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In '2 Vol.. royal svo. price kt. los. board-, the Fre , rtlt Edition, corn (led, witit considerable Additions from ritned awl Ma nuscript Case;, of A DIGEST of the LAW of ACTIONS and TRIALS at NISI PRIUS. h.ISAAC ESPINAssE, Esq. of Gray's Inn, Barrister at law. Lendon Printed for J. Butt. rworth, Cada' and 1/ivies, .catchard and 1 .et:crrnun, J. Walker, R. Lea, J. Nunn, J. Cuthall, larkaigton, and Ca. Clar:.e and Soas, Longman, Hurst. Rte, Orme, and Drown ; R. Phenay, and J. Cook, Or bond QuAy, be defended on the ground of time nor of the Consti tution ; and he could by no means approve of the object of that Committee in another House, which appeared to be taking from the Executive Power its proper right and authority to grant rewards for pub lic services. After some further observations, his Lordship concluded an able and argumentative speech with his decided opposition to the Bill. Lord BL►.ENUOROUGH argued on the same side, observing, that not a man in England—not even the Noble Earl, could understand the Bill, or find consistency or common sense in any of its pro. visions ; and, in pure tenderness to the framers, he hoped that they themselves did not understand i t .-- His Lordship expressed his unqualified disapproba tion of the Bill. CATHOLIC CI. -HMS 'This day was published, in Svo. price 14s. boards, AN H;sTo RICAL ACCOUNT of the LAWS enacted against the CATHOLICS both in England and :reland, of the Ameliorations which they have undergone during the present Reign, and of their existent State; to which is added, a short Account of the Laws for the Punishment of Heresy in general; a brief Review of the Meritt of the Catholic Question; and pioi s Notts, tenting principally to illustrate the Views and Coqi:uct. iifthe Church of England, the Presbyterians, and Secta— riar,, w;tii r-gard to toleration, wi.en in the enjoymeni of Power. Y. J:llVlt.i BALDWIN BROWN, Esti of the Liner Temple Pri,ted tor 'llornas Underwood, :w, Fleet-street; H. Fitz prrick, Carel-street, Dublin; and Adana Black, Steuils Bridge- Erect, Edinburgh. Earl GROSVENOR replied; when the motion for the second reading was lost without a division. And then, upon the motion of the Earl of LIVER POOL, the Bill itself was rejected nem. die. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MR. LV lON'S MO 110 N MONDAY. ult;i4lietl, price 35.--(lnccribed to 1.071 AE RIES of LETTERS on the subsi,thtg rer.c,s h7tween ENGLAND and ANIERIC4. By Captain I. Al' :4, Author of various political ar.d po s iiiiatTracts.— II? 'ilk l'aniyidet are contained a lull Disclu.sott. 1-1; . ;:iv Comtv.t:r -cl4l otn . peti:ions, the Fr.rmin,7 Inn rests, and Proviccia! Prejti d:c:s ot several States; as likewise the Causes that Mame ls.l .0 a D-rldration of Hostilities, attt tt, the Capture t,f t: e ;IA !r:. re, Nincetionia, and Java Fri. : l4t.cs; Account al o., t'cpul2'ion, and ket-otio.ri of tlx Union, and C o r nected woh the present vcver be t. .1: I' 1 , 1 11111'S!, 11 011 Thera I t ttcrc, corny lalt , 11.!:Ott t o :!le and it of both Countries, Wtic Crand. d the li.d , res of ta,t 10 D r had of 1 Williams, St. C.entent's Church-card; Eger tot., !titeLall ; Btockdale, Pai ernoster row.; ;toil all l•oolisetleti. Mr. WILBER FORCE presented a Petition, signed by up waicls of 30e0 persona, praying for the removal of the obstruc tions to the ri - o,l,l7:ition of Christianity in India. The Committee ea the Ship Owners Relief Bill was postponed till to-morrow se'nnight. NI r. t USHING FON brought up the Report of certain Re4o :..r the employment and payment of shorthand wrirers, who should be required to attend the Committees of the Flonse. The Resolution 3 stated, that there should be one Short hand-writer always re-dy to attend when called on, and that he el - oAd rezeice two guineas a day m his attendance whenever he did attend zny Committee, and two sbillin;;s a sheet for his re v. lien in...rile:cf.—The Resolutions were agreed to. r. ‘l 7 . J . H gave notice of a motion for Friday, for leave to bring in a Lill fur the better pmtectlon of liridEtis in Scotland, aRa :o prevent the hitautious floating of 'limber. Aezourts were presented at the liar from Greenwich Hospital, and from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.—Order:ll to lie on the tOolc. THE PURCHASERS ( - ,1 IRISH LINEN are c , spe - tiully invked to an insriction of the prest•nt titock of 111 . 