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, 3*C " • 1 • .1 barrel for his beerohe poor man paid no less than 5.5 It was in some measure to remedy this that retail brewing was introduced. This class naturally became eery obnoxicks both to great brewers and the publicans, who erkleavoureclo put them down. He knew an in stance himself in which the beer of a retail brewer, near one of ihe docks,‘*as prevented from being carried into the yard, and the man was in consequence ruined. It was, he believed, intended that the 95th Geo. 11l should be at least virtually repealed by the 5 Geo. IV. The Magistrates, however, in many cases, took advan tage of the former Act, and convictions were obtained under it against retail brewers. The Petitioners prayed that a law might be made to remedy this inconvenience, lad that the time allowed for selling their beer might be extended from nine td ten o'clock. He knew that the Eacise manifested a willingness to favour this class, of brewers, but the order issued by them was in most .cases not attended to. Out of 14 retail brewers in the , borough'of Preston, ten were already ruined, and three more were under prosecution. Mr. HERRIES said the Hon. Member truly stated what the object of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been in bringing forward the measure. The 95th of the Kies related entirely to the regulation of Alehouses, and-bad oo reference to retail houses. The Excise had not interfered in any of the'prosecutions that had taken place, and were *ispnsed rather- to protect than punish, the retail brewers. _,Government would be happy to , take any steps that might be judged necessary for car rying into effect the sth of George IV. Mr. MA BERLEY saldolie laws regulating the duty ou.beer, and the sale of it, required revision. Accord ins in the present system, the poor man paid from SA to 254 per cent: mote than the rich for his beer. Thiel he could prove before a Commi:tee. Mr. F. PALMER sp ,lee in support of the Petition, l Which was Ordered to be printed. - Petitions against the Test and Corearadme Acts were presented 'by Mr. Sr , from Neweburcb; by tux Rica, from Barnet Walden, and other places in Henfoedshire, by Sir W. W. Writs, from Montgomery and various parts of Webs; by Lord B. Sanaa sam front Chefton, Helbly. Clifton, Hawitaborough, and Stroud; by Mr. EA STH UTZ, from Hackney ; by Sir T. A , from Tbomville,J.eominster, and other parts of Devon ; and by Mr. Faaamsaszv, from Belford, and three other places in Lincoln. COW SWIATION. Mr. H. GRATTAN presented a Petition from the Journeymen Printers of the city of Dublin, praying that no alteration night be made in the present state of the law affecting combination.—Or. dered to be primed. TtavY. Mr. DOUGLAS presented. Return of Navy Pro motions,whicb was laid upon the table. On the motion of Mr. Haammeen, various returns, sheaving the tonnage inwards and outwards, between Great Britain and the port, atlas Baltic, Prussia, Re. from 1515 to inclusive, were (*deed to be laid on the table. ouseoste LAWS. Mr. HUSICISSON moved the Order of the Day, for the House reselviog itself into a Committee on the Customs Laws' Amend ment BUL—The Snagsa having left the Chair. Mr..HUME sad, he hoped it was not the intention 4)f-Government, to carry through this Bill during the Resent Session the mercantile interest had not been made aware of its provisions. Besides, the House should not lose sight of the fact, that its principle was in direct opposition to those of free trade. It had been stated, that, after the warehousing, and other Bills of that class, were passed, the object would be, as much as possible, to simplify statutes relating to commerce. Unless some very strong reason could be given, he thought that the passing of the law at the present moment would be likely to prove highly injurious. The Bill then beioie the Committee, in his opinion, included too many provisions. Mr. HUSK ISSON understood the Hon. Gentleman opposi!e, to object to the present measure, on the ground of its embracing various enactments respecting the re venue, that might advantageously be divided. He must be permitted to say, that, her the most careful consi der ation, it did appear to the Government, that this was the most expedient mode of legislating upon the present subject, and he world tell the Hon. Gentleman why : In the year 1825, five Statutes had been consolidated — those relating to warehousing, to smuggling, to naviga tion, to foreign possessions, and to registry. On that IMPERIAL PARLIAftiENT. • r-- ti ItitIISI OP LOKDS, Jews 18. asi . t, I ' a 11/ \‘\( * GAME LAWS. The Marquis of SALISBURY moved the ttrelor ne the Day ilex Ow d reading of the Bill to Legalise the Silo a Game. 4 c an Im iae urn. o t f o ß say OStßhaßtitißt would ßlf put was understoo d rersropoolde in n o Ranpgplraonedenonf the 'AM. footing as those in Scotland with respect to the right of Ws of game. Berl of W INC HELSEA objected to the Bill, and moved, AM Weed of now, it be read a third time that day three months. . Mat a few words from Earl GA051 , 1/401, in favour, it was nn. del.