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Nwi""" - Pee Cent . • I , F #-11 .77 t , • " e t , • yjit- . ar b4i i r C3f 4;056" . • e• o l o k F. 4 ••• rP A . 111.1 N Aalr-Ror • 7 WEDNitSDAY, NLY i 321. i N t r liE Et 10.728. SVEN- Pliti CB-4; EAST-INDIA HOUSE, Jely 4, 1821. THE COURI' 91 DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPAAY of MERCHANTS e EIVGLAND, trading It the EAST-IA DIES, do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on TUESDAY, the 17th instant, from Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon until Six in the Evening, to ballot on the following question, viz. " That Sir James Hour., Bart. late of the Madras Civil Esta blishment, be permitted to return to the Service under the pro visions of the Act of the 33d Gco. 111. Cap. 52. See. 70. wilds the Rank which he held when lie quitted Madras, agreeably to the Act of the 33d Geo. 11/. Cap. 155. Sec. 85." In order to determine, by such Pallot, whether three parts in four of the Proprietors present at such General Court, consent that Sir balm Hosts be permitted to return with the said rank to lndia. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. I thought that fact gave ample proof that it was not founded on principles chg. weTe opposed to religion. The six Clergymen alluded to had not sanctioned the Plan by letter, but by signing a regular certifi cate of its m er i ts' which they had been appointed to investigate. Ike had further to state, that he was in formed that Mr. Owen had been much misrepre -sented at a Public Meeting. On the occasion alluded to, he understood Mr. Owen to have advanced no. •thilig in opposition to religion, but merely to have spoken in favour of univer s al toleration, as he con sidered all persuasions liable to be more or less in error. 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The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of Moteraose, and the Earl of SHAYTIOISOIV, appeared as his Majesty's Commiiision:rs, and brought down the Royal Assent to the following Bills : The Consolidated Fund Bill, the Husbandry Horses Duty Repeal Bill, the British Spirits Bill, the Assessed Taxes Com position Bill, the Corn Averages Bill, the Captured Slaves 11111, the Exchequer Bills for Public Works Bill, the Naval Property Bill, the Mohair Bounties BiU, the Irish Silk Bounties Bill, the East India Trade Bill, the Warehousing of Goods Bill, the Irish Customs Collectors Bill, the Irish Revenue Commissioners Bill, the Rum Importation Bill, the Lunatic Trustees BiU, the ILlA ruptcy Courts Bill, the Metropolis Police Bill, the London Wharfs Bill, the Dublin Foundling Hospital BiU, and a great number of Private Bills. The Duke of Clarence 's Provision, the Appropriation, and the Lotteries Bills, wen. read . a third time, passed, and sent to the Commons. Mr. HANCCCK, from the Navy . Prize Office, presented a state ment of the Fees paid on Naval Prize Accounts. Laid on the table. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a ll'etition from the Prisoners for Debt in the King's Bench, praying for an Act of Grace in consequence of the Ouronation.--Laid on the table.— Adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS. The Set Axel% Was summoned to the House of Peers. On his return he announced that the Royal Assent had been given by Commission to the Bill for providing for the additlonat charge on the Consolidated Fund, and other Bills, for which see the Lords. Ne•w Writs were ordered for the King's Criunty, in the room of John Parsons. Esq. who has accepted the situation of Com missioner in the Irish Insolvent Debtors' Court ; apd for the Borough of Cockermouth, in the loom of John Beckett, Bog. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Antioft, from the Office of the High Sheriff of Surrey, presented Returns of all Warrants issued on execution for the Liberty of Southwark, Ste.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ire land, presented Accounts of Fees received.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Mason, from the East India Company, presented Reso lutions from the Court of Directors, relative to Warrants or In struments directing the Payment of Pensions or Gratuities. Mr. HUME complained that so little attention was paid to the orders of the House fur returns of Public Documents; he had called for accounts in more instances than one, which ac counts had not been presented in a space of six weeks, though they might have been ready in forty-eight hours. Mr. LUSH I NGTON said, there was more difficulty and de lay in making out these accounts than Members were aware of. Mr. ABERLEY said, he bad moved for Papers which might have been presented in twenty-four hours, "when weeks had passed over without their being produced. , Mr. I'. MOOR F. alluded to some returns for which he moved eleven years ago ; he had renewed his mourns frum time to time, and he now wished to renew it again, hoping it would be at tended to. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from an individual named Leicester, reildent at liurtoßrupon-Trent, complaining that he had sustained much injury by the conduct of Government, in voting £4OOO to Mr. M'Adarn, for his improvement of the roads. The plan adopted by. Mr. M'Adanl, being originally his invention. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER said, the pant had been made to Mr. Adam, on the recommendation of the Post-Office, the revenue of which it was represented had been greatly benefited by his service:. After a feW words from Ur. Liman, the Petition was received. Mr. lIMIE objected tp any sums of public money being granted, until inquiry and investigation should have taken place in the House. if Government could on discretion grant £4OOO, they could grant any larger sum. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the grant was made in consequence of that favourable report of the Conunittce, as to Mr. .M'Adam's services. Ur. CALCR.AFT objected to the principle, not to the grant. It would be recollected that a Committee had recommended that General Desfourneaux should have £2o,ooo,but the House rejected the recommendation, and the Right lion. Gentleman was lift in a minority. The Right Hon. Centlenian took a surer course as to Mr. Aii.un, he gave him the money, and then came to the House to confirm lt.—The l'etition was ordered to be printed. Mr. BENNETT, alluding to the grant of £4OOO to Sir Wm. Adam, for his services in the Ophthalmic Institution by a Com mittee, hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not ad vance to that individual four thousand pence before the next Session of Parliament, as he thought the subject ought to be brought under the consideration of the House, and wholly dn.- seined from the Report. Mr. RUMBOLI) presented a Petition from an Individual, praying for a repeal of the Act of Queen Ann, protecting the property of servants of Ambassadors from Foreign Countries from being liable to debts contracted.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BATHURST presented a Petition from the Prisoners in the King's Bench Prison, setting forth that the different Pri sons were filled with Prisoners who could not immediately ob tain relief under the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, and praying that measures might be taken to enable them to partake in the gene ral rejoicings on theoccasion of the Coronation of his Majesty. They humbly hoped that the House would address the Crown on this subject, or pass a Bill for their Relief, to open their Pri son Doors and we the Captives free.—Laid on the table. A Alessage from the Lords announced their Assent to the Duke of Clarenas Annuity Bill. MISREPRESENTATIONS. Mr. BENNETT took this opportunity of correct ing a misrepresentation which had gone abroad of what lie had said of an Officer under Government in Ireland (Mr. Greerson). He had been made to say of that individual that he returned a larger sum as paid for Proclamations than. he had bad credit for. Now he (Mr. Bennett), as the House was aware, had said nothing of the kind, nor had he any idea of making such an assertion. The complaint lie had made was of a different nature. He had said, that in the return of sums paid to different Newspapers, amounting to £600,000 or t'aoo,poo, there appeared a deficiency of t*,opo. Stating this, he had made an excuse for the Officer, supposing im to have tin- clerstood the Return called for to relate merely to sums paicl for the itraertion of i erpclamatami, Ate. and not extending to other maws whkch.wre mraat tQ be included. - He was told that the Qfficer in goes-, tion was a very respectable character, and that he felt 1 , much hurt at the reflection supposed to be cast on hint, and he had therefore been anxious to state that he had never said what .444 4afik lePrted• Mr. BROUGHAM - also took an opportunity pi" correcting a misrepresentation with respect to what he had said ou the snbjczt of Mr.Qwea's Plan. )% hat he had said was, that bging sanctioned by six Cler gymen of tho Votablished church of Scotland, he POLITICAL OPPENDIRS. Mr. HOBHOUSE had mean t t o say a few words before the Petitioa was laid on the table, and hoped he might be ailoWed to offer them now. There were at l present a number of persons in confinement for political offences. To him it appeared that Ministers on the approaching Coronation, might wisely advise! the Crown to mitigate their punishment. Among those at present suffering were some Gentlen.en of ancient families ; anctof the others, but few were pre viously connected with any political crime. He, would here call the attention of the House to what he considered the very hard case of Mr. Henry Hunt. He believed there was hardly an individual in the country who did not consider die sentence passed on hint to be directed rather against the man, than against the crime of which he was convicted. Far be it from him to arraign the motives of those who passed that sentence; but, considering it to be too severe, he could not leave that House in peace with out recommending that it should be mitigated. He had heard (but he could not state the fact on his own knowledge) that some of the Jurors who tried Mr. Hunt had since been heard. to declare, that if they had thought the sentence of the Court would have been so severe, they would rather