1 1S.iirtieg and ~Meeting, at No. 4, Blonnisbury-cmuare—cer tainly the most evirrAive and brat sciected in Landon, and the cheapest that has come to hand for some years. A resident Agent in Dublin, t:,1;-rig every advantage of the Irish Market, and hest I)4aches, enabli.s the above House to sell much cheaper than any other• No articlo hut Irish t lien sold by the sirale piece, war rliated of sound rubric, and grass bleached ; the Toot, y r.-turned if a fault apprars Irish lota talien in payment, or cast ziven for them, c..untry orlera pron-ptiv executed with care. i.AMUEL P. LEA," 1 • • t lit, iez.-s.ree # Agents 4444114 I)(JN OVAN,4,Dluomsbury-trivare, Lond44l, Mr. NVLSTERN stated his intention to move, o "Wednettilay se'nnight, for a Committee to coesider the lnt.keepel s. Petition. Mr. Fl . l ZGERALD brought up a Pill f.)r larng duties on Malt in Iri-Loti; and al , o a Bill for regulmos the Duties on Post age in irelaml; which wt.re rt...d a first time. distress of - the tanners at this time, that their capital was reduced and depressed as low as one-half of its former amount ; and sev , :ral manufactories of this ar ticle were now advertised to be sold. There was no export trade, and the whole trade was confined to home consumption. It was unnecessary for him to state the various other grievances of the tanners, be cause they were all set forth in the printed evidence that was n ix before the House. The next species of sufferers were the curriers ; and their grievances con sisted in the increased price of the article coining from the tanners. The shoemakers were the next sufferers by the Tax. There were some wholesale nunefac turers in Staff irdshire, who had great capitals em ployed in the trade, and they were obliged, not only to leave off work, but to give away money to relieve the distresses of the workmen, who had no employment, and who, but for these charities, would be starving, t-tether with their families. It did clearly appear I-•y the evidence, that the tanners trade was ground down to nothing, and that nothing would relieve it from that distress but taking off the tax. The question here was not what Government received by, but what the poor man paid, in consequence of this tax ; and it would be worth while to consider what Govern ment itself actually paid towards the tax. Govern ment had occasion to use immense quantities of lea ther, and all the taxes must be paid on it. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would now confess that he had been most grossly imposed upon last year, when Le said that this trade was in a most flourishing state. H e should now conclude, with moving fur leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act of List year, for laying an additional Duty on Hides and Skins. Mr. WHARTON considered this question of vital . importance to the revenue. After having paid the utmost attention to the evidence taken before the Committee, he should now endeavour to give his unbiassed opinion upon the whole of the case. The greater number of the witnesses, on that occasion, were persons inte-ested in the evidence they gave ; TI /I: BAPTISTS. but the best evidence to guide the opinion of the Mr. WILBERFORCE, on presenting a Petition House was contained in the papers on the table.— from the Baptist Missionary Committee, relative to ; It would be impossible to collect the tax on leather the propagation of Christianity in India, took occa- in any other way than the mode novr proposed. sion to correct a misapprehension which had gone He was surprised to hear the Hon. Gentleman say, abromi, that the Members of this sect had petitioned that the distress of the manufacturers of Stafford arose from this tax, for they had been in a consider the House for leave to propogate their own peculiar pr. and observed, that such evidence could only "be ac counted for by a perversion at facts on the part of the seveit , witnesses who had been ex-trained, or by sup posing that they had not a single idea which extended beyond their own tan-yards—(A laugh.) Yet it was on the evidence of these seven wise men, these seven counsellors, that the Hon. Gentleman came doses), and desired the House to repeal a tax which produced a revenue of A . 650,000. He trusted, however, if the Hoar. Gentleman was determined to have this tax rt.. pealed, he was prepared to propose another in its stead, which would be equally productive, and no more burthensome than this—(Near, hear.) Lord COMP rON supported the motion. He contended the tax had been highly injurious to the Leather trade, and unproductive as a su'oject of re venue. Mr. MA RRYATT also opposed the tax, which he said had the effect of lessening our export trade. It had also diminished our home eo►nsumpti>>n, and as a proof of this, it was only necessary to look round the House and observe how many Gentlemen who, pre vious to thiS tax being imposed, used to come down in boots and leather small-clotlrs, now came d.