-al oldie mheure, 111. Hasa divided on the question that the word now gated Ore et dle wietlon. Oisatente .1 I FiPresent . Si nnan . 15—.44 ' NOt Contents : i Present • as • 1 Proxies . 15—.4'1 Majority against the Bill • . —4 .. .• On being re-admitted, we found, ' The Marquis of &annuity moving, that instead of 6 di* three months: l (hr Bill be read a third time on Pilonday. • - Lard KENYON chasten the motion irregular, after the disdains to which the Meese had pot come. The Rid of NIA LMESBURY and Lord FARM - 144K con tended, that according to the common acceptance and oar of (b. Home the rejection of the word " now," was final, and tkatifie Noble Lords who had voted to that effect certainly considered that they bad negatived the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWN apprebettded, that it remained for the parties to the Bill to determine whether they would take such a vote as final, and to abide by the neasequences of their de termination. There certainly might be a variety of opinions between reading the Bill that night, ea Monday, or that day three mouths, and the Noble Marquis was at Eberly to take the sense oL•the House if he thought proper. The Horse thee dividhd so the grestiss. *at a that day three months" stand part of the question. 64 58 , • Majerky against the Bill-16 sew SILLS. • Sir A. GRANT and others, frem the Commons, brought the Grants of Money Bill for the service of HIV, the 13,900,000 f. Ea chequer Bills Bill, the Riche Duties Continuation Bill the Prero gative Court of Faculty in Ireland Bill, the Dunbar Harbour Im provement Bill, the Ale Licenses BW.—Read a first time. Sir A. Gum: then presented a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi dence on which the Commons had passed the Bill to disfranchise the Borough of Peeryn. Mr. Joeuenor, from the Mee of Chief Secretary for baba, presented a Report from the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries.— Laid on the table. Contents . Not-Contents • GROWN LEAI24 Lard TICYNHA M pee sake, that on Monday next be should Move I. Sworn. of all the Crown Leases renewed since HIS& :gismo GODERICH moved that the House do now adjourn till Monday. ' The LORD CHANCIILLOR put the question from the Wool sack with the formality attendant on all important questions, and declared that the Contents had it.—Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE AF COMMON& Sir M W. RIDLIT took the oaths and his seat. - Mr. JOIDISTON presented the Report of the amoduksin ado Irish Fisheries. The Dunbar Harbour Bill was read a third time, when , • Lord BINNING moved a clause by way of rider, to amend the trust, by adding to the Provost and Town Council of that Borough, . live of the Burgesses. Upon this motion a long discussion ensued, in which Colonel • . Dalrymple, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Hume, Mr. W. Dundas, Sir G. Warrender, and Sir R. Fergosson took part. . The House then divided, and there appeared to be— For the motion 46 Against it - 100 . Majority against the Clause Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the County of Wexford, complaining of the Assessments for the payment of Curates. Sir J. NEWPORT supported the Petition, which was then • read and ordered to be printed. Mr. F. WILSON prevented a Petition from the Town of Sel tey against the burning of Widows in India. Mr. C. PALMER presented a Petition from the Parish of iebriatcherck, in the County of surrey, against the Monopoly of the 'Water Companies. Lord A LTHORP presented two Petitions from Warwick, and eight from different ?arts of Northamptonshire, against the Test and Coporation Acts. 'DIVA? , SILLS. Mr. nu MR said be bad a resolution to submit to the House, the object of winch was to expedite Private Bills. He meant for the present only is have it printed. The Hon. Member concluded by propobingtbe following resolutions—That all Private Ms, di rected to be printed by the Standing Order, shall have the blanks idled up by black letter. traURANCC DOW. Mr. HUBIE presented a Petition from the Fire Insurance Com panies of Furfarsbire and Perthshire, preying for a reduction of the duty on Policies. He felt confident that the duty would be equally productive if it were teduced one half. The whole sum raised from it at present In itngland, Scotland, and Ireland, was 7117,0001. Mr. Alderman THOMSON supported the PetitioO.--It was read, sod ordered to be printed. latitCliArr STAMM Mr. HUME presented a Petition from George Wm. Butler, praying that the House would take into consideration the Laws af fecting the Merchant Seamene.