have brought in a verdict of Not Guilty, than have subjected him to such punishment. It was to be remembered that this individual had not been convicted of the more aggravated offence laid to his charge ; that he had been found guilty on but one count, and that it had been found very difficult to procure a conviction on that. This being the case, he hoped Government would take into consideration the long confinement to which he had been sentenced, and interfere in his behalf. They bad already interfered to mitigate the punishment of one individual who had been con victed of what, in his eyes, seemed a greater offence than that proved against Mr. Hunt, as he had been found guilty of practices which went to poison the source of legislation. Having acted thus in one case, he hoped Ministers would not think he pressed on them an unfair demand, when he called upon them to interfere in behalf of Mr. Hunt. He should have brought forward a specific motion on this subject in the course of the Session, had he not, even in the short time that he had been in that House, seen the extreme inconvenience which grew on bringing such matters forward for discussion there. He had, in consequence, refrained from submitting any motion to the House, but he could not leave it at this time without pressing on Ministers how much credit they would do themselves, and how little injury the coun tty would sustain—he should rather say the country would receive no injury by their paying some atten tion to the lecommendation he had ventured to offer. This he wished to press most strongly on them—not calling on them for the expression of any opinion at this time, but hoping that what he had said would meet with some attention, and that it would be taken as it was meant—in good part. SCOTCH BREWERS. Lord A. HAMILTON, adverting to the represen tations made on the part of the Scotch Brewers on the subject of an Act passed iu the course of the pie sent Session, wished to know if it was the intention of the Chancdlor of the Exchequer to persevere in that mode of protecting the Revenue which had been the subject of such repeated complaints? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the attention of the Treasury would be directed to the subject, with a view of applying the best remedy in their power to any real grievance that might be found to exist. COURT OT SESSION IN SCOTLAND. Mr. HUME rose to present a Petition which had been in his possession for a considerable time past, and which he had intended to present before, from W. Jamieson, one of the Clerks of his Majesty's Sig net in Scotland, praying for an inquiry into the Acts of Sederunt of the Court of Session in Scotland, and especially into the Act of Sederunt of 1810. The Honourable Member spoke at some length on the powers exercised by the Court of Session, in declaring Acts of Parliament to have fallen into disuctude; thus, in effect, altering the law. He thought it ne cessary that some inquiry should take place ; and that measures should be adopted to guard, against the assumption of power, on the part of the Judges, Which did not belong to them. From the conduct of some of them, it should seem that it was only ne cessary now to-put a wig on a man's head, and a gown on his back, to authorize him to lecture any one. He adverted to the conduct of a Law Officer in this country, who, when about to pass sentence of I I death on a isunatafr otcrimioals, had thought proper' 'to indulge in a digression, for the purpOse of praising e Bridge-street Association. For Judges to act a rPart like that which he had described, was, in his lopiniori, to otjike au ill return for the honours they bad receis'ed, anit,the confidence reposed in them.— ne culled on the Noble Marquis opposite, who.had Aectured Members over and over again for digressing 'from the subject under debate (though any subject inigbt fairly he brought before that House), to en deavour to check conduct like that of which he com iplaipetL He h4J slow to state, that the Magistrates ' of Montrose having lately quarrelled amoug.them selves, an action was brought by one of the rties against the other. The Judges unanimously decided Icn dismissing the suit with costs, and on that 4cca sion the Lord PreAdent, Hope, indulged in remarks not growing out of the case before him, whiff; lie thought would j ust if y t h em in bringing him tO the Bar of the House; but as the speech contained charge against Ministers, he should leave.it to them to take it up. He then proceeded to contend that the Lord President, in the teeth ‘f ;hat had been stated in that House th ree year's ign by Ministers, said, that-the new Charter was quite unEonstitutinoal, and the Magistrates must be cautious how they acted under it, or ctiminal warrants might he issued against them. He went on to state, that the Magistrote:s were in consequence placed in a very aukward situa tion, and that now, if they were informed where z thief wastohcealed, they would be At 4 losi tti know whether it would be sate for them to issuia, warrant for his apprehension. He hoped conduct like that of Sir J. Sylvester and Lord President Hope would be discouraged, and trusted that the latter would be brought to the Bar of that House in tl:e course of the next Session, and he (Mr. Hume), in that case, would be ready to give the Noble Lord ever y ass i stance i n his power. That whiL:, he recommended, if done, would teach the Lords of Session a good lesson, who, at present, seemed to think, when placed in that si tuation, there were no limits to their authority. It the Noble Lord would only move for the appoint ment of a Committee, he (Mr. Hume) would pledge himself to prove what he had advanced.