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theW that he bad *undone so from any desire to effect singularity, to attract 'attention, or to benefit himself in a worldly wly„ as was proved by the fact of his having resigned 4 a Cure Suffolk, but that he had done so because he could not attach faith to the Reveiitiens, and..was in fact a Deist. The Petitioner further stated, that he had no wish whatever to interfere with ethers, bur that he conceived he had been deprived of many of ilse rights of a British subject in consequence of the religious opinions he entertained. He conceived that it would be but just that the Acts of Toleration should benefit him asNell as others, but that he found was not disease. As a proof of this be instanced the fact, that -his evidence would not be received in a Court of Law, because he could not swear upon the New Testament. Decisive evidence of the truth of"this statement had lately been given. A shopman belonging to Mr. . Carlile bad lately been robbei of his watch, but the Alderman before whom the shopman appeared re fused to receive his testimony, because he had no belief in Christianity. He' was a Deist, and agreed in opinion with the Petitioner. Thus great offences might be committed with impunity, merely because individuals chose to exercise a freedom of conscience, and to judge for themselves in matters of Oa this ground the Petitioner prayed for a repeal. of • -the law which rejected his evidence, and to him (Mr. Hume) it teemed to be but just that such should be the case. The Hon. Gent. then referred to some Resolutions Passed by the House in 1680, which went to give tole ration to all Protestant Dissenters. The Petitioner prayed that persons professing deistical principles should be sworn on the Brok of Nature, that their testimony should be received, and meet with such weight as the Judge and Jury thought it might de serve. Nor was there any thing at all extraordinary in vat a proposal. The Courts of Law had rulei that the evidence of Infidels should be taken, and that was /not only to be proved by a great variety of cases on record, but by the practice of every day. The evidence of Hindoos was esteemed good, and did they acknow ledge the truth of the Revelations? No more than did the Petitioner. Of late years it was an ordinary cir cumstance to find Lascars giving evidence, being sworn according to the customs and faith of their country, and why then should not the Deist be sworn on the Book of Nature ? The Lascars were Infidels, and yet they wete allowed to give evidence. The Petitioner was a natural born British subject, and he should at least be allowed the same privileges which were extended toolbars. He (Mr. Hume) thought that the Petition was reasonable, sad ho therefore hoped that it would meet with the attention of the -Houle. It was time that the distinctions complained of should be dupe away with; they were illiberal and unjust; and the Petition should receive that consideration which was doe to matters of we sequence. The House should remember what some of its own Mem. 'bets had form-rly suffered from intolerance,and not longer continue In force rest rktions which shackled conscience,and created discontent and injustice. He therefore moved, that the Petition of Robert Taylor be brought up. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW said, that did he not per. fectly remember a speech which had been delivered during the last Session by the Hon. Member for Aber deen, he never could have believed that such an Ad tires: as they had just heard would either be delivered in, or tolerated by, that House—(Hear, hear).. But it he was astonished by the general character of the Speech they had just heard,.he was still more surprised to hear the Hon. Member speak as he did respecungabe Toleration Act.. Had the Hon. Member ever read those Acts ? He could hardly think he had done so, for if he had, bow could 'he posiibly think of comparing the latitude which they gave to Protestant Dissenters to that now asked for Deists? The Dissenter had some rego far form by which he pledged himself; but with the Dei,t there was to be none at all. He was to swear by the Bo( k of Nature, but what those books were he ap preliendei none could tell—(Hear). The Hon. Mem ber, however, had contradicted himself in the statement be had made. He had said that the Peliioner, though a natural born British subject, was not allowed the pri vileges intended to be granted by the Toleration Acts; , that even Infidels were allowed to give evidence in a 'Omit of Justice, but that Carlile's shopman was not.