-Ordered to be printed. ISTATII Or inat.ann. Mr. G. MOORE presented a Petition from Mr. John • the House to take occasion, it — wis found necessary to introduce a Bill, corresponding exactly in character with that which then lay upon the table of the House. It would be observed, that in the present Bill, the consolidation was so made, as that each class appeared under its proper head. and the Bill itself, contained the mode of referring to the several alterations by means of the marginal notes.— The idea was adopted fiorn an excellent digest of the Customs' Laws, which was in the hands of every mer cantile man. 13y means of these notes, the difference on any particular point between the new law and the old, would be evident at a glance. No mode could be "-note and satisf - thus including all the al• Beard, of Pall Mall - EOM, praying into its consideration his views for the Introduction and ' Improvement of Manufactures io Ireland. The Hon. Member stated, that the ideas of this Gentleman had been communicated to the public in the form of letters, addressed to an eminent Statesman; and in those ideas generally he concurred. He expressed his want of confidence io any scheme of emigration, unless it was of the most extensive nature. The sending away of thirty or forty thousand pernins annually would so simple and satisfactory as _ terations in a single Bill. It was with that view that the present Bill was introduces at the present period of the Session, for the purpose of consolidating, all the changes that had ptevtously been considered and deter mined no. Mr. HUME complained that sufficient information had not been supplied to the House. It was hard to understand what the law was, and what it was intended to make it. He thought that they had not bees fairly be of no use; but Ireland Contained ample natural sources of employment for the whole of her population. In mines of iron, copper, lead, and even silver, Ireland was as rich as England. In colleries Ireland was as rich as England. The quantity of fertile and uncul tivated land was much greater in Ireland than in England. Then the same means might be supplied to Ireland which had - 4uced the splendid prosperity of dealt with. Mr. HERRIES said it was very easy to bring ge neral charges, but he called upon the Hon. Gentleman to bring any specific accusation that he could, of want of candour on the part of his Majesty's Government. Mr. HUME explained.—He bad not attributed any want of candour. Mr. HERRIES still thou, , t that there ,peered a 13y the new arrangement It was proposed to intfoduce‘ wool, slittosack, madder, madder root, Willa, brim stone, bark of oak, cork, oranges, lemons. linseed, rdpe seed, cloverseed. 1f the metchattts of London bad been aware that any such clause %esti contaihed in the Bills the table of the House would have been coveted with Petitions aeainst it; Mr. HUSKISSON observed, that he must say, no thing could be more in unison with the Navigation Laws than was the present alteration. There wete, as was well known, twenty-eight articles, which could not be brought to this country, except in British ships, or in the vessels of the country in which they were growl or produced.. The object of fixing thee articles by law was, for the encouragement of the Bliti.h Navigation ; and the selection was made of articles, which, from their bulk, and the quantity imported, were best calcu lated to produce this effect. This principle was well known, and the articles in question have usually been designated the enumerated articles. Tue Committee was aware that, with the exception of these, the pro- ductions of any country might be brought hither in the ships of any country; but this exception was most wise in its origin, and should be preserved, as highly concs• cive to the interests of navigation. In the time that has elapsed since the reign of Charles 11. it was not sur• prising, that the articles which then formed the enu merated list, should have ceased to be imported in large qoantities—vinegar, for instance; in consequence of t protecting duties it bad happened that the quantity of wimegar imported became nothing, or next to nothing.' It was in the present state of our commerce deemed highly expedient to omit six from the number in question; these had been referred to, by the last I speaker, and to substitute some others in their stead. In fact, it had been found that several of these articles the country had ceased to import at all ; and, referring to the principle tinder which the original selection had been made, he , would ask, was there any thing inconsistent with the measures he had always advocated in that House, to apple that principle to the altered state of our commerce? Such articles as were imported in large quantities, and were bulky in themselves, came, he conceived, within the principle which the Legisla ture had always recognized; and the object of the mea sure then before the Committee was, to make that principle more applicable to the present time. In the years 1821 and 1822, there were sitting a Committee of Foreign Trade; then would have been the time to propose an abandonment of the enumerated articles.