>w•n in shoes and cloth small-clothes and gaiters.—!A lough). —He also objected to the tax as pressing heavily on the lower classes; and for these reasons the motion had hii support. Mr. DAVEN PO RT attended the Committee daily afaring the time of its sitting, and the conviction t ii his mind was, that this teas a:t extremely injudions tax, and therefore t h e motion had his suppoi Lord AL'PHORPE repeated his I,rmer argu ments against the tax, and gave his warmest support to the motion. The Hon. Mr. BENNETT also opposed the tar, because he considered it a.; productive of every thinT, which was evil. His Hon. 1 ricnd lad been asked to propose sonic other mode (It raising the sum raised by this tax. He (Mr. Bennet) could ti.me a RICA.. sure which would produce four times the money— Let all useless places and pensions be done away, it would be found that a saving t r exceeding the produce of this tax would be Mr. LOCKHART opposed ihe tax, as operating unequally, and pressing the poor more heavily than the rich. He had also anotl er, and a stronger 61). ject.on to it, namely, that it (pirated as a heavy tact • •• • . • • • • • ••ii . • • . se e k . ;• • ' I ,` t'r • - •e. : • '""" 'e)) ee — . ej• Les • , 41 - •*- • • , ( "6 " . " -- Iztv • 1417 • • . . - - . ry Ct 1P• WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1813. N u mjulaParch 31XPENCB-14A1.11'ENNY. _ - • - WILLIS'S ROOMS, PA RLIAMENTART PROCEEDINGS. tenets in India, whereas their object was the promo-' able degree of distress for some years pest, before KING..CTREET, ST. JAlllteS, MAT 17, 1813. I tion of Christianity generally, without reference to ever the tax was imposed ; and, therefore, the only 4T a numerous M FETING of PERSONS pos- HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 18. any particular sectarian doctrines. The Hon. Mem- way to relieve those manufacturers would be, to re. s ensing considerable property which will be affected bp the Counsel were heard in a Committee of Privileges on the Staf- ber here pronounced a high eulogium open the gene. lieve the trade of the country. He c ,nynkh.d, that BILL referred to a Committee pf the House of Commons, for ford Peera g e. Farther proceedings were deferred to this day ral conduct and character of 'the body to whom the the trade of the tanners was very greatly ameliorated , sa hteg a more CONVENIENT COMMUNICAI lON from . . e. • s (might. Petitioners belonged, that body having, although it within the last four years ; and this was proved by t he 'Nutt I'HERN PARTS of the METROPOLIi,h . ) the Pan.sn Several Private Bills were brought up from the Commons, and , commenced under peculiar disadvantages, succeeded i the diminished quantity of Leather import...A into this o f fir. M A RT-LA-BONNE, to CHARING-CROSS, in the City reads first time. ( a• It'cs-rstiN suit, convened by public advertisement,' in order Various Petitions were presented, praying for the Diffusion of iin promoting very considerably the gre.tt interests of : country, and the in c r ease d quant i t y of Le a the r ma . to cansieirr • the inns, effectual measures to be adopted for sect*: Cliristian Knowledge in India. reli g ion, h u m an i t y, an d learning. •In India it ve.as : nufactured in th e c o un try d ur i ng that time It was Ting com pensations for losses which must be sustained by the ' Th e s e c o n d readin g o f t h e Bill f or t h e R egu l a ti on o f t h e C ourt known that, although the Baptist Missionaries were ! evident horn this, that the trade was in a very flo.s. petition of the said all if passed into a law ; of Conscience in Dublin was rejected. 