— Now, whi was an Infidel allowed to give evidence, and not a I) ist ? Simply from the operations of the very spirit of the Toleration Acts. The Infidel had a form which he acknowledged to be as binding as the Chris tian did an oath taken on the New Testament, but the Deist bad no settled form—(Hear). What the Hon. Member complained of was this : The Petitioner was unjustly dealt by, because he was not allowed t r give evidence in a Court of Justice, from not having any re gular form on which he could be sworn. If indeed the law imperat'vely provided that every witness should be sworn according to the forme of the Established Church, then be (Sergeant Onslow) would allow that there was ample reason for complaint.i What was the first ques tion, according to Lord Kenyon, which should be put to every person appearin; as a witness? Did he believe in a future state of reward and punishment? And if that principle was cor rect, as the whole country felt that it was, what was the use of talk ing about swearing upon the books ofnature—(Hear.) The conduct of the worthy Alderman who had refused to receive Carlik's man as a witness had been censured, but he thought it most correct. If Magistrates did not perform their duty in that manner, they might soon expect to bear the Hon. Member fur Aberdeen arguing that a man had only to say, K upon my honour what I say is true,' and although the person of honour accused another of a heinous crime, still he must be committed. The Petition appeared to him to be unworthy of ousideratioa, and the proposal inotutrous—( Hear.) Mr. BATLEY was but a young Member in that House, and therefore he could not say that he had heard the speech of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, which bad been alluded to, but he must confess, that the Pe tition which bad been introduced appeased to him to be altogether scandalous. He thought' it altogether inconsistent with the dignity and character of that House to bear a a who confessed that he bad been educated in the E b t r a s lished Religion of the country, come forward and unnecessarily proclaim his diibelief io the SAVIOUR. Such a proceeding ought not to be tolerated fir an instant, and it was perfectly absurd to' attempt to draw a comparison between a Deist and a Dissenter from the Protestant Church. The Hon. Mem ber who had introduced the Petition bad alluded to Judd . ea received as witnesses in our Genii of Law, but be bad to remark that those infidels deposed according to the customs and faith of their countries. and did not attempt to give evidence without offering any guarantee for their sincerity. He objected most decidedly to the Petition. Sir C. CARRINGTON most strongly condemned the Petition, and he did not see how it could be enter. tassel by the House. During the time which he had occupied ao official situation is a foreign country, be frequently bad to administer oaths to what were termed infidels; but he was firmly of opinion that, however appearances might be, there was no faith established in any country or among any people, which did not lead those who followed it, 4' through nature up to nature's pas."- (Elear.) It would certainly have been be ttev if the Hoe. Ifielbst for Aberdeen, se the Padden's; bad sweated what pard. ealar hash Deists were to wear by, whether by Lneredue, or obat other. Sub appending would at least bane sew b tbet the fie. I titionet was serious in the propoml he aqa4g L From the abstract which had beensiven of the Peddiln it spurred to him most • • jeetiocable, and eughtt to he received. Mr. Secktary ;PEEL remarked, that Apo questions had been agitated, which appeared to him to be en• tirely dissimilar. The propriety of complying with the prayer of the Petition had been considered, when the fact was, that the House was only asked to receive the Petition—(hear, hear). lf, indeed, the former had been proposed, he could have had no hesitation in say ing, that he h-ld very strong feelings against it—but he must also confess, that he did n 6 see any strong &jet ,tion to merely receiving the Petition. Should the Hon. Member who presented it think of following it upity the Introduc tion of a Bill, then there would be a fresh question before the House, aq, he for one should have little or no ditileulty in making up his mina on the subject. In the coarse of last Session Petitions somewhat similar had been received, therefore there were prece dents to guide the House in the present ease ; and. however, he thought that further discussion so the subject would only attach an importance to the.proceeding, of which it was net at all worthy. .clear, bear). He should therefore recommend that the Peti tion should be received. . . Mr. W. SMITH remarked, that the Right Hon Gentleman had just given a fresh proof of the admira ble discretion and good sense which he possessed ; and he could have wished that he had set an example earlier to those who addressed the House immediately pre ceding him. Perhaps when the Hon. Member for Be verley *as not quite so young- a Member as he then was, he 'would learn at lean temperance; and the Hon. Member for St. Mews might learn from the Right Hon. Gentleman, with advantage, the difference be tween conceding to the prayer of a Petition and the mere receiving' of a Petition. One of the palpable errors, into which those Hat. Gentlemen bad 'Fallen was that they made no difference betw.een a Debt and an Atheist. He would maintain that there was a most essential difference. itnd he would also venture to assert that there was less danger to Ife apprehended from the per who boldly came forward and refused to take the oath prescribed by tbeChurcb Establishment, than there was from him who took his oath without believing himself to be responsible. On the motion of Mr Hoare the Petition was read, and in ad& don to what that Hon. Member stated, it declared that the Peti. tioaer believed in a future state of punishment and reward. Mr. HUME having replied to some of the remark& which had been made, moved that the Petition should be printed ; but the feeling of the House appearing unanimous against the mo tion, the Hon. Member contented himself with moving that it should lie on the table.