—The Peti tion was then read, Lord BINNING did not object to receiving the Petition, but he objected to t h e manner in which it had been brought forward. Ile understood the Hon. Gentleman had said he had this Petition in his pos session for some time, and he thought it was too much that he should withhold it till the very last day of the Session, and then bring forward charges against the most venerable part of the community—the Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice, when every one who might have given information on the subject was known to be ourof town. It was too much that un der such circumstances the Hon. Gentleman should bring the case forwai d and give his learned opinion • on it, when he knew that what he chose to advance must of necessity remain unanswered for months.— He (Lord Binning) knew nothing of the case of Mr. Jamieson, but he protested against all that had been said of the Lords of Session, and against the charac ter of the Lord President—conduct of the Court—or the effect of their Acts of Sederunt being taken from the statement of the Hon. Gentleman. Not meaning to say anything of the Hon. Gentleman's motives, he thought in the present instance that he had made a very ill use of his discretion. He had little doubt that this Petition would prove to belong to a class of I which but too many were presented to that House, and he must at all events contend that it had been brought forward at a very inconvenient time. • Lord A. HAMILTON complained of the powers exercised by the Lords of Session.—The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. On the question that it should be printed, Mr. HUME said, he had little expectation that the Noble Lord 'would favour any attempt to redress abuses in Scotland, however clearly the case might be made out. lie then spoke of the overbearing con duct of the Lord President, and mentioned an instance of his ordering an individual from the Bar, who com plained that the Acts of Sederunt were against the law of the land. The Noble Lord would perhaps deny this, but he proposed to give him an opportu nity of proving if he could that the charge was un founded in the course of next Session. He thought Ministers ought to cause an inquiry to be set on foot, to see that the subject, when seeking for justice, was not met with injustice. Lord BINNING, with respect to the remark that he would not favour the reform of abuses in Scotland, however clearly they were made out, said, whatever the Hon, Gentleman might think on that subject, or on any part of his conduct, was to him a matter of perfect indifference. Those who knew his character, wonld know that he d:d not deserve that that should be believed of him which the Hon. Gentleman had in no very decorous language imputed. He felt indif ferent as to what the lion. Gentleman might think of his (Lord Binning's) relation, the Lord President Hope ; but he was unwilling that his statement should appear to go forth with the sanction of the House.— lie verily believed the lion. Gentleman had brought forward a matter of which he knew very little. It was impossible for any one then in that House to know much on the subject, and it was very easy to , bring forward statements at the end of the Session, like those of the lion. Gentleman, to favour a parti cular view. The Hon. Gentleman might conscien . - tiously s ish for a Reform in the Court of Session, but he would put it to himself, if he had brought it forward fail ly on the present occasion ? He thought he could pledge himself, that in the uelt Session the Charge, if brouz;ht forward, would not go unrcfuted. For the Lord president Hope, he believed it was well known that his character had ever stood high in ge neral estimation as a Judge and a man- It might have happened the daring conduct of some indivi dual of little respectability had called down the in dignation of the Court and caused his removal from the Bar, but he was confident that the Lord President did not merit the charactar which had been given of him. He (Lord Binning) would not oppose the Mo tion before the House, but for his own part he doubted whether the Petition ought to be printed. On the question being put, the " Noes" were loud, and the Gallery was cleared for a division. T::e House did not divide, and the Motion for ptinti..g was not carried. GENERAL DESFOURNEAUX. Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented a Petition on behalf of General Desfourneaux, on the late decision of the Hogue, with respect to the Uuadaloupe claims, pray. TWA day were published, in 12mo. price Bs. 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