1)- SAMUEL PEPYS COCKERELL, E.q. in the Chair ; The Irish Mi itia Rill was read the third time and passed. noCoriginally proficients in literature, they had con- rishing st a te. I t was true , t h at many tan yar d s Th e following Resolutions were unanimously agree d t o t trived to acquire an intimate knowled g e o f th e S an - were advertised to be l e t ; but that w a s no 'p roo f o f The further consideration of the Rorthwick Peerage was Resolved, That whilst the convenience of the Public at large scrit and several Indianlanguages. Indeed, Dr. Carey , a decay of trade ; fix the places had only changed postponed. :chi many tanners had retired fiorn business. consulted in a general plan for improving the Town, it is a The Earl of LAUDERDALE gave notice that he should to- m ost distinguished of the Baptist Missio- • hands, (one of the • duty inctimhent on every; individual suffering thereby , . to secure, morrow move that the Standing Order. No. 85, which related to ; naries), in consequence of his proficiency in these , --But the fact was, that sinee the time of the tax as far as possible, a just and equitable compensation for the trivo- the Votes of Proxies, be taken into consideration. l u ntary demolition, or reduced value of hi s p ro p ert y , occu p ation, languages, and his general me r it, h a d b een a pp o i nte d being laid on, the number of tanners had increased or other interest, in the promotion of suc h i mpr ovement. sINECUReS. by Lord Wellesley a Professor in the College of Car- • in the propertion of from 1 1 ;09 to r i te) ; as ap- Parliament,'l hat it is the established usage of Parliament, in works of At about half past five o'clock, in the absence of cotta. But, there WAS this farther remarkable merit ;peered by the then number of tanners' licerices which public convenience 'or improvement, and even of necessity, to r s vItOSVEVOR, belonging to the B tpt'st Missionaries—that t h e y were t h a d been t a k en nut . Th e tra d e h also been con- 'de for full and liberal compensations to all persons, whose Lord KENYON moved the Order of the Day for now engaged in translating the Bible into ten or eleven' siderably injured by an inferior kind et . Leather pr 07, trade, or other interest, may be in any manner injured the . second . reading of . the Sinecures . Bill ; but it bein g different i langu a ges ., of . Indie s and that th e produce of ; being manufactured. But the tax would have the t hereby. itei 1 7 appears by the plan of the intended improVemeats, a suggested that the Noble Lord who had given notice t h eir ;literary labour and Industry had, instead of be- effect of preventing this bad manufecture ; because • t numner of houses, of moderate and small classes, will of his i nt ention to bring the subject forward, was ap- ing appropriated to their own use, been unTorml y the article so manufactured would h i ve to pay the very gr•a Le destroyed, that a much smaller number, and those of very proaching ,m the House, their Lordships agreed to waft t reat experts; will be substituted, and that the leading avenuesthrowu into the common fund for extending the adop.! same duty with tile best article. I t 'W.V. crstoali • 1 thin and influence of Christianity.—(l-:..ar, hear.)—: that this tax affected the poor only to th e adoitional t o many others a-e intended to be shut up, whereby many .!sea- fey , B 1 . h:.!lnal trades w ill be it reparably sacrificed, others greatly injured, Earl GROSVENOR soon after entered the House, ' After reading the testimonies of Lords Wellesley and extent of one day's labour ; and he wished -the Hon. c:ol a great number of persons will be driven to seek new situa- and apologised for having detained their Lordships. In Minto in fav'our of these Missionaries, with the copy % Gentleman would propose an, other tax as a substi- dons and means of living• moving for the second reading of the Bill then before ;of the authentic instructions which they received , tutu Ca- this, which would on the lower That it is absolutely necessary, for protecting the numerous their Lordships, he confessed he seas anxious, as well when proceeding on their mission, the lien. Gentle-1 orders of people. Did not the seit tax eed the glass itterests which must be affected by the Bill, that effectual clauses ihruld be introdpred therein for providing a full and liberal com- in regard to the Bill itself as to the Honourable p er- wan concluded' with moving, that the Petition be re- window tax fall as heavily, and no Gent: !man pro- wls:l6on to all Proprietors, Leastholders, and Occupiers, fur son (Mr. Bankes) who was its author, that it pass , every injury or damage they may sustain by its operat i on , and into a Committee. No blame was imputed or im- C wear that a Committee sh ld be appointed to watch tile progress o f posed to repeal these taxes ? With respect to th e G o - After a few words from General GASMIGNE s in con. I vernment purchase, they amounted, in s!eres and the Bill through the Houses Of Parliament , and to propose proper ou plied in the Bill to the present possessors, or the places c rrence with the Mover, the motion was agreed