—Agreed to: 101110U01. or raioone. Mr. ABERCROMI3Y moved the Order of the Day, that tl,e House should resume the adjourned debate respecting the election for the borough of Tregony ; upon which Mr. STUART WORTLEY addressed the House. He was understood to say, that he could not allow an occasion of this kind to pass without laying before the House the views which he took of the subject under consideration. A very eminent and distinguished Memo ber of that House (Mc. Grenville, as we understood) ' had slid, that every deci i in the questions relative , to elections, were matters of the utmost importance, not merely to the persons returned, or to the electors by whom they had been chosen, but to the country sit large, on account of its operation as a precedent regal lacing the practice of future election.. The Hon. Gen tleman, after stating that he had taken pains to, fond a well.grounded judgment on the subject, proceeded with a variety of arguments and frequent reterence•to documents, of which, for the reason already stated, it , is impossible to give the details. He spoke , of the re turns as they then stood, as presenting an informality; and he very much doubted whether it could be consi dered otherwise than as a mere informality. This, he was of opinion, ought not to invalidate the return, for the practice of the House ever had been, to paretten tion rather to the substance than the form of all such proceedings. After referring to a case arising out of the election for the borough of Camelford, and advert ing to the 'Tilt of Henry IV. cap. 15. he observed, that in the event of a false return, all that the House could do, would be to call the Clerk of the Crown to the Bar, and deal with the case as justice seemed to require. But that would not constitute non-annexation as a ground of inter ference on the put of that House. He knew not how far the eke don for Inverness, in 1784, might be taken as a precedent, but for his pan he was opposed to the interference. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, he could not let the present opportunity pas;, without expressing the sentiments ex cited in the mind by what had just fallen from the Hon. Gentleman behind him. It was not alone, that be had then given earnest of his powers, but that he had laid the foundation for a more solid reputation, by ed dressing himself rather to a repulsive :abject of the de scription then before the House, than to one of a more attractive character; or one Affording an oppottonity for the ostentatious displiy of those talents, which he so eminently possessed. He fully concurred in opinion with those who thought that any decision to which the House might come, on this important subject, ought to be arrived at after mature deliberation, and he, for one, ha I given the que,tian all the consideration in his power, and he confessed, that he saw no reason for re jetting the impression made on his mind during the first discussion of it, and which he expressed on the former night, namely, that the document in question should not be considered as a return. Though far from saying thit it was a question altogether, without doubt, yet not to consider it as a return, would be. under all circum stances, the safest course that the House could adopt, and to direct that it should be taken off the file. To treat it any other way, would be, he conceived, to esta blish a precedent of most mischievous effect. The prac tice had .been to attach considerable responsibility to the office of Sheriff, and to impose severe penalties for any abuse of his authority, at the same time that they should be lenient where no very culpable departure •Rom rec titude had appeared. He was not called on to admit but either a double or single return—he was not to form a judgment. He (Mr. Secretary Peel) was not pre pared to say, that he should have made a double return, bet assuredly his impression was that the House should decide it to be single. 