— He was peifectly willing to admit that the whole sys tem of our Navigation Lees was prejudicial to the in.l terests of commerce ; and if the question was, should the sacrifice commence for the sake of their commercial marine, he would not have the slightest dfficulty in affirming that the commercial marine ought to be kept' , up at almost any sacrifice. On the subject of the arti- 1 cles to which the last speaker had referred, he had gone great lengths to make up his baker's dozen when he took oranges and lemons its separate articles, madder . And madder root, cloverseed, rapeseed, and linseed. He regretted to say, that recently several articles of Mediterranean produce had been brought in Northern vessels. He confessed he looked upon that interference with much jealousy, and he thought measures ought to , be taken to .ecure this country against its injurious ef fects. With respect to one of the enumerated articles, bark of oak, it had heretofore been brought from Hol land in the ships of the Netherlands. The present law would not have the effect of changing the arrangement in this puticular. He had no objection that that article should be brought hither in the ships of ' that country. The Honourable Member had charged him (Mr. Hus. kisson) with inconsis encya this, he thought, would have been the last charge that would have been brought against him, especially when be was laying it down as l a principle, that wherever the interest of navigation came into collision with those of commerce; the latter should give way. He had been placed in a very difficult and de licate situation: his object had been to steer a middle course, and observe a strict impartiality towards all. He had been called a political economist; for that he did not care; but it was most unjust to represent him AS abandoning principles, because he sought to modify them, and qualify them, according to circumstances. It had been objected to the present Bill, that it might take some pasties by surprise. To get rid of that he would propose, that the Bill Should not take effect till after the Ist of January next. Much had been said on other occasions of the liberality of other countries, but Hon. Gentlemen would look at home ; they would find that our laws we/ e less severe and restrictive, than those that had been held up as examples to us. America will receve nothing except in its own vessels, ur io those of hence the - tide - Th: ibition the country wl tt arts . came. is prohiL extended to every article of commerce; whereas, in this country, it was limited to 28. While he was upon his legs he might as well notice the next clause in the Bas, densely, that relating to the stamp duty payable upos the indentures of apprent:ces in merchant ships. Ho wished to give every relief to the shipping interest—he was, indeed, most anxious to see it prosper. AU mer• chant vessels were bound to take one apprentice for every hundred tons. This was, in itself, an onerous iry position, and it was hard that it should be aggravated by a heavy stamp duty. It was proposed that this duty should be reduced. • • After a few observations from Mr. llassnatx and Mr. Was sumo, and an explanation from Mr. Hosictssom, Mr. WARBURTON said, the Right Hon. Gentle man appeared to him to be acting with inconsistency, nd -ting from the principles he had previously Areiano wt..... .._ prods.__ _ igi appe... and was dew , . England. He implored the earnest attention of the wish to east some imputation upon those by whom laid down. House to this momentous subject; and for the accu- the present measure had been brought forward, but of Mr. R. BERNAL observed, that if his friends beside racy of these statements, he referred to statistical sur- any such he felt confident the House would acquit him were desirous of departing from the old system of veys and to reports of Committees of. that House.— them. There was one deficiency, however, for which Navigation Laws, he feared they would not have the Every one who had visited Ireland agreed that in that he felt bound to make some apology—he alluded to country with them. He conceived the shipowners of country, as in every other, the disposition to turbu- the scale of comparative duties—he had hoped it would the kingdom ought not to be railed at as a body for lence was always subdued whenever the people had have been ready before then. He lost no time in gig demanding too much. In his opinion the Right Hon. the means of employment. iog directions that it should be prepared. Those to Gentleman (Mr. Huskisson) had been most unjustly The Petition was then read and laid upos eke table. whom he had given the directions in question, were, charged with giving rise to the distress that prevailed TUT AND CORPORATION ACTS. eas y among the shipping interest, because that distressing!. he thought, entitled to some excuse. It was not Petitions praying the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts to certainly existed before the existence of the Reciprat