to. boots, to £3900, and the purchase of harness, - tee. to clauses for effecting the object of equitable compensations , and to and emoluments referred to. It might be said that £lO,OOO a year. The whole then was 416,000 weich, remedy the evil; apprehended. he bad been tardy in bringing the Bill forward ; aad TRADE WITH AMERICA. That Fifteen Gentlemen, now named, be the Members of the he confessed that lie felt some difficulty, if not reluc- ! Mr. MAR RYA'IT presented a Petition against added to the Navy Contract, made altogether a sum of £22,000 laid cut by Government in the purchase , the granting of Licences in favour of American corn- said Committee, and that any four be a quorom. tance, in the task. He knew the opposition he was That the Members for the County of Middlesex, and for the likely to meet with, and he knew that some caution of Leather. It could not therefore be nerd that the Cie and Liberty of Westminster, and those Noblemen and Gen- Mercei tlenien who are interested in the property included in or affected and consideration was due to the present state of the Mr. ROBINSON conceived it 'impossible to pre. tax pressed very hard on Government. He next en. by the plan of improvement, be respectfully requested to attend public mind and feeling. His Lordship entered at ! vent a neutral from carrying on trade with America, .tered into a calculation, to prove that the export trade vi g :lantiy to the progress of the Bill, and to promote the objects large in the merits and principle of the Bill, which land therefore it would not be adviseable to prohibit i was not injured by this tax, but, on the contrary, o f this Meeting. British subjects from doing so. Oa the contrary, it was considerably improved. The tanner, how. was calculated to quell and put down a monster in I That a Petition now read be presented to Parliament, and would be proper for us to participate in a traddwhich ever, had lai d an advance of price upon the ar- Counsel ittnployed, if necessary, in order to obtain equal justice the Constitution, for such he must consider the pre- I t o every person interested. sent system of sinecures, especially compared with lave could not help others froro carrying on. title, which was much higher in proportion to That a fmbseription be immediately entered into for defraying which he considered pensions harmless, if not salu- Sir W. CURTIS did not think it fi t that neutrals the duty than he ought to have -charged. Some years ago the increased price of balk had increased flic expenses of any measures the said Committee may think nt- should be suffered to carry on this trade to the injury tary. The latter had publicity, at least, to recom- ce,ory to adopt in purstiaiice of thew Resolutions. the price of tanning l;d. per lb. Now at that timer of our own merchants and ship-owners, therefore he lhat the procetalings I,f ihe Committee, and an account of the mend them, and publicity in politics was what action ap;:ication of the sub-criptions, be reported from time to time to was said to be in oratory. It was the first and the hoped the prayer of the petition would be attended to. nobody complained to Parliament of the increased not so The Petition was then brought up, and ordered to price of bark ; nor did any one asert that the tanning tenter Public Meetings, and that the said Committee autho- second and the third recommendation. It was sized to call the same by public advertisement, as bowl as they trade would be ruineS by it. How then could it be much the actual saving which was looked to by the lie on the table. stay think it i• xpedienr. That these Resolutions be signed by the Chairman on behalf Bill , but the satisfaction which it would afford to the COUNTRY )TANKERS NOTES. said that the new tax, which added no more than lid , of all present, and that the same be inserted in four London public ; fo r su r ely n o measu r e could be more u n i. Mr. H. LASCELLES called the attention of the per lb. to the price of leather, could injure the trade ? Newspap- rs. versally popular, except the general and universal House to a subject on which considerable alarm and 'there could be no export trade of leather to the Resolved, 'That Mr. Baocies, of Glass-hou re-street, Golden- testimonies which have been given to the innocence anxiety existed in the country. It was intimated to Continent, because it was evident that the condi - ten- square, be Treasurer to the said Committee, and receive Sub- and virtue of the Princess of Wales. Upon the sub. country bankers, that all notes