'ln %his case the Under Sheriff did not address himself to the Mayor of Tregony, he selected a Captain Harrow, who appeared to him to have the most colourable right to be addressed on the occasion—be applied himself to one of the two contend ing candidates. • In every ease where a discussion arose as to who ought to be the returning officer, a double return should be made; but,' however, as in this case there was no precedent exactly applying, the best course, as it appeared to him, would be to follow the sugges tions of commm sense. The West course which could be adopted, in cases of this description, was to admit of no other species of return, except a single, or, failing that, a double, return. nder all the circumstances of the case be felt disposed to support the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member, the more particularly as his Resolution treated the second indenture in the light of a document invalid in its nature. Previous, however, to deciding on the motion of the Learned Gentleman, be thought it due' to the dignity of the House, and the importance of the question at issue, to get possession of the original documents, through the medium of the proper cacao and compare with them the represents tions Which had been made to the House on the subject' of the retutns. The matter wet one-of-too great Con sequence, sot merely to thepartiesAirectly ibterested, but to Parliamentlenerally, and, through it, to the public at large, for them to pass it over lightly, or rest , content with secondary evidence, when it was possible to procure better and mare conclusive testimony—that of the -original documents. These could be furnished by the Clerk of the Crown, who, he believed, WAS in attendance, and ready to appear, if the House desired it. When the House got possession of the original documents, it would be competaa to it to proceed to treat the return in the character of a single return, and order the subsequent entry to be taken of the ale. Mr. ABERCROMBY contended, that the Sheriff had the•posver of accepting or rejecting altogether the second indenture. If he accepted, he should have an nexeri it to the writ, and not have adopted a middle course. It was not his intention to object to the course proposed by the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department, and be sought for no evidence, save that contained in the book now on the table of the House, -which be thdught sufficiently conclusive and satisfac tory. If it appeared to be the pleasure of the House (in accordance with the suggestions of the Right Hon. Gentleman) that the :Clerk of the Crown should be called before it, in order to produce the original docu ments, he saw no material objection to the adoption of that course, and accordingly was ready to concur in it. He was the rather inclined to offer no objection, as it appeared to be clearly the intention of the Right. Hon. Gentleman, and the House, to accede to the motion be had bad the boaodr on a former evening to propose. Mr. Secretary PEEL said that was undoubtedly his intention, if they found the documents agree with what had been represented. Mr. ARBRCROMBY said, that be alluded to the understand ing of the House, and not of the Right How Gentleman. Mr. Secretary PEEL then moved that the Clerk of the Crown be called in. Mr. W.WYNN wished it:l'state to what extent be went with the Honi, and Learned Gentleman, and in what he disagreed from him. He could not put out of view all the facts of the case, as being unworthy of attention.— There were the facts of the ofilcer being a Deputy Mayor, and of the return not being made by persons to whom the precept was delivered. Every one of these would be proper matter for the'consideration of a Com mittee, and therefore if the House undertook to settle the question, they ought not to he 'altogether thrown out of view. He bad heard with great satisfaction the valuable researches indicated by the speech of the Hon. Member who spoke first in the debate. They would be of great utility hereafter in fixing the attention of the House to the principle of looking, not to the form, but to the general intention of returns. The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to some coes, chewing that teturntlent by persons other than the Sheriff had received the attention of Parliament. If it appeared from the certificate of the Sheriff that he intended to make a single return, then he (Mr. Wynn) o ould not object to the motion. He thought the Sheriff bad acted with indiscretion, and might to have taken the one course or the other. He thought, also, that the Clerk of the Crown should have stated the circumstsoces to the House. Mr. Secretary PEEL said that his motion was limited 'to calling the Clerk of the Crown, for the purpose of asking him whether those were true copies of the original Returns. He entreated the H use to consider bow every step they took might hereafter be used as prece dent, and he hoped that no other question% would be put to the Clerk of the Crown. Mr. ABEKCROMBY agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman that they ought pot to go into the examine-, tion of evidence. It was by doing so that they were in danger of establishing a bad precedent. He had from the first pointed it out as a distinguished part of the case, that it required no exaMination of evidence. This deci sion would be most important in pointing out to future Sheriffs and Returning Officer!, as