATTAN observed,' that it appeared to him that this Bill was brought in 'not for the benefit of Ire land, but for- the 'benefit' of the Colonies. The Hon. Member, nevegtheleis, thought that it was the duty of the House to facilitate emigration; but any restriction would be a bar to it. - Mr. Secretary - I-I LISKISSQN was desirous of recalling the attention of the House to the nature of the measure immediately before them. He would not be induced, by the esample of some Gentlemen, to enter, on this occa cion, into the wide field of the general question of Emigration, but merely confine himself to the ques tion. immediately. under consideration. The general question of Emigration did not' appear to him to be one of so simple a nature as it did to others.— What was the object of the present Bill? Simply to provide that these who were disposed to emi grate horn this country should have the necessary means of maintenance, and suitable accommodation on their passage—(Hear I). He did not admire the humanity, or approve of the policy of those who were advocates for permitting the most helpless and units formed class of the community to leave their native ' country without the decent and necessary means of sup port upon their passage. These unfortunate persobs had the claims of long habits of industry in this their native country; and he could not consent to see them cast off from it for ever without some suitable regard to their decent comforts—(Hear I) This was not a sub ject to which the abstract principles of free trade were applicable, as they were to matters of merchandize.— The restrictions, ItoWever, to be. imposed, should be only such restrictions as were rendered necessary by a regard to the healthful conveyance of -passengers emigrating from this country to the Colonies. The improvidence with which these Irish and Scotch emigrants embarked for a foreign and distant des tination, required the imposition of some salutary restriction, tor the sake of those persons themselves. Yrom the evidence forwarded to the Colonial Office, the. state- •In - which the emigrants arrived at New Brunswick, and other Colonial settlements, it was evident that some such restriction as the present BM' proposed was absolutely necessary. From this evidence these two facts were to be collected—firsr, that the emigrants incuried disease, for want ofaufficient whole some prevision—and secondly, that disease was engen dered for want of ample accommodation on board tf.e vessels in which they were conveyed. In one in stance, out of one hundred and sixty-four passengers, 24 died of typhus fever, which was attributable to either ~f the causes which he had stated. Another instance in evidence was that of a Captain in the Navy, who described one of those vessels containing emigrants which he had seen, as fit only to he compared to a slave vessel, which he had captured four years before —(Hear, hear.) He might easily multiply instances of this kind, but from what he stated it was sufficient, he trusted, to show that he could not discharge the responsibility which devolved Upon him as Secretary of State, if he had not brought forward such l'measure AS the ptesent. Indeed, before the abolition of African Slavery, regulationi were enforced by law for the decept accommodation of the passengers, and the present measure proposed to do, little more—(Hear, hear.) In some of the vessels conveying these unfortunate erhi: grants, the water for their support was found to ise contained in old casks Which contained molasse4. and us casks in which salted hides had been brought to this country from Buenos Ayres. He asked the House confidently it he n would be justified in withho:ding front - it some propositions fur an improved means of maintenance. with such evidence as this before him? It in the conveyance of slaves there was some pro. portion observed between the tonnage of the vessel and the number which it contained, surely they ought not to be •an regardless of the comfort of Br i t ish s ubjects as not to endeavour to rescue them from the --. , . • • deplorable >costlition. in which the, were 'nova raiel =Hear, herr.) All' he wanted Was, chat Amy. should hivephin, yet wholesome food-that they helve Wholesothe water—and; that they shoold he - proiided with suitable space in the vessels in which they were Sent out to foreign settlements. It was idle to make the abstract principles of free trade appliCable to such a spek su a bje o c f t -aesbtalilee of human nbe unlessingsi! so we d re t; d pr e o s p i or ridur dto treat with them in the same m,nner that one Would deal of a bale of • goods—(llesr. heir). Li order to make the Bill immediately effective, he would propove that it be read to-night a second time, and he would then propose the Committee upon it kr an early days.—(Load cries of hear, hear). . Mr, HUME could not help smiling at the restriolaw principles put forward in this case by a free trade gip nester. He V4u decidedly opposed.to the Sir J. NEWPOR f observed, that if the Bill. watt allowed to pass, England and Scotland would have to suport the Irish migratory poor. • Mr. WILMOT- HORTON said, theta hat the Right Honourable Btronet had said might he correct, if the • Colonies would be hippy to receive the paupers sent from the population of Ireland, forced as it was by Irish Gentlemen, with the view solely of taising their own rents—bast that person wf o' supposed that~ every poor person might go and could find a remedy for his wretchestness in the Colorii s.' must be quite ignorant of the state of aocirty which ersted tem.. lie should et.tet his pt ote .1 against the doctiloo that this Lotintry could be relieved by sending Napes. out to be received by the l: ninnies. That would not • beaCceded to by them, and ev.