under R 2 were subjec- sal t tanner obtained his hides and his bark almost for seriptions as above-mentioned. at the end of notoing. . wen t over the S. P. COCKERELL, Chairman , jest of Parliamentary Reform there might be enter- red to a new stamp, on being re-iss ued Here the Hon Gentleman The Chairman having :eft the Chair, the Thanks of the Meet- tained some opinion or apprehension of danger ; but the year. He wished for information on this subject testimony of several witnesses, in order to prove that ing were unanimously voted fox his obliging attention, and the there could be none with respect to the present Bill.lfrom the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Many of these the sale of leather suffered no diminution in this ede manner in which h had discharged his duty. His Lordship concluded by moving, that the Bill be ! notes were in the Wands of clerks, and others, and country ; and that although some persons had made 1./AWSON and WRATISLA night get into circulation without the banker' know-1 considerable profit by importhig leather from the solicitors to the Committee. read the second time. Lord ELDON opposed the Bill, not only because! ing tiny thing of such re-issuing ; and they might be; Continent, they had not fillowed up that trade, which This day was published, in *lvo. price 16s. in boards, it was in no essential point different from that which ' subject to very heavy penalties, without their know. I was a presumptive proof that they made more profit TREA'FISE on the BANKRUPT LAWS. any thing of the circumstance'. by manufacturing leather at borne. It was for these their Lordships had rejected last year, but on acccunt ing Al By FRANCIS WHITMARSH, Esq. Bat rister-at-Law. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER reasons, he contended, that the lion. Member was of the utter impracticability of it or of its clauses.— . i ..V , lrk contains all the Statutes, Orders, and recent De- ci,ions in Bankruptcy. and is particularly calculated for the use It W. 13 admirable to observe the minute attention to , "id' that representations respecting this subject had • unfounded and misinformed in all the statements lie •f Practitioners. economy which was evinced by men of immense for- I been made to Government a considerable time si nce; • had made respecting the alkdged distresses of the Lander,: Printed for J. Butterworth, Meet-street; and J . treasures at ease from their tunes, who, collectin g and it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to manufacturers, and that they could not possibly have Cooke, Ormond-quay, Dublin. mines, .paid little regard to, or made slight , propose some arrangement, by which the inconve. r suffered any thing from the tax of last s ear. The obis day was published, in Svo. price 10$. 6d. in boards, ante for, the studious and laborious p ursuits of other i nience apprehended by country bankers should be oh. Honourable Gentleman then staaal what had been A SUMMARY of the LAW of BILLS of 'EX- viated. lie should, therefore, shortly lay a proposi. the amount of the import of foreign Leather since men. 11 CHANGE, CASH BILLS, and r ItOetieeoßy NOTEs. TI :e Earl cf LAUDERDALE lamented that he ' I Lion CO that effect before the House. 1801, when it was 787,41311)5. In the last year, 1812, Ey JOHN BAYI.EY, Esq Barrister at I aw , the quantity of foreign Leather imported was ribs. (tem.:erica the Justices of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench;. could not support a measure introduced and recom. • REPEAL CF TIIE TAX ON LEATHER. The 'third Fdition. mended by his Noble friend ; but the Bill was really Mr. BENSON rose to make his pr mised motion such had been the effect of a duty which, according Ly LIAM I NGLI:Ii BARNES, Esq. Barrister at Law. to Mr..Learmouth's opinion, was to have ruined our so framed that le could not understand it, and could on ,he subject of the Leather Tax. He said, that a l Louden Printed tor J. But:erwor,h, Fleet-street ; and J.• Yr • • d rav n o r u es r t o rc Le .. athertrade, and to operate gr e atly in hardly read it. In the terms of it the Bill was utterly most important branch of trade was now labouring Cooke>, Ormond Ousy, fti , e foreion trade—(Hear, berry.) Mr Whar. unintelligible ; and, in its principle, it could neither under the greatest embarrassment. So great was the 1 his day was published, ton then proceeded to take a review of the evidence, hr diefemipd ors errruind csf rim,. wise ni rho re,n,t;_ distress of the tanners at this time. that their carried _ _