well as Clerks of the' Crown, what was the exact line of their duty. He had never made any complaint of the conduct of Mr. Wilbraham. The SPEAKER said, it would be necessary for the original motion to be withdrawn before that for calling the 'lea of the Crown was put, and alluded to the Standing Order, by which all Members upon double morns must withdraw from the House. Mr. Ailhacaeuar's motion being withdrawn, the Clerk of the Crown was called in, and confirmed the representation which bad been made by s comparison with the original documents. After an observation from Mr. J. WlLLlaltq, Mr. Secretary PEEL moved, " That the entry for the Borough of Tregony is net a double return." • Mr. TWISS suggested that the derision of the House should be directed to the documents upon which they had decided, and not to the entry. Mr. A BERCROM BY said, that the objection of his Hon. sad Learned Farad was groundless, because the entry was founded upon those documents. . After an observation from the Srsacsa, the question was una. nimously affirmed, and the Clerk of the Crown was ordered to take the entry of Messrs. Gordon and 11PILillop air the ale. Lord NUGENT gave notice, that on Friday he should bring forward a motion similar to one he proposed last year, upon the subject of Borough Electors. SUPPLY. In a Committee of Supply. Mr. HE ER lES mewed the mail vete fee the payment of twenty. 1 three millions of Exchequer Bills.—Granted. Mr. HER RIES moved the transfer of ies,ooopoo, to discharge outstanding supplies granted last gear.—Ganted. The House resumed, and the Report wallordered to be received to-morrow. Sir A. GRANT brogue!t up the Report dike Committee on the Postage Acts. Upon the Reseletieis fixing the Rate of Postage fora Letter to St. Domingo at 11. 3d. for a singk, es. 64. for a double, and as. H. for a treble, and Ss. for letters weighing an ounce, Mr. HUME salted whether, since the passing of the Act of last Session, the practice of charging three or four pounds for the coo veyancenf a Newspaper had been discontinued? Mr. BERRIES said, that as far as he was informed, wipes. tionably the practice terminated with the passing of the Act. Mr. HUME 'said, that if that was the case, the inha bitants of the Colonies were still worse off than before. Formerly, by paying the annual sum of four or five pounds, they could have their newspapers posted on any day ; but now, if the persons sending neglected to post them on the day of their publication, they were charged full postage. Another grievance was, that persons who went to fetch the newspapers were delayed while the Postmaster opened them to ascertain the date. Mr. BERRIES said, he should feel it his duty to make enquiry open the subject, ad to do every thing in his power to remedy any evils which might exist. ' Another Resolution Geed the rates of postage to Cuba at Is. U. fora stogie, 41. itd. fora double, and 64.34. fee a treble letter, and , for an ounce weight Is: 44.—The Resolutions were agreed to. 1 Mr. BERRIES moved the second reading of the Oats Indem nity Bill. Lord MILTON wished to know when the Bill went through its ether stages? Mr. • BERRIES said it was intended to get it through without delay, and no objection was expected. It was to be committed to morrow, and read a third time on Friday. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be commit ted tisinoirow. LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES COMMISSION. Slr. HARRIES brought ins Ili for appointing a Land sad Assessed Tax Commission. Mr. HUME should like to hear the Hon. Member prove the necessity of the Assessed TAU'S altogether before he brought in this Bill, which appeared to him to be taken with too much ease. He should have hoped that nothing would have been done with the A.seised Tax, : until that question had come before the House, of O l io his Hon. Fr iend,the Member for Abingdon, had g i ve , notice, for repealing the whole r f them. He wished the Hon. Member had brought in a Bill for dung aw ay with the Receivers General of 14:41141 and Assessed Taxes, by which a saving of above 100,0001. a ye.tr might be made. He was in a Committee where it w 4s proved that those taxes could be collected by the 0.4. cers of Excise, and the Receiver General to be di,. penned with. Mr. HERTAIES merely rose to set the Hon. Member right as tt the .nature of this Bill. It impeued no tax. it Continued no tat. and the persons to whom it referred reeeie.:d trot one farthing of emolument by it. Mr. HUME said his objection was to keeping up the maebine.y. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered for a second tead,ti on the 23d at February. The House adjourned at Savor &Cuter. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuts DAT. NOTICII3 or Mtrrious—slr. H. PA atm:A.