-n in America they no longer received those paupers woo were produced Ireland by the improvident system pursued by owners of property in that country. He contended that the/ewe/4a loom for attack upon him,•ott the ground that emigrant would not be able to pay back aria sums which might he advanced theni, as them was sufficient evidence to. :he contrary. Neith er T was th e B i ll b e f ore t h e M a n se any infraCtion of th e primp:e s or free trade, for it surely could not be such to ¶all on rte master of a ship to provide a strfficiency of water and of food for his passeogets.--a It was not intended to revive the Bill of 18IT, but : merely to prevent entigrati• n bons being attended with those inconveniences which a few simple -regal& Lions would prevent. The Government was charged-. with 'attending to the representations of individuals, but was there no attention to be paid to the Qoves nor: of Colonies to such men as those who pre sided in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfound. • land? Sir James Kemp, the Governor, had stated. that he was obliged, in Newfoundland, to fit up Alt hospital solely for the recoveryof Irish emigunti.:— (Hear, hear). The same disorder seemed to have , reached our neighbours, for during the last winter a • Dutch vessel, the Helen Maria, from Amsterdatn• ': Rio Janeiro, was obliged to put in to Falmt.uth, masted. Her burden was lut 240 tons—she catried 312 passengers, arid when she arrived at Falosnoth it was found that from her crowded and filthy, state • there were several cases of typhus on board, produced" principally from the bad qual ty of her bread and Water. Mr. STANLEY would support the motion f. t the second reading, as he conceived the principle for the propoeitt 11 for gLing into a Committee was that of a traffic which the House coutiltner . for a moment sanction, namely, a traffic in human flesh. Mr. P. THOMPSON sail he could not c 'ncur in what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman who sp oke last, and was prepared to s uppo r t th e v i ews o f his Wm, Friend (Mr. Warburton), who only asked for a Coin• mittee up stairs to inquire whether legislation was pea.. cessary. The manner in which the debate .had conducted that night proved that a Committee Of whole House was not the best place for a, coniidirati"4_ of this subject. He wi s hed th e Right Hoii.Gentletnins ~ (Mr: Huskisson) of the new view, he seertmed t 0 .. . -. have taken upon the subject . of (tee Wadi: He retain consider the Right Hon. Gentlemaii ai*tinthere upfit • the principle Video meliora, proboque; deteriora letitior. • • There was no analogy - between the case - of emfgriiit • and slave vessels. Could the slave, Rite the ethigrant; make preparation for his voyage? could hers on board and look to the state of the vessefin which he was tai- sail? - It had been said the United States imposed restrictions • on emigration to their shores. The cases were different. • The object of the United States was to receive -men with capital. The objeCt here was to get rid of a poor and needy population. There was not one of the letrets written by the Governors of the Colonies which con- , tained more than ex parte evidence. There were. pro. visions in this Bill, the tendency of which was - moat injurious. One clause provided : that there .should be. a • sufficiency of wholesome food. Who was to decid. what wholesome food was? Another clause required that bonds should be given as to the ships being. sea,: worthy. He contended that the measure v if passed, must prove highly injurious. - - Mr. S. W.ORTLEY said it was impossible to read the evidence without -being convinced that some regulation was necessary. A strong reason for present legislation was, that otherwise einigiants would be exposed for another year to the evi's els eady suffered by tithe's; He • believed the law of 1817 was -neat the first on the sub ject. There was another previotis.to it, the 43d. of use late King. He had not the least hesitation in saying that Government was bound immediately to legislate on the subject. Mr. A. BARING said, he had been mainly instru mental in bringing about the repeal •of the Bill of . Ibl7. The Tiestion of emigra:ion was one of the greatest importance, from which great practical relief' 'may hereafter be derived to the county y. The . Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Wilmot-Horton) always opposed what he called casual emigration, and re commended emigration on the principle of the ex••• pense being pattly borne by the patisher. If there were sufficient time, he should prefer an inquiry by: a Committee up stairs. L was, however, now too lice in the se ion. He was a friend to some regulation. The necessity Of it was fully borne out by the evidence. Under the former Act therestristions were too nume- • rous, and produced great inconvenience: He•trusted. that the restrictions in the present Bill-would be as few as were consistent with humanity. With, respect to free trade, to regulate the number of passengers on board t ssels,i h n e te ri r u fe m r e b d er l o lo f pa totr se e n T lim itt one pihnatt i oe f r outside t e i s sp e i e e e toh i f g a en r o a ra i: cg t h v ue as Siv.j.. BERESFORD said, that he frequently fell itt, rant „vessels in a most wretched condi., a teprelea!ototecf to the Admiral: , s g e served:'' ' .• ••,•• • . lion, and ath ß nw i ed madellhse emigrant was ei then read a sailed thie;Owteeissnitted fur Thin. day next. The other Orders of the Day *ere Opined of'„ and the Waist adjourned at EtaiairisTraing. . . •. . • • Yesterday a,C.ontroversial Meeting wai bald at ,the Freemasons T.ivei'h;'for the "purpose of diseussisig ea( doctrinal points at- driPtite between the Protestalit'OHlP Roman Catholic Churihei... The Chair. was . fillasi:l4 the Hon. 6rsacta Pstfcra*s4, - ,: 1710, ; Meeting. was ag+ . merously and tespectably-agendcd. , • . 4 : 4