were presented by sir E. KMATCHSOLL, from the Protestant pi n . prepare a scale npon the . . proposed plan—that ii arnters of a Parish in Cheshire; by Mr. F. PALMIN fre4l the formed of two columns, stating the different duties now city Act. Parish of Wokingham, in the county of Herts; Irons Harrowe s and formerly chargeable—and the difficulty lay in Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said, the mercantile in ane! from Tnatcham, both in the county of Barks, by Lord this, that the difference proposed to be displayed, was terests of the City of London, whom he represented, had TAIIISTITE, four Petitions from different Parishes in Bedford- not always in the rates, but in the modes of charging been much surprised that so important a change in the saw. ; by Mr. H. Air:sense, from Barnstaple, in the county of D evon; by Mr. R. SMITH, from Newport Pagnel, Langley, those rates. Navigation Laws as that contemplated by the present Fenny Stratford, Waddesden, Quainton, Stoke, Beaconsfield, Alderman THOMPSON said, though he did not Bill, should be brought forward at so late a period et chalfoot St. Peter's, Chesham, Olney, Link Missenden, Sher- altogether appr.-• . of the Bill, he would not vote for the Session, when due consideration could not be given rington, North Crawley. and Ickford, in the county of Bucks. postponing it to n xt Session. to it. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would with. IMAM BRRWSRS. draw this clause, at least for the present. A short conversation then ensued, in which Mr. !avow, Mr. Mr. IWOOD said he had to present a Petition from w ..11111117117011, Mr. lialtilllS. Mr. BKILX.II,, and Mr. Huscuiscro, . the Retail Brewers of Preston, complaining of the in. participated. Dir. W. WARD said, the clause appeared to him to be a considerable addition to the present restrictions. conveturn . ces to which they were subjected. The House Mr. THOMPSON (of Dover) complained of one of well knew that the object of the late Chancellor the clauses of the present Bill, as increasing the number Mr. H USKISSON could not satisfy himself, that the f the Exchequer , in al lowin g the introduction of of articles of which forei g n vessels were not allowed to importation of any of those articles in foreign ships : .minor class of brewers, was to open the trade become the carriers; formerly they were only six ;by could at all injure British commerce. He could not, in some degree. So unjust had the law been in this Bill they would be thirteen. Originally they con- therefore, withdraw the clause. There must be a line. i ts wevalsee' ,dvat *bile the tick man paid only 20s. a :Med of rosin, pitch ; vinegar, potash, salt, and sugar, drawn between the interests of navigation and com-, i• . 'N.%, mete, Ada *hire he fire , ctreti the interests dr the one, it was equally hit object tb press as littk as possible on those of the other. Mr. HONE regretted tb see the light Hon. Gentle man now yielJing to that clarhour which he thought had been unattended to. He thought it would be bey. ter to postpone the clause to a future period. par t i cg: larly as he had no doubt that Parliament wbuld me ss in November—(A I nigh). Mr. HUSKISSON trusted, that after the speech ho had recently delivered in that House, and after the con duct he had uniformly punned, no one would accuse him of yielding to idle clamour. Mr. C. GRANT` defended his Right Hon. F r i en d from the charge of yielding to clamour, and contended that the present clause was necessary, in order to assist 'in maintaining that which had been the treat ol , ject of our Navigation Laws. Toe alteraticins which had al: ready been made in those laws had been made openly but if this clause was not carried, those alteration ; without having been so intended, would go to depose the shipowners of advantages which they now beh e , e d they possessed. Mr. P. THOMPSON said, that all he wished was to leave the shipowners at they were, and not to give them any fresh privileges. He denied that his opposition to this measure had been in tie least degree influenced by private interest.—The Clause was then agreed to. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that he was about to propose arother clause, the introduction of which, he was sure, would lay him under no imputatio2 of a wish to injure the shipping interest. In the continent of South America there were some very valuable mines of copper ; but from the want of fuel, the want of capital, and the want of skill, the operation of smelting it was difficult, if not almost impossible. Now this country happily possessed those advantages of fuel, capital, and skill,which would enable us to make the smelting of that ore a profitable brooch of industry. With the view of ascertaining whether this could be advantageously effected, the Government had for some time allowed the importation of copper ore, for the purposes of being smelted and then exported. The innovation thus made by way of