—To move for an Account of the quantities of Foreign Good• imported in 1844 and 18C6, the duties on which were reduced in 1825. Mr. Hunt—To move for Returns of all Officers who have been permitted to sell their Full-pay, Ilalf.pay. and Brevet Commiwi..a,, since the lan return in March; also, a ttcturn of the Mune, r e . ceived and paid far the same. ORDEIIII UT vwe Day—Supply—Report of Resolutions respectiug Exchequer Bills to be presented. Oats Importation Indemnity Bill—to be referred to a Committee. St. Domingo Postage Bill—to be brought in by Mr. firms•. E EVENING STAR. I.ON 1)0N. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1826. ST. Akssew's bAy—HotiDAY AT 71111 Banc STOCK EXCHANGE., TWELVE O'CLOCK. The various reports, in the course of yesterday afternoon, which caused so great a panic in tall Consol market, has wow subsided, and it appears to have been a mummers on the part of some of the speculators. Consols, which left off yesterday at tis for the Ac count, opened this morning at 84 to j for the Account: soon after went up to 84j, and may be qunted at present at 141, with little doing. Consols are now 141 1 for the Account, and 831 to 84 for money. In the Foreign market, South American Securities remain steady. Current prices: Old Spanish 131 1, Mexicans 64, Colombian 411 421, Cbilian 38 39, Peruvian 34, Russian $7 1, Greek 191 20, Danish 62 j. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Which were looking up in the earlier part of the morning, and were done at 1141 for the Account, have since experienced a small reaction, owing to an &press having arrived from Paris with the Ettik of yesterday, bringing the Three per Cent. Fiends Rests, at 71.50, and the Five per Cents. 9940. Consols may at present be quoted at 114 j to for the Account ; for money, about !In.—Little doing at present. FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 p Ct. 66 I Guatatnila BJs. 6 p C. SI l'o. Ace. 66 I Alez.lionds,s per Ct. SS Milian Bonds, 6 p Ct. 39 Do. Ms 1625, 6p. Ct. 491 1 1 1 Colombian Bonds, 6 p Ct. Do. Acct. 691 1 1 j 70 69% Ho. Bonds, 1624,42 1 2 1 Petwvian Bonds, 6 p C. 34 $5 Do.Aeet. 421 2 1 1 1 Portuguese Bonds 5pC. Danish lionds,3 pCt. 621 Ditto Aect. Ditto Acct. 621 1 1 Russ. 'kis, 1622, 5 p r. rth Gr. 80wa5,1845, 5 p C. Span. Bonds 5 p Ct. 13t 1 1 Greek Aett.2o Ditto Acct. 131 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK'. • SHAWL PAID. Brazilian 100 20 40 Bridals Iron Company SO 35 9 Colombian 100 1S 10 Mexican Company 100 111 10 Potosi Li Paz an d Pero. Ass, 50 4 afl 142 s A Jamaica Mail has arrived at Falmouth, in forty two days, from Jamaica; but the Papers and Letters will not be received till to-morrow, owing to two of the crew having died on her passage, with the yellow fever. We have received the Etoik of Wednesday, bat its contents are not very interesting. An article from Ge neva, of the 23d inst. states, that accounts had been re. ceived there of the miserable state of •the troops, under ICAstAlsocast.—The Count de la FaRIIONATIN French Ambassador to St. Petersburgh, has arrived in Paris. According to the shared des Debats, a squadron of 27 ships is fitting out at Brest, for the protection of French Comlnerce. The French Papers which united in due course yes. terday, contain but little intelligence. An article from Florence gives some particulars respecting the siege of the Acropolis of Athens, which do not confirm the last report of the massacre of GouaaAs by his owe soldiers, but shews that the defence was carried on with a degree of spirit and skill far removed from any thing like treachery on the part of the Commander. Not oaly bad six desperate assaults been bravely repelled, as former accounts informed us, but the garrison had dug a mine, of which the besieged bad no idea, cm account of the nature of the ground. They bad set fire to it, and 150 Turks had been blown into the air by the explosion. This is the system carried on fora whole year with so much success at Missolonghi, and bad struck so much terror in the Seraskier's troops, who recollected the heavy losses which they bad repeatedly suffered in that siege at the fancied moment of victory, that it was with difficulty that they were made to.maintain positions at the foot of the hill on which the citadel of Athens stands. Faisal Faxas.—Five per Cents. 100 f. Three per Cents. 71f. 110 c. Bank Actions, Io6of. 50e. Neapollan Bmtes, Taf. goe. Haitian Loan, 710 f. An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Lords, with reference to the Corn Laws. The Earl of Ltvzittoot. observed, that the question was one of considerable impoktance. His Majesty's Ministers bad come to a decisions the subject, and nothing p►r• vented them from bringing it forward before the holi days, but a feeling that they should not be dealing fairly with Puliament if they brought it under &MP sion at this season of the year. The Tregony Election Return again came before the House of Commons, and, after what took place, it may be laid down as the solemn and unanimous deo. sion of the House—lit. That no indenture, which it not annexed to the precept of the Sheriff, can be re' cognised by the House-2,11y. That, to constitute a double Return, both indentures mast be annexed to tba precept—idly, That the Sheriff in every ease melt '. riii ir 11 ... . f