experiment hav ing been hitherto successful, he wished to legalise it; and he therefore proposed to introduce a clause permit. ring the importation of copper ore for she purposes he had mentioned, with this advantage to the shipping in. terest, that these importations were only to be made in British bottoms. Sir R. VIVIAN opposed the clause, as he thought it would injure the interests of the owners of copp er mines in Cornwall. Mr. PIINDAhVES also opposed the Clause. Mr. HUSKISSON did not think that the measure proposed would injure the interests of the persons men. tioned ; but even if it should do so to a small extent, he thought the general benefit ought to be preferred to the interests of any particular class. The effect of the clause would be to establish a new and profitable brands of industry; and he wished to remind those Ho ourabk Members who had opposed it, that the im portations of ore were not for the purposp of home consumption; but with a view of being 'Melted lot exportation. Mr. Alderman Woon made some observations with reference to the time at which the proposed Clause wu introduced, although he bad no particular objection to the Clause itself. After a few words from Mr. WMIIII7OII the Cause wu agreed to ; 11$ were all•the ',then severally. The House haring resumed, the Report was 'brought op and ordered to be printed, and taken into funber tbmiMeratio Monday nem. TOILMILIt reuses SILL. • - On Ole motion of Mr. Larrtiron, the adjourned debate on the ,Turnpike Trusts Bill was further postponed till this day se'ocaghi ; inset 'access SILL. The SOLICITOR-6101E11.AL moved the Order of the Thy for the House resolving itself into a Committee upon the Mesas Process Bill. Mr. HOBHOUSE objected to the motion. It was then half. past ten o'clock, the House was already fatigued, and the subject was one of importance, wind) required ample consideration. After a few words from Mr. Secretary Bottum and Mr. V. Hoasou, the motion was agreed to, and the Howse resolved its 4 into a Committee.--On eke moving of the first clause, Mr. HOBHOUSE repe.ited his objections to the measure being then pressed forward. But if the Hop. and Learned Solicitor-General would make the sum instead of 201. he would not offer any further objection. The alteration proposed by the Bill, as it then stood, was one which ought to be fully investigated before it was adopted. When it was brought forward in 1811, Lord Eldon and Lord Ellenborough were both adverse to it, and Lord Hastings accordingly gave up the mea• sure. He denied that the country had called for the Bill ; the country had called for some measure to faci. litate the recovery of small debts, and not the Bill before the House. The effect of the Bill would be to diminish credit, and that too at the very time when credit roost required support. He saw no reason whatever for the alteration from 151. to 201. and, therefore, unless some pledge was given for the immediate introduction of a measure to facilitate the recovery of small debts, or debts under 201. he should move at every stage of the Bill the sum of 151. be. substituted for 201. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON was also averse to the measure being immediately pressed. He knew that a large number of his constituents were opposed to it, and under aft these circumstances, he trusted that its coast. deration would be allowed to stand over. Lord ALTHORP approved of the measure. He ob jected to arrests for debt altogether, but still he thought that the work should be gradually proceeded in. Mr. W. HARVEY was desirous for the postponement of the measure. Mr. HUME mentioned the measure which be intro duced some short time since, and which was thrown out. Speaking on the 8.11 before the House , th e Hon. Member wished the sum might be in er eased from twen t y pounds to fifty pounds. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said, as the la w stood, the alteration would make but slight differences. All the Bill said was this, no man sbaU be arrested on *Mae process for less than 201. The expense of arresting for 151. was nearly 101. before the cause came into Court. That sum the debtor was forced to pay his attorney smallsums. The consequence was, that he was cri rpl •dr and unable to pay his creditor. He thought it was J e. sirable to eitend the sum, and relieve the misery of to milies. The House would no doubt consider 201. a bet' ter sum than 501. Sir JO6lll SZSZIOUT supported the Bill. Mr. HOBHOUSE said, it had turned out as he so . petted it would. He was unpopular in his opposition to the Bill, and therefore shoeld not persevere. The blank was then filled up with *o. SOLICITOR-GENERAL nest adverted to vexatious arrests. Writs were sued out, and pew° . 'neld to bail from malicious motives. In such toe' (bete was very frequently no responsible petson• " g stated the case of a person in the City, who was strew! or 60,0001. The writ proved